‘Traditional music could be seen as a threat, or you could be intimidated, or the police could arrive and close the bar’: Marie Jones

Playwright and actor Marie Jones's play The Blind Fiddler will run at the Lyric Theatre until Sunday, August 9, 2026. Or, as playwright Marie Jones puts it, traditional music “could be seen as a threat, or you could be intimidated, or the police could arrive and close the bar down” if trad was being played. Marie was introduced to the world of traditional music by a woman she met after one of her plays. The layers of meaning within The Blind Fiddler will resonate with many people of a certain generation. The Blind Fiddler by Marie Jones runs at the Lyric Theatre from August 1 until Sunday, August 16, 2026.