by Paul HowardLandmark Productions in association with MCD
After a sell-out run during the 2014 premiere, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly’s Breaking Dad returned to the Gaiety Theatre in 2015 and received its Cork debut at Cork Opera House.
The year is 2022. Ireland is in the midst of an unexpected economic boom. The country’s debts have been repaid in full, the people are once again selling houses to each other for five times what they’re worth and Bertie Ahern is set to become Taoiseach again at the age of 71. Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is entering his middle years without a care in the world. He’s got a son who’s a professional footballer, a career-minded wife who’s about to land the job of her dreams – and, like good Cognac, his looks just keep improving with age. For Ireland’s most eligible married man, life is good. Until his teenage daughter arrives home from Wesley one night with the captain of the Blackrock College rugby team – and Ross is forced to face up to the lesson that you must reap what you have sown.
Breaking Dad was the third Ross O’Carroll-Kelly stage play, following the hugely successful The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger (2007) and Between Foxrock and a Hard Place (2010).
World Premiere.
Cast
Ross Rory NolanTraolach Gavin DreaRonan Laurence KinlanSorcha Lisa LambeHonor Caoimhe O’MalleyCharles Phillip O’Sullivan2016 Revival
Ross Rory NolanTraolach Emmet ByrneRonan Laurence KinlanSorcha Aoibhin GarrihyHonor Roisin O’NeillCharles Philip O’SullivanCreative
Writer Paul HowardDirector Jimmy FaySet Design Paul O’MahonyCostume Design Catherine FayLighting Design Paul KeoganPRODUCTION IMAGERY
