{"id":87459,"date":"2024-07-24T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=87459"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:17:04","slug":"just-annouced-the-man-who-talks-to-statues-written-and-performed-by-shane-casey-billy-murphy-in-the-hit-tv-series-the-young-offenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/07\/just-annouced-the-man-who-talks-to-statues-written-and-performed-by-shane-casey-billy-murphy-in-the-hit-tv-series-the-young-offenders\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST ANNOUCED: ‘The Man Who Talks to Statues’ – Written And Performed By Shane Casey (Billy Murphy In The Hit TV series, ‘The Young Offenders’)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Verdant Productions and The Civic Theatre, in association with Dublin Fringe Festival present the world premiere of \u2018The Man Who Talks to Statues\u2019 at Civic Theatre from 5 – 11 September.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and performed by Shane Casey (who plays Billy Murphy in hit TV series, ‘The Young Offenders’), ‘The Man Who Talks To Statues’ is a contemporary story of a young man lost, reflecting a sense of disconnect and disenfranchisement which is so often present in young men in today\u2019s Irish culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darryl is a recording engineer and voiceover artist who lives in an attic, his own world, creating radio ads, while recording his own play in his spare time. Using techniques pioneered by the CBS Radio series, ‘The Mercury Theatre On The Air’, and other radio programmes popular in the 1930s, the performer will create live ‘Foley’ sound effects on stage and manipulate his voice through unusual microphones, traffic cones and apparently random objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darryl crashes his father\u2019s car, following which he goes on a magic realist road trip to Limerick and Dublin, encountering characters ranging from suspicious locals to deceased celebrities and historical figures. Darryl has a unique capacity for speaking to statues and during the story he interacts with characters such as Richard Harris, Phil Lynott and Molly Malone. Darryl\u2019s road trip includes acts of hedonism, aggression, denial and punch-drunk self-reflection. He is more than a little bit lost and we\u2019re never quite sure what\u2019s real or what\u2019s imagined or, indeed, if it\u2019s salvation or an escape route he\u2019s looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Man Who Talks to Statues’ reunites the creative team of Shane Casey (Writer\/Performer), Brian Desmond (Director) and Cormac O\u2019Connor (Sound & Mixed Media Design). The Man Who Talks To Statues was originally a radio play commissioned and broadcast by Newstalk on 19\/11\/2023. You can listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Man Who Talks To Statues’ will be performed at The Dublin Fringe Festival on the following:

5- 6 Sep 8pm Previews | 8pm (All tickets \u20ac18)
7 Sep Opening Night | 8pm
8 Sep | 4pm
9 \u2013 11\u00a0 Sep 8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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