Public Enemies

The entire cast of Devious Theatre’s ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’ have been branded public enemies!

You can read interviews with Kilkenny’s Most-Wanted over on DeviousTheatre.com and we’re also hi-jacking the airwaves on the Edwina Grace show on KCLR96fm this afternoon around 4:15pm.

One Week To Go!

Today marks one week until the opening night of Devious Theatre’s production of Dario Fo’s ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’.

Make sure and keep an eye on DeviousTheatre.com for all sorts of behind the scenes bloggery, news and updates.

Supermeat For Dogs!

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Devious Theatre’s ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’

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Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!

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A Blast From The Past & Coming Soon!

Yesterday, the Devious Theatre Company released some long awaited video footage from Cannibal! The Musical!, which took place in the Watergate Theatre back in 2007.

The above scene shows Alferd Packer (played by David Thompson) returning back to camp to discover that Shannon Wilson Bell (played by John Morton) has gone mad, killed the rest of the group and is in the process of cooking various body parts for dinner.

It’s hard to believe that Cannibal! was only two years ago and it’s great to see Devious finally releasing some footage online; however it’s a pity that so many hilarious scenes have been skipped over and this was the first one up!?

It’s almost a year since I was involved in a theatre production; having taken a nice long break following the onslaught that was Trainspotting, followed by Smitten, followed by The War Of The Worlds (currently nominated for a PPI Award).

But this past week has seen me dusting off my acting shoes as I begin rehearsals for the Watergate Theatre Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Beauty Queen Of Leenane’ which will run in the Watergate Theatre from November 23rd – 28th.

“The Beauty Queen Of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain, lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative ageing mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s terrifying dénouement.”

The play will be my first outing with the Watergate Theatre Company,  joined by Clare Henrique who is also make her WTC debut; I’m really delighted to get to share the stage with the Kilkenny theatre legends that are Mary Craddock & Brendan Corcoran and to work with director Ger Cody.

I’ll be blogging more about the show over the coming weeks and will hopefully get a chance to take some photos behind the scenes too, but for now it’s time for me to learn my lines.

The Watergate Theatre Company presents Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Beauty Queen Of Leenane’ in the Watergate Theatre 23rd-28th November.

For ticket bookings call: 056-7761674

New Photos: Busker2009 & Shakespeare in the House

Voting has closed on Round 6 of Busker 2009, with results of the public vote due to be announced on KilkennyMusic later this afternoon. In the mean time you can check out my photos from Round 5 and Round 6 on the KilkennyMusic Flickr.

Once myself and the Chief had captured the videos of the Round 6 contestants last weekend, we made our way to Rothe House for the Shakespeare in the House Festival; whilst Ken made his way backstage to get into costume, I caught the second half of Dreamstuff Youth Theatre’s version of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. Not a bad performance from the large group of young actors but I couldn’t help have the feeling that it was merely the calm before the storm (theatre wise anyway)

The sun was shining brightly over the courtyard stage when the Devious Theatre crew let fly with their mixed bag of ‘Shakespeare in Bits’; billed as “a crash course in Shakespeare for the ADD generation”, it certainly didn’t disappoint.

Highlights of the show for me: pretty much most of the performance from Niamh Moroney, John Doran and Stephen Colfer as they pummeled through four of Shakespeare’s plays (one in world record breaking time).

Other highlights included Devious newcomer Scott Barriscale as William Shakespeare (who for some reason reminded me of Young Einstein), and who could forget Kevin Mooney in tights and a Shakespearean rap battle to finish the show off. Kudos to all the Devious crew, their performance was hilarious, creative and endlessly energetic.

Whilst there were several other photographers there on the day, it meant the event was heavily covered, so in an effort to provide shots that were a little different I spent some time working on mine. Using textures to add a bit more of a feel to them. I’m not exactly sure how to make a photo look Shakespearean but I gave it a shot.

You can see all my photos from the Shakespeare in the House Festival including Dreamstuff Youth Theatre’s ‘Romeo & Juliet‘ and Devious Theatre’s ‘Shakespeare in Bits‘ on my flickr along with two of my favourite shots on the Oss237.com homepage.

If anybody has any comments or feedback then please stand under my balcony and shout it up at me.

Devious Theatre’s Trainspotting: “The C**t Cut”

Devious Theatre have just released a little bit of extra content, to add to the large collection of video clips from last years production of Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting‘ in the Watergate Theatre.

This is the video I’ve been waiting for; the entire production cut-down to the word “cunt” and at 1 minute and 41 seconds long; it’s not the type of video you want to show your mother! So brace yourself and enjoy “The Cunt Cut”.

You’ll also find numerous videos from last years production on the Devious Theatre YouTube. Check it out!

Devious Theatre’s Trainspotting: “Tripping through the meadows”

The Devious Theatre Company have just released the sixth video clip from our production of Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting‘ in the Watergate Theatre last June.

The final scene in act one sees Tommy (Ken McGuire) saying “love me do” to smack as Renton (Myself), Spud (Stephen Colfer) and Alison (Maria Murray) take “a trip” through the meadows. With the help of some eckies, it’s a magical tour of a funfair and some deranged encounters with some auld wifies and a squirrel.

You can read all about my experiences during Trainspotting here on a previous blog post. And don’t forget to subscribe to the Devious Theatre Youtube for plenty more video clips to come.

Devious Theatre’s Trainspotting: “Kicking the habit”

The Devious Theatre Company have just released the fifth video clip from our production of Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting‘ in the Watergate Theatre last June.

Check out the above clip featuring myself as Mark Renton and Stephen “Pip” Colfer as…well? Everybody else! This scene was easily my favourite scene to perform in the show, it was so much fun despite having to put my hands down the worst toilet in Scotland.

Pip (who was already playing Spud) took on multiple characters in this scene, just the night before, when Mick Murphy broke his ankle in what will forever be known as “The Batman Trailer Tragedy”. It’s a total credit to Pip for doing an awesome job, but it’s strange that when I watch the video of this scene, I don’t remember it, everything happened so quickly, after months of rehearsing this scene with Mick, the show went by so quick that I only remember doing this scene the first night with Mick!?

You can read all about my experiences during Trainspotting here on a previous blog post. And don’t forget to subscribe to the Devious Theatre Youtube for plenty more video clips to come.

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