Some Burnaby talent is taking the stage in the Ensemble Theatre’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
Ashley O’Connell is playing Pato Dooley in the black comedy written by Martin McDonagh.
According to O’Connell, he went to high school in Dublin and was a private in Irish Army Reserve and an officer in the Canadian Army Reserve.
He has appeared in Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale at Bard on the Beach, The Graduate and Blood Brothers with the Arts Club, various film and TV productions, and much more.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane is at the Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discover St. in Vancouver, until Aug. 15. For more information and specific dates, go to www.ensembletheatrecompany.ca.
