The newest character poster for Devious Theatre’s upcoming production of Night Of The Living Dead introduces the Cooper Family.
Played by Paul Young, Nuala Roche and Abbey Harris, they are our version of Harry, Helen and Karen Cooper, the family holed up in the basement of George A. Romero’s 1968 original. One area where we haven’t deviated in this regard, is how poorly Karen is feeling. And as you can see from this family portrait, she’s looking a little bit off. Must be the flu.
We’re a week into rehearsals at this point and it’s going really well so far. I keep having to remind myself that I’m directing an epic zombie story. It’s an absolute treat. We’re juggling it with our other new play Phantasm (more on that later) which offers a nice small appetiser to the bloody main course that is Night Of The Living Dead. Dessert will be sleep.
Night Of The Living Dead runs from July 24th – 28th in The Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny. Check out www.nightofthelivingdead.ie for more details.
