Archive for Paddy Dunne
SMITTEN - Tommy and Daffney
“I’m dancing and singing in the rain…”A Short Story from Smitten
Tommy’s head was spinning with the stories. All the stories he was hearing from his friends about this girl, this girl who came from Kilkenny and was apparently all that. But he just couldn’t figure it out. As he sat, cradling a can of Coke [...]
SMITTEN - Kevin and Claire
“Almost Made You Smile”A Short Story from SmittenWhen the sliding doors at McDonagh Station opened on that miserable August night, everybody stared at the girl in the blue raincoat. And she was soaked.
It all started when she looked at the photo of herself sliding half way down a hill in Venezuela with a terrified look [...]
SMITTEN - Cat and Tony
“I’ll Take You With Me When I Go”
A Short Story from Smitten
And off she went in a taxi somewhere. Which wasn’t the weirdest thing. She’s a lazy girl sometimes is Cat, that’s why she might get a taxi every so often. Out to her house when she was filled up with too much drink or [...]
SMITTEN - Dave and Bronagh
“You Were Right About The Stars”A Short Story from SmittenHow long can the shopping possibly take? Why, there could be queues or a shortage of plastic bags or maybe someone crashed an airplane into Superquinn or one of the cashiers went crazy and shot the place up? Or else the person doing the shopping could [...]
SMITTEN Announcement
SMITTEN1. struck, as with a hard blow.2. grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted.3. very much in love.
Following on from the success of Trainspotting, we are proud to announce another first for Kilkenny theatre this coming August. Smitten by John Morton will premiere in The Barn, Church Lane, Kilkenny on Wednesday August 20th and will run [...]
Trainspotting: Kilkenny People Review
Here’s another positive review for TRAINSPOTTING. It was published in Gerry Moran’s column in the July 2nd edition of the Kilkenny People.
THE OLD ORDER IS CHANGING, YIELDING PLACE TO NEW.
When, exactly, does the old order yield to the young? When, for instance, did the fifties finally surrender to the swinging sixties? When did showbands succumb [...]
Trainspotting - Kilkenny Advertiser Review
Here’s our first press review for TRAINSPOTTING. It was published in John Cleere’s ‘Cleere Thinking’ column in the June 26th edition of the Kilkenny Advertiser.
TRAINSPOTTING AT THE WATERGATE THEATRE
Have you ever watched the high wire act at the circus? Part of the fascination is wondering will someone slip and crash to the ground.
The Devious Theatre [...]
Arrival: Trainspotting Production Week
So we’ve arrived. The past few days have seen a flurry of activity as the Devious crew have worked at break neck pace to get everything into gear. We arrived into the Watergate Theatre early on Sunday morning and it’s been all go, go, go since then. I’ve loved every single fucking minute of it, [...]
TRAINSPOTTING: Character Promo - Sick Boy
‘Good ol fashioned Scottish hoaspitality. Ye cannae beat it’
The final reveal in our series of Trainspotting posters sees the debut bow of the wide eyed wannabe entrepreneur with a heart of pure deviousness, Simon ‘Sick Boy’ Williamson.
Junkie. Rent boy. Pimp. Sean Connery devotee. Sick Boy tries to be a lot of things. As [...]
TRAINSPOTTING: Character Promo - Mother Superior
‘Would sir care to pay for his bill in advance?’
The latest reveal in our series of seemingly never ending Trainspotting posters is the introduction of everybody’s friendly neighborhood drug dealer, Johnny ‘The Mother Superior’ Swann.
Played by Paul Young, Johnny is a cheerful soul who feeds a heroin addiction as easily as some of [...]