It is ironic that just a week after seeing the elegance, intelligence and wit of Tom Stoppard's most recent play at the Gate, Dublin audiences should be offered the opportunity of experiencing its antithesis. Brendan O'Carroll's latest oeuvre is gross, crass, coarse and without a trace of wit. Its dialogue makes your average cliche ring with originality, your average banality seem profound. Yet it won laugh upon laugh from its large and enthusiastic audience with every four-letter word, every "funny" walk, every toilet reference and every mention of knickers. The roaring, shouting and sustained applause at the end came as no surprise: a great many people had had a rattling good night out.

Mrs Brown (played by the author in drag) is preparing for the wedding of her young son Trevor (Michael Anthony Byrne) to Maria (Sheila Carthy), daughter of posh Mrs Nicholson (Claire Mullan), while her eldest son Mark (Ciaran McMahon) has just been thrown out by his wife Betty (Eveanna O'Meara). Mark's younger brother Dermot (Simon Young) is a robber, and the remaining brother Rory (Derrick Reddin) is attracted to his fairy friend Dino (Gerry Browne), but is afraid to tell the mammy his "secret". Sister Cathy (Jennifer Gibney) lays claim to being a psychologist.

Despite inept direction by the author, and an almost total failure to maintain any narrative drive, the show romped home on waves of squeals and laughs to a rapturous reception. It seems set to pack out its five-week run.

Continues until March 27th. Booking at (01) 6771717.