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Co n o r i sc u r r e n t l yd e v e l o p i n gS t r a n g e r s f o r Nu mb e r 9F i l msb a s e d o nt h en o v e l b yTa i c h i Ya ma d a , a n di n2 0 1 1h ewr o t eT h eVe i l f o r t h eNa t i o n a l Th e a t r e .

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As wed r o v eu pt h emo u n t a i n s , myf a t h e r d i s c l o s e dt h a t wewe r eg o i n gt ov i s i t a no l dh u n t i n gl o d g ec a l l e d , ‘ Th eHe l l F i r e Cl u b ’ .

Th i sd i dl i t t l et oe x c i t eu sb u t a sh ewe n t o nt ot a l ka b o u t t h ep l a c e , ag a meo f c a r d sa n damy s t e r i o u ss t r a n g e r wi t hc l o v e nf e e t , I wa sc a p t i v a t e d .

Th es t o r yo f p l a y i n gp o k e r a t t h eHe l l fi r eCl u br e ma i n e dac h i l d h o o df a s c i n a t i o nf o r ma n yy e a r s , a n dI k n o wI h a u n t e dmyp a r e n t so nSu n d a ymo r n i n g st or e v i s i t t h a t we i r da n de e r i eh u n t i n gl o d g e .

Th i r t yy e a r sl a t e r , I h a v eb e e ng i v e nt h eo p p o r t u n i t yt od i r e c t Co n o r Mc Ph e r s o n ’ s‘ Th eSe a f a r e r ’ f o r No ma d Th e a t r eNe t wo r ka n dDe c a d e n t Th e a t r e .

Wh e nI fi r s t r e a dt h i sb r i l l i a n t l yc r a f t e dp l a y , I wa so n c ea g a i nfi l l e dwi t h t h a t c h i l d h o o dc a p t i v a t i o n .

Th ep l a y , l i k emu c ho f Co n o r ’ swo r k , d r a wso nt h ewo r l do f t h es u p e r n a t u r a l a n do u r f a s c i n a t i o nwi t ht h i swo r l d .

Th ec h a r a c t e r so f t h i sp l a ya r ei nt h e i r o wnp r i v a t eh u n t i n gl o d g e , ar u n d o wnh o u s ei n Ba l d o y l e , i t ’ sCh r i s t ma sEv e , t h e r e ’ sas t o r mo u t s i d ea n das t r a n g e r a r r i v e st op l a yc a r d s .

Wh i l eI a ms u r eCo n o r wa sf a mi l i a r wi t ht h es t o r yo f t h eHe l l F i r eCl u ba n dI a mi nn od o u b t i t p r o v i d e da ni n s p i r a t i o n f o r t h ep l a y , i t i sme r e l yt h eb e g i n n i n go f wh a t i sawo n d e r f u l e x a mi n a t i o no f ma n k i n d , h i sf a i l i n g sa n dh i st r i u mp h s .

Th ep l a yi sr i c ho nma n yl e v e l s .

I t i sawo n d e r f u l s t o r yo f o r d i n a r yme n , l a c e dwi t hwi t a n dh u mo u r .

Ye t t h e r ei sas a ds e n s eo f t h el o n e l i n e s sa n di s o l a t i o nt h a t e x i s t sf o r ma n yme n .

Th e s eI r i s h me na r eo n eo f “ p u b c u l t u r e ” a n dCo n o r e x p o s e st h e i r l a d i s hb a n t e r a l o n g s i d et h e i r s e n s eo f f a i l u r ea t o p p o r t u n i t i e sl o s t , b u t mo s t o f a l l h ee x p l o r e st h ei d e ao f f o r g i v e n e s sa n dma n sa b i l i t yt of o r g i v e .

Th i si ss o me t h i n gt h a t t h es t r a n g e r ( Mr L o c k h a r t ) c a n n e i t h e r d on o r c o mp r e h e n d .

Th ema k i n go f t h i sp r o d u c t i o nh a sb e e nawo n d e r f u l c o l l a b o r a t i v ee x p e r i e n c e .

