Riff Raff Theatre Company
Company Background
Riff Raff Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Wexford, Ireland. The company was founded in 1982 by director Michael Way and actress Irene Wright and was Wexford's first full-time theatre company. Classified as Independent Professional Fringe Theatre, they specialise in premiering new works or in new interpretations of contemporary classics.
Productions
The company's back catalogue includes productions of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness, The Ruffian on the Stair by Joe Orton, The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Equus by Peter Shaffer, Fool For Love[1] and States of Shock both by Sam Shepard and the first European production of Orange Flower Water by Craig Wright.[2]
Cast Members
Actors who have come through the ranks of the company include Irene Wright, Gary Lydon,[3] Steve Gunn, Laura Way (daughter of the co-founders),[4] Amy Joyce Hastings and Tim Dillard.[5]