Tess McManus plays Mary, a young Irish girl from Letterkenny who is having second thoughts about taking part in the town’s annual donkey derby. What is a donkey derby? It’s an annual event where the town nominates the three people who least want to ride the three most stubborn donkeys around a track and compete for a golden turnip that isn’t even gold – it’s just unripe! In this tale of a girl facing her social anxiety (something akin to a theatrical chick flick, but in a good way), McManus recounts her life as a young girl living in Ireland during The Troubles. Whether it be describing her creative methods of getting detention, her childhood crush on Murphy Donovan, or her dream of learning to play Thunderstruck by AC/DC on the banjo, McManus thoroughly entertains the audience