F r o mt h ei n i t i a l me e t i n g swi t hNo ma d , Ma r c e l l a , Ma r y , Mo n a , Se a n , El a i n ea n dAv e r y l h a v ewo r k e dt i r e l e s s l yt oe n s u r et h e i r a u d i e n c e sa r eg i v e nt h e o p p o r t u n i t yt os e et h e a t r et h a t i sb o t he n t e r t a i n i n ga n dc h a l l e n g i n g .

Th ec a s t , Ga r r e t t , J o e , Ro b e r t , F r a n k i ea n dPa u l h a v eb e e nb r i l l i a n t c o l l a b o r a t o r s , wh o s ed e d i c a t i o nt oe x c e l l e n c e a n dc a r ei nfi n d i n gat r u t hi nt h et e x t h a sb e e ni n s p i r i n g .

Th ec r e a t i v et e a m, Owe n , Ad a m, Pe t r a , Ca r l , Ge r a n dVa l h a v ep r o v i d e du swi t hawo n d e r f u l p l a y g r o u n di nwh i c ht oe x p l o r e .

F i n a l l yt oa l l t h o s ewh oh a v ewo r k e dt i r e l e s s l y b e h i n dt h es c e n e sb u t wh oa r et h eb a c k b o n eo f t h et o u r a n dp r o d u c t i o n , Ni a l l , Ma r y , Mi k e , Pa u l , Br i a n , Si mo na n d No e l , s i mp l yt h a n ky o u .

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Th ep u r p o s eo f t h en e t wo r ki st of u r t h e r t h e d e v e l o p me n t o f t h ep e r f o r mi n ga r t si nt h eNo r t hMi d l a n d sr e g i o n , e x t e n d i n gt h ep a r a me t e r s a n di n t r o d u c i n go u r a u d i e n c e st or e g i o n a l , n a t i o n a l a n di n t e r n a t i o n a l wo r ko f ah i g hs t a n d a r d .

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Th e c o mp a n ya i mst oc r e a t et h e a t r eo f t h eh i g h e s t q u a l i t ywi t ha ne mp h a s i so nc l a s s i cwo r k sf r o mt h eI r i s h d r a ma t i ct r a d i t i o na swe l l a sp r e s e n t i n gn e wa n dc o n t e mp o r a r ywo r k .

Si n c ei t sf o u n d a t i o nt h ec o mp a n yh a swo r k e di nc o l l a b o r a t i o nwi t hs e v e r a l a r t so r g a n i s a t i o n st o p r o d u c ewo r kwi t ht h eh i g h e s t s t a n d a r d so f e x c e l l e n c e .

Co l l a b o r a t i o n swi t hGa l wa yAr t sCe n t r e , Co r k Op e r aHo u s e , Be l l t a b l eAr t sCe n t r e , To wnHa l l Ga l wa ya n dTh eL y r i cTh e a t r eh a v ea l l r e s u l t e di n i n n o v a t i v ewo r kt h a t p l a y e dl o c a l l yi nt h ec o mp a n y ’ sh o meb a s e s , Ga l wa ya n di ns o mei n s t a n c e st o u r e d n a t i o n a l l y .

Re c e n t De c a d e n t Th e a t r ePr o d u c t i o n si n c l u d e , He r eWeAr eAg a i nS t i l l , Bl a c k b i r d( I r i s hPr e mi e r ea n d To u r ) , Vi aDo l o r o s a( I r i s hPr e mi e r ea n dTo u r ) ,S o me o n eWh o ' l l Wa t c hOv e r Me , T h eGo o dT h i e f , T a l k i n g T oT e r r o r i s t s ( I r i s hPr e mi e r e ) , J a n e t ’ s T a b l e( Wo r l dPr e mi e r e , I r i s hTo u r ) , T e j a s Ve r d e s , L o v e r s , T h i s L i me T r e eBo we r a n dAt t h eBl a c kPi g s Dy k e .

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