Belgrade theatre, Coventry
Jamie McGough’s play, based on the true story of a family of boxers, highlights a sporting defeat to discuss the politics of discrimination
It’s hard to think of something less on trend than a play about nine men hitting each other. But here they are, with Shady Murphy’s matriarch in tow as the lone woman, pummelling their way through Jamie McGough’s true-life family drama about boxing.
The first-time playwright is a relative of Sean, Martin, Jarlath and Jimmy McGough, four boxing brothers from an Irish Catholic family brought up in Coventry.
Fighting Irish is at Belgrade theatre, Coventry, until 16 April.