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Play Next Door In Play Next Door a writer goes to a particular location for a month and there they have to create an original television play that is then filmed at the location. Fiona Looney is the first writer to take on this creative challenge. As a Dubliner Fiona wanted to travel somewhere outside the capital and as a reluctant driver she wanted the place to be on a train line. The production sent Fiona to Thurles Co. Tipperary and the location was a closed down pub, just around the corner from Semple Stadium. John Martins documentary on Fiona's voyage of discovery captures life on the ground in a regional town and how people are dealing with the impact of the economic downturn in their personal lives. Fiona has written two hugely successful stage plays, Dandelions and October, both of which enjoyed extended runs at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin and at The Opera House, Cork. In the Documentary we see how Fiona approaches the creation of a play from scratch, searching for the story ...
