THERE'S something very self-satisfying about taking in a play at lunchtime. You nip out of work at one, pop into Bewley's for some lunch and drama, and by 2pm, you're back in work feeling very pleased with yourself.

Moonlight Mickey's is set in 1922 and tells the story of Big Mickey (Colin O'Donoghue), his brother Small Mickey (Peter Daly) and begins with footage of the former being shot dead. Big Mickey is a schoolteacher, his brother a hardline republican involved in gun-running, and after the opening, the play flashes back a week in time, to when Small Mickey asks his brother to hide a gun for him. They are caught and thrown in jail, where they come across a host of characters who aid and thwart them in turn.

O'Donoghue and Daly play all the characters, and their ability to switch between several characters and clearly define those characters, is no small feat.

Moonlight Mickey's is produced as part of Calipo's Page 2 Stage initiative, offering first-time writers a chance to develop their debut professional work with an established theatre company. Looking at Moonlight Mickey's in this light, it is a triumph of humour and performance. The jokes can verge on the crude at times but it is all decent, bawdy fun.

One flaw is the play's premise as a whodunnit gets a bit lost amidst all the entertainment. When we eventually find out who actually did kill Big Mickey, we no longer really care as we're having too much fun.

Booking: 086 8784001; Tickets: /15//13 conc (including light lunch); Doors open 12.50pm. Runs until 9 December