Fergie’s Hosts New Season for Pop Up Play in a Pub with Meat Pies, Beer Pints and Hilarious Plays

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feature photo: Satchel Williams by Wide Eyed Studios

Inis Nua Theatre Company kicks off the 2023-2024 theatre season (20th anniversary season!) with A Pop Up Play in a Pub – now a two-show series with the most dates ever offered. Beer and a British-style hand pie, included in the ticket price, accompany what is always a good time upstairs at Fergie’s Pub. Audiences can expect a hilarious, sometimes shocking night at the pub while also being surprised by subversive storytelling from Ireland and England. Coupled with drinks and good food, it’s a great way to welcome the colder nights of late fall. This truly unique immersive experience will have you thinking you just wandered into your favorite pub in Edinburgh.

By popular demand, this beloved annual tradition will expand to include two shows this season. First up, 10 Dates with Mad Mary, by Irish-Pakistani playwright Yasmine Akram, will run from September 6 to 17, 2023. This raucous one-woman show tells the story of Mary McArdle, a tough and troubled young woman trying to find a date for her best friend’s wedding. 10 Dates will be directed by Inis Nua Artistic Director Kathryn MacMillan and stars Anna Faye Lieberman as Mad Mary.

Next, Inis Nua presents the American premiere of Madame Ovary, by English playwright Rosa Hesmondhalgh. This comic-drama begins on New Year’s Eve with Rosa, a young woman who’s ready to embark on a campaign of self-improvement in the new year. But when the unexpected happens–an advanced cancer diagnosis–Rosa has to re-evaluate priorities and her only goal becomes survival. Madame Ovary is directed by beloved Philadelphia actor and director, Charlotte Northeast, and features Satchel Williams (Inis Nua’s 100 Words for Snow). The show runs November 8-19, 2023.

Tickets for both shows are $32 and include a pie made by Stargazy on East Passyunk and a cold pint from the team behind the bar at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom Street) in Center City, Philadelphia. Tickets are on sale by calling (215) 454-9776 or visiting inisnuatheatre.org.