A Tempo actor and a Tyrone playwright are teaming up to bring their new play to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Actor Paddy McEneaney will star in playwright Joel Smith’s production of 'Ante Beckett' in Edinburgh.

The play is a short piece "in three trimesters", exploring the meaning of life through the perspective of a child in the womb.

The main character is quite comfortable in the womb and is unwilling to trade his creature comforts for the world outside.

The play, which is influenced by the works and style of Samuel Beckett, is also influenced by the neurotic comedy of early Woody Allen content.

The play has already been performed in Ireland at The Ballroom of Romance in Glenfarne, The Glens Centre in Manorhamilton, the Hawkswell in Sligo, and The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon.

The duo are looking forward to this new international run.

Paddy McEneaney, of Exit Does Theatre, has put together a formidable team for this production.

The team includes director John Carty, set and costume designer Eniko Hegyi, lighting designer Michael Cummins, sound designer Joe Hunt, and media designer Talie Mau.

Stage manager and technician Jonas Dellow will be accompanying the play to Edinburgh.

Brendan Murray, director at The Glens Centre, has supported this project from the beginning, and the team are very grateful for his support.

This project has been made possible through the support of Leitrim County Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 2021.

The team have also expressed their gratitude to the Leitrim Arts Office for their support.

The show is one of just six being spotlighted by Theatre and Dance NI in collaboration with the Belfast International Arts Festival, and supported by the British Council Northern Ireland and the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

The venue for the play is the C-Aquila Studio in Edinburgh, where it will run for seven nights from August 19 to 25.