chosen as the feaure show to be brought to New York as part of 2008 International News Limited's International Theatre Show... seats for this show will no doubt be a sell out, so when the dates are announced get your tickets early to make sure you do not miss out.
 Eilin O'Dea's performance of Molly Bloom was smash hit in Dublin and the INL News Group were fortunate enough to have seen the show while covering the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival...and knew at once that INL had to share  this academy award performance with New Yorkers.....

Eilin Odea as Molly Bloom bears her soul on life, love, sex and lonliness in James Joyce's Ulysses extract  from the Paris 1922 edition, recognised as one of the most famous female narratives in modern literature    

Click here to view a  live video clip of Eilin Odea's stunning performance of Molly Bloom                  

A review has been made by the USA Weekly News on the performance by Eilin O'Dea of James Joyce's Ulysses Molly Bloom's soliloquy at the end of the James Joyce's Ulysses'. This is recognised as one of the most famous female narratives in modern literature, which was  performed by Eilin O'Dea and directed by Liam Carney at the Teachers Club 36 Parnell Square West Dublin 1,  from the 25th September - 6th October.
  This famous narrative which has been used as the basis of songs, re-appeared in movies, quoted in other literary works and in terms of its effect on Irish culture is one of the most difficult narratives for an actor to perform. Eilin O'dea performs Molly Bloom's otherwise silent voice to bear her soul on life, love, sex and loneliness. This has been done with absolute artistic genius by Eilen Odea in a genuine authentic way. Having heard Eilin Odea as Molly Bloom, it is hard to imagine any other actor performing this difficult narrative in anyway near the standard set by Eilin O'dea.  In effect Eilin Odea has become the real Molly Bloom is this absolute stunning academy award style performance which will no doubt receive a standing ovation from audiences all around the world.
The USA Weekly News is compelled to give Eilin O'Dea's  performance of Molly Bloom the hightest industry award that is on offer. There is absolutely no doubt of her receiving the normal top five star industry award. However, the USA WEEKLY NEWS has a special 100 star award for perpormances that are in a class of their own. 
 Eilin O'Dea's performance of Molly Bloom is one of these performances.
The USA WEEKLY NEWS is confident that when Eilin O'Dea takes her performance of Molly Bloom to London, New York, Australia and the rest of the world,  the play will have a very long and successful season.
   Awards from the USA WEEKLY NEWS to Eilin Odea as Molly Bloom directed by Liam Carney : The normal Industy 5 star award plus the  USA WEEKLY NEWS special 100 star award for being is class far above the standard to the normal five star ward performance.
Sincere congradulations from the USA WEEKLY NEWS.....
                A performance not to be missed....

KERRY LEIGH and her amazingly funny and provocative one woman show...oh... not really there is also  'baby pumkin' as well... has been selected  by International News Limited -INL News Group to be brought to  New York as part of the 2008 INL's International Theatre Show

It was decided to let New Yorkers share in Kerry's unique brand of humour in All Change, "about motherhood, babies and her impersonation of a retarded woman with a new baby obsession which isabsolutely superb.
Go and see this show...” John Collins
ALL CHANGE

"Juggling isn't easy - some days you hand your baby a beer and ask your man if he's done a poo-poo. Has this funny mummy gone gaga? Ride the highs and lows of a comedian's experience of first-time motherhood as she shares her tory with painful honesty and curious humour...." Kerry Leigh


Rap on Kerry Leigh
Often mistaken for an Antipodean, Kerry was sent to Australia as a convict when she was just 9 years old for heinous crimes against fashion, returning to the UK in her twenties where she has since developed a dry and witty comedic style musing on the absurdities of life through the eyes of a pseudo-Australian.

She has successfully written and performed her own one-woman comedy theatre show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007 in which she shares her experience as a first-time mother with painful honesty and curious humour, reviewed here by John Collins:

“…this is a great show!! Kerry Leigh is very funny about motherhood, babies and her impersonation of a retarded woman with a new baby obsession was superb. Go and see this show...”

As resident compere for ‘Laughing Cows’ at The Frog and Bucket  in Manchester since 2004, Kerry has become adept at comedy crowd control. Her surreal twist on recent events combined with a talent for quickly building a rapport with the audience makes her a fresh and captivating host each month.

Kerry’s hosting talent is in demand as she now also MCs the recently formed ‘Roughsketch Comedy Club’ in Manchester for which she also writes and performs.

Kerry was invited to Edinburgh as a Semi-finalist in Channel 4’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ competition in 2004 and was a finalist in 2005’s Citylife Comedian of the Year competition, reviewed here by Citylife writer Marissa Burgess:

"...Kerry Leigh displayed a beautifully sardonic edge to express an inventive and refreshing set with an occasional unexpected surreal moment."

Comedy History

August 2007
Wrote, directed and performed her one-woman show: All Change
Edinburgh Fringe Festival

May 2007 –
Resident compere and sketch writer / performer at Roughsketch Comedy Club
Castbar, Manchester

2004 –
Resident compere of Laughing