The Mariettas at the Corn Mill Theatre, Carrigallen

What to Expect

The Mariettas is a comedy by Niamh Gleeson about an all-female showband trying to make it in 1960s Ireland, and Pothole Productions bring it to the Corn Mill Theatre in Carrigallen on Saturday 10 October. The billing sums the premise up neatly: five girls, one dream, and biscuits that get stuck in your teeth. The script mixes showband-era hits with Irish comedy, so the songs are part of the story rather than an interval turn.

Five Cavan-based actresses carry the whole thing between them. Aoife Shalvey, Vanessa Galligan, Louise Callan, Saidhbh O’Reilly and Eimear Gilsenan play a cast of around twenty characters, switching in and out of ballroom managers, band members and hangers-on as the story moves. For an audience in south Leitrim and the neighbouring Cavan parishes the ballroom period is close to home, and the show plays to that. Doors open half an hour before the 8pm curtain.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Saturday 10 October 2026, 8pm. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.
• Venue: Corn Mill Theatre and Arts Centre, Main Street, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, H12 F4W0.
• Price: €18.
• Written by Niamh Gleeson, produced by Pothole Productions.
• Book online through the Corn Mill website, by phone on 087 2570363 between 10am and 6pm Monday to Friday, or by email to bookings@cornmilltheatre.com.
• Latecomers are not admitted, so arrive at least 15 minutes early.

Getting There

The Corn Mill Theatre stands on Main Street in Carrigallen, in south-east Leitrim close to the Cavan border. Approach roads come in from Ballinamore, Mohill, Killeshandra and Cavan town, and the theatre is easy to find once you are on Main Street. There is no rail service in Carrigallen; the nearest station is Dromod on the Dublin Connolly to Sligo line. TFI Local Link operates rural routes in south Leitrim but evening services are limited, so most audiences drive. On-street parking is available on Main Street and the roads around it, within a minute or two of the theatre.