Donabate Portrane Dramatic Society will bring Neil Simon’s play ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ to Donabate Parish Hall, from Thursday 4th to Saturday 6th May at 8pm, and on Sunday 7th May at 3pm. ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’, originally set in Manhattan in the late 60s, tells the story of Barney Cashman, a middle aged, married and successful business man in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Barney, who is a creature of habit, has come to the realization that he has a ‘nice’ life, but he is tired of this ‘nice’ and needs more thrill. He wants to bring an end to his decades of monogamy and experience his secret fantasies and dreams at least once in his life. He arranges three encounters with three very different women in his mother’s studio apartment. The seductress Elaine Navazio, his first attempted mistress, is a married woman who enjoys cigarettes, whiskey and, most of all, other women’s husbands. The second one, is a completely different type: Bobbi Michele, a pretty 20-ish aspiring actress and singer, part of the “new generation”; and finally, Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy, depressed housewife married to Barney’s best friend. “Barney runs the Queen of the Sea restaurant in New York but after years of working with the fruit of the sea he gets tempted by the fruit of another and wants his slice of the “action” he’s been missing out on. So, he embarks on a series of assignations in a small Manhattan apartment that go … well you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men! This play gives us loads of laughs and quite a lot of emotion while asking what we want from our love affairs and what really makes us happy. We’ve got another great formula this time out, you’ll love it!” – said Paul, veteran member of the Society and Director of this new production. Tickets will be available at the door but can also be purchased in advance on Eventbrite.ie or over the phone by calling 086 0712530.