Alfie Byrne is a bus driver in 1964 Dublin who idolizes Oscar Wilde and harbors a secret crush on his handsome young co-worker Robbie Fay. When he attempts to put on an amateur production of Wilde's Salome in the local church hall, he confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love "that dare not speak its name." But the redemptive power of theatre changes his life and brings his friends back to his side.