After breaking all box office records at Bewley’s Café Theatre, Peter Sheridan’s play Philo is set to come to the Gaiety Theatre, opening on Tuesday, April 22 and playing April 26.

It will star Neili Conroy, star of Roddy Doyle’s Family and RTE’s Fair City, in the titular role, as well as Niamh McGrath as Sister Rosaleen.

McGrath is fresh from the tour of her one woman show, GomBean. She featured in the original cast of the hit show Alone It Stands.

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Set in a convent on Dublin’s Sheriff Street, Philo is described as a poignant and hilarious tale about two women from very different backgrounds. Philo is dyed in the wool inner city with a big personality and a big mouth to match.

Sister Rosaleen is a young woman who has embraced the religious life in the wake of a failed relationship. On the face of it, they seem like polar opposites. But they are both carrying secrets and running from the past. In the face of adversity, their spirits shine through and bring the drama to a heart-warming and unexpected resolution.

Tickets for Philo at the Gaiety Theatre sell from €21.50 here.