The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
Kerry talent brings play to Waterville
KERRY playwright and actor Michael Hilliard Mulcahy brings his many talents to the Tech Amergin Arts Centre in Waterville later this month with his one man play entitled ‘After Sarah Miles’.
‘After Sarah Miles’ is a one hour fifteen minute solo performance that chronicles 35 years in the life of ‘Bobeen’, a Dingle fisherman whose first job (as a fourteen year old) is on the set of Ryan’s Daughter, where Robert Mitchum buys him his very first drink and Sarah Miles is the subject of his first serious crush.
Bobeen still longs for the American dream long after the film crew pull out of town, however life becomes a bit of rollercoaster until one faithful evening when a bottlenose dolphin guides his boat into Dingle bay.
The play was first performed by actor Don Wycherley to rave reviews. Emer O’ Kelly of the Sunday Independent calling it ‘a lilting wonder of exquisite exploration’. The Sunday Times gave it a 4 star thumbs up as did the Sunday Business Post among other national papers and online reviewers.
Although the play appeals to a broad audience Michael feels that West Kerry people of all ages will find that little bit extra in the piece and that it may really resonate with them.
Mulcahy’s previous work was the hugely successful ‘Beyond the Brooklyn sky’ which was a big hit at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2012. He has completed a third play ‘Symphony to the Sea’ which he produced in 2017. He has also started work on a new play and a short film script.