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Mike Finn

MIKE FINN

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Berlin Associates  represented by Rachel Daniels

An Irish actor and playwright based in Limerick, Mike won the Stewart Parker Award for PIGTOWN in 2000, which also received 4 Irish Times Theatre Award nominations and was produced off-Broadway. He is a prolific writer of plays and has also written 12 pantomimes. For TV, Mike has co-written extensively with Irish comedian Pat Shortt notching up 36 episodes of the IFTA nominated KILLINASKULLY (RTE) and they have piloted 2 further comedy series.

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below is a list of Mike Finn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Charlie Chaplin's Mother Was An Irish Man         Crunch, The         Ellis Island         Life In 2 Syllables         Pigtown         Quiet Moment, The         Shock & Awe
Charlie Chaplin's Mother Was An Irish Man

Synopsis:
This one-man show tells the story of a young man who waits outside a LimErick nightclub for his sometime girlfriend to arrive. as he waits he examines the ups and downs of his life, the contents of his pockets, a nearby dustbin and the city life he sees around him in an attempt to discover the meaning of it all, and more importantly, the money for a taxi home. at the same time, the actor portraying him has a few choice words to add about the actor's life.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, Eur     1995

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Crunch, The

Synopsis:
a free adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe, which relocates this savage look at religious bigotry to Ireland in 1992, at the time of the Right to Travel and Information Referenda. the play examines what happens when an ordinary Irish household comes under the influence of a religious hypocrite trying to impose his warped ideals on others, while being a scoundrel himself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, Eur     1992

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ellis Island

Synopsis:
the journey to the new world, from the point of view of three families who meet up when the ship sails from Kingstown, Co. Cork. a single Irish woman, an Italian family and a Jewish man dream, worry and eventually arrive at the eponymous island, where their fates are decided

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading, Hunt Musuem, Limerick     2003

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  18            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Life In 2 Syllables

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Tiny Plays for Ireland 2: This highly theatrical production, staged in-the-round, offers vivid glimpses of contemporary Ireland as seen through a range of perspectives. A cast of five actors play over 50 roles in this production which is accompanied by a programme of debates and discussions, based on the themes and issues explored.

1st Produced:
Project Arts Centre's Space Upstairs, Dublin     15 Mar 2013

Organisations:
fishamble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pigtown

Synopsis:
Pigtown is a theatrical journey through the history of 20th-century LimErick, seen through the eyes of one man. On the morning of his death, Tommy wanders the streets of LimErick meeting characters from his life and times as scenes from his past take shape before him. Pigtown travels up and down the twentieth century visiting incidents famous and forgotten, including the emergency, the 'LimErick Soviet' and the Boer War.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, Eur     1999

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  6            Other:  minimum cast of 10

Further Reference:
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Quiet Moment, The

Synopsis:
Peter works in California where he buys memory for a large computer corporation. However, his Father who lives in LimErick is rapidly losing his own. Peter comes home for a brief visit to make the best arrangements he can for his ailing Dad, but also has some memories of his own to deal with.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, Eur     2002

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Shock & Awe

Synopsis:
a fast moving play about war, love, revenge and destiny, in which three actors, between them, play numerous characters, including Greek and Trojan warriors, timeless beauties and a whole pantheon of gods and godesses. However, there is more. . .Jerry Springer, Blind Date and Sky News, all get a look-in in Mike Finns contemporary version of Homers Iliad

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, Eur     2003

Organisations:
Island Theatre Company, Limerick, Ireland

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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