The Curious Ear (2011): Bray Roadshow

Before package holidays, Bray, Co. Wicklow was the Blackpool of Ireland where holidaymakers came for the sea, the amusements and the "Roadshows".  These were variety shows put on in temporary, 'fit-up' theatres around the town. They consisted of music, dancing and theatre.  Brian Gallagher was a child on holidays in Bray in the 1960s and visits a location of one of the roadshows - now a carpark - to remember the magic of a night of warm Coke, plastic sandals and spooky, greenlit melodramas.  (First Broadcast 2011)