A Skull in Connemara at South London Theatre

A Skull in Connemara' is the middle part of the Leenane trilogy, a return to the darkly funny inhabitants of the small Irish village of Leenane. Mick Dowd is the gravedigger in Leenane, a village which sees its fair share of violence and squabbling. Due to overcrowding, it is his job to annually disinter the old bones from their graves to make way for the newly departed. The longest any bones can remain in peace is seven years. and seven years ago Mick was involved in a car crash which killed his wife. While foul play was never proved, the residents of Leenane have always suspected that he staged the crash to cover up her murder. With her skeleton next on the exhumation list, is Mick be digging up secrets as well as skeletons this year?