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February 12, 2010 • can't pay? won't pay dario fo season, devious theatre, kilkenny, set theatre

Can Poster Will Poster

We’re just about 4 weeks off the opening night of Devious Theatre’s production of Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! and business is really starting to pick up.

I’ve been working on the play for the last couple of months in terms of development and rewriting the script. Since January I’ve had the good fortune to be directing the show. It’s the second part of our Dario Fo Season and so far it’s the biggest project we’ve undertaken as Devious Theatre. It’s pretty much been a non stop Dario Fo fest since we launched the project back in August 2009.

This week we unveiled the final poster for the play, as designed by the wizard that is Paddy Dunne and it features the first reveal of the cast of Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!

Here you see the shoplifting duo Antonia and Margherita (Angela Barrett and Hazel Fahy), their husbands Giovanni and Luigi (Ken McGuire and Ross Costigan) and the hapless Inspector (David Thompson)

I’ve just posted a new rehearsal blog over on www.DeviousTheatre.com. You can check it out here. Keep and eye on that there sight for all other info and bits and pieces on the production.

It runs 10th – 14th March in the Set Theatre, John Street, Kilkenny.

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January 12, 2010 • can't pay? won't pay, dario fo, devious theatre, drio fo season, john street, kilkenny, march 2010, set theatre

Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!

Rocking into my first big theatrical project for 2010 and it’s the second part of Devious Theatre’s Dario Fo Season. This time it’s his 1974 comedy Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!

A wild farce about shoplifting, unemployment and standing up for yourself against government forces, it’s my second crack of the whip at directing a Dario Fo play after Accidental Death Of An Anarchist back in December. I was delighted with how that play was received, the audiences were more than healthy and we got some really lovely notices. So I’m hoping this one can trump it.

We’ve assembled another fantastic cast and crew and I couldn’t be happier with them unless they could do the get in in 10 minutes or had their lines off tomorrow. This time out the cast will consist of Angela Barrett, Ross Costigan, Hazel Fahy, Ken McGuire and Paul Young. They’ve already sat in for our first cast reading and recording which were followed by the start of rehearsals this week.

I’ll be blogging the rehearsal process over on Devioustheatre.com so if you’re interested in the progression of the play, that’s where I’ll be documenting it. As will the rest of the team in what we hope will be a good sustained campaign of bloggination.

Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! by Dario Fo will hit the Set Theatre, John Street, Kilkenny from 10th – 14th March 2010 at 8pm nightly. You can grab your tickets over on the website and the printed versions should be hitting Rollercoaster Records in the next week.

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November 13, 2009 • accidental death of an anarchist, dario fo, dario fo sason, devious theatre, kilkenny, set theatre

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist Revs Up

Time has flown like a motherfucker and I’ve barely had time to catch my breath and get together a few words about Devious Theatre’s upcoming Accidental Death Of An Anarchist. The first play in our upcoming Dario Fo Season.

It’s been a tremendously exciting process so far and I still haven’t got over the giddy excitement of the fact that I’m directing a Dario Fo play and generally getting to immerse myself in the world and work of the great man for 6 months. Well, 4 months now because once we close up shop on this one, I’ll be directing the next production in the Dario Fo Season, Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!

Ahhhh, too much excitement, too little time to write coherently.

Anyway, I’ll be blogging about the show from this Monday on Devioustheatre.com so I’ll be able to give a bit more insight into how the production is running. So do keep an eye out for that. And it won’t be just me, all our cast and crew will be giving their own insights into the play and we’ll have a fine selection of bits and pieces to show off.

The show itself hits the Set Theatre, John Street Kilkenny from December 2nd – 6th.

All information on the production can be found over on Devioustheatre.com

These two wonderful Saul Bass tinted posters are again, the work of Mr. Paddy Dunne.

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