The Lieutenant of Inishmore, by Martin McDonagh - WriteWork.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore is from multi-award winning British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, who has produced Olivier Award-winning plays including Hangmen, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Pillowman. His extensive screen credits include the BAFTA Award-winning In Bruges. McDonagh’s new play A Very Very Very Dark Matter premieres at the new Bridge Theatre in.
Originally premiering in 2001, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a sharp, satirical take on the nature of political violence. Michael Grandage directs the production, which features design by Christopher Oram, lighting design by Neil Austin and sound design by Adam Cork. Featuring as one of two new plays produced by the Michael Grandage Company, the other of which is Red starring Alfred Molina.
About The Lieutenant of Inishmore. A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during the Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in an inhospitable environment in which a mutilated cat sets off a murderous cycle of revenge. Wee Thomas was a friendly cat. He would.
Michael Grandage will direct this rare revival of The Lieutenant of Inishmore following the success of his 2013 production of The Cripple of Inishmaan, another play in the trilogy, which starred Daniel Radcliffe. Guaranteed to leave you reeling, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a riotous, acute observation of violence in contemporary culture, and an unmissable piece of theatre. Gala Charity.
Set in the 1990s, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a clever satire on terrorism, the beautification of violence in contemporary culture and a hilarious farce in true McDonagh fashion. Director Andrew Flynn is renowned for his productions of McDonagh’s work which include The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Pillowman and A Skull in Connemara, which received 3 nominations in The Irish Times Irish.
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MGC Artistic Director Michael Grandage directs a rare revival of Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed, brilliant satire on terrorism, The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Stage and screen actor Aidan Turner, best known for playing the title role in the BBC hit series Poldark, plays Mad Padraic, a terrorist deemed too violent to be a member of the IRA, in this hilarious, acute observation of.