Spinning Yarns at Theatre at The Mill

A hilarious tale of Hitler’s rise to power is portrayed through the story of a Chicago gangster in ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ on Thursday, March 11. Performed by NI Theatre Company, Bruiser, this play is one of Brecht's best known and is a powerful, unnerving and funny story about gangster Aurturo Ui endeavoring to seize the city's fruit and vegetable racket from top-dog Al Capone. He systematically seduces the public and eliminates his political rivals in his bid for total domination. Tickets start at 6 each. Martin Lynch, playwright of The History Of The Troubles (accordin’ to my Da,) brings his acclaimed play, ‘Chronicles Of Long Kesh’ to Theatre at The Mill on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13. Chronicles tells the story of Long Kesh/The Maze from its opening in 1971 to the day it closed in July 2000 with of course Martin Lynch's hilarious take on the mad side of life. Exploring the individual experiences of the inmates and prison officers, the play tells their stories alongside the popular music of that time, capturing prison events such as the 1974 burning of the camp, the Dirty Protest, The Hunger Strike and The Great Escape. Only the last 200 tickets remain, starting at 10. ‘The Haunting of Helena Blunden’ on Monday, March 22 is a thriller set in a derelict Belfast Linen Mill which puts a family on trial to account for their forbidden love and the choices of the heart. On a dark Halloween night, a disused old mill, said to be haunted, draws to its doors four people with secrets. As a love affair from the past comes back to haunt them, an old woman from a home, an estranged father and daughter and the ghost of a young girl all search for something. Their paths cross and interweave to reveal a dark family past where even half-forgotten melodies can take on an unforeseen significance... Bernard Clarkson, Theatre at The Mill manager, said: "Those who come to see The Haunting of Helena Blunden at Theatre at The Mill Newtownabbey will have the added bonus of watching the drama unfold on the grounds of a restored linen mill. However we can’t guarantee there will be no ghosts lurking behind the red bricks or the chimney of the mill." For more information and tickets for Theatre at The Mill performances, visit www.theatreatthemill.com or contact the Box Office on 028 9034 0202.