David Farnor | On 04, Jul 2024

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is heading to Netflix for How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, and now has assembled the cast for her thriller.

The lead cast will include Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three childhood friends, now in their late 30s, who come together over news of a fourth friend’s death. 

Clever, chaotic TV writer Saoirse, glamorous, stressed-out mother of three Robyn, and dependable, inhibited carer Dara have been a tight-knit group since school. Now in their late 30s, but still as close as ever, these three friends are about to embark on the most thrilling adventure of their lives. When an email arrives, telling them about the death of the estranged fourth member of their childhood gang, Greta, a series of eerie events at her wake set them on a dark, dangerous and hilarious odyssey through Ireland and beyond as each tries to piece together the truth of the past. A show about friendship, memory and what happens when life doesn’t turn out quite like you’d expected.

Saoirse will be played by Roísín Gallagher (The Dry, The Lovers), Robyn by Sinéad Keenan (Little Boy Blue, Unforgotten) and Dara by Caoilfhionn Dunne (A Thousand Blows, Industry).

McGee said: “I’ve loved writing Saoirse, Robyn and Dara – three flawed, funny women who are about to embark on the most thrilling and terrifying adventure of their lives. A mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing and make you laugh out loud. Let’s go girls!”

Executive Producers on the eight-part series include Caroline Leddy, Michael Lennox, Liz Lewin, Lisa McGee and Jimmy Mulville, with Lennox also directing.

Production is now underway.

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