McLaughlins 100 by Dave Duggan is the film of a site-specific theatre event, created for McLaughlin’s Hardware Shop, William Street, Derry, to celebrate 100 years of the family business.

The film combines the aesthetics of film drama, community video, documentary and live performance to deliver an engaging, imaginative treatment of a century of indigenous commercial resilience. Actors and audiences promenade the narrow aisles of the beautiful hardware shop, filling them with stories and songs that animate the passing of the century, by showing scenes from the future of the business, started in 1913.

A further screening of McLaughlins 100 at The Gasyard Centre on the night of the ‘Opening’ of Bluebell Arts exhibition: Monday 25th Nov @ 6pm and will be followed by a question and answer session with writer and director Dave Duggan.

Email: bluebellartsproject@hotmail.com

fionamcgonagle@live.com Telephone: 028 7126 2812

http://www.foylefilmfestival.org/content/mclaughlins-100-competition

UTV Live covered McLaughlins 100 by Dave Duggan on Friday, 26th July.  Check the following link http://www.u.tv/utvplayer/video/152616/127536

BBC Arts Extra was broadcast live from our store on Tuesday the 23rd July please click on the following link to have a listen.http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rrxzp6 

McLaughlins 100 Theatre Piece by Dave Duggan.

There will be slight disruptions to the shop’s opening times as a result of the performances on Thursday afternoon, the 25^th July.The Management would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

McLaughlins 100 by Dave Duggan:

The theatre piece to celebrate our 100th anniversary is going well. Set for Thursday 25th July, there are performances at 3, 5, 7 and 9pm. Admission is by ticket only, costing £5, with some tickets available for the 7 and 9pm shows. Call into the shop to get a ticket, if you fancy it.

They say you can get anything in McLaughlins – now you can even get theatre!

As part of our 100th anniversary celebrations, Declan McLaughlin has composed a new song, for the upcoming theatre show. Have a listen to him perform it on The Mark Patterson Show at 1:52:22 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036zqwx

McLaughlin’s Hardware is now one of the most famous family run businesses in the northwest employing nine people.  As part of our 100 year celebrations we have decided to take our hardware store on line to facilitate the local community and beyond.  In our store we stock a wide range of goods ranging from general hardware, gardening equipment, housewares, kitchenware, locks & keys, the list is endless.

Please keep in touch with our website, or better still, visit our store as we have a continual supply of new products arriving from January through to December.

Our store will be mark its 100th anniversary on the 25th July with a unique drama event held within the shop itself.

McLaughlins and Sons Hardware first opened in Derry in 1913 and the William Street store is now one of the most famous family run businesses in the northwest.

And to celebrate our milestone, we, the business’s owners have teamed with up local playwright Dave Duggan for ‘McLaughlin’s 100’, a ‘site specific theatre piece’ taking place on Thursday 25^th July, with the store as its setting. Produced by Bluebell Arts Project and Blue Eagle Productions,  the work will present a series of incidents and stories from the past 100 years of our family business through the all-seeing magic eye of ‘Red Maisie’ who presents the future to James McLaughlin on his first day in his new business.

Admission to each 30 minute standing performance is strictly by ticket only, limited to 20 persons per performance costing £5 and available in store. Performance times are 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm.

Follow this link for Dave Duggan’s interview on the show Pure Culture http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03706xg

We now have gift Vouchers available in our store, ideal for any occasion.  Try our Kitchenware Dept for

that special Wedding Present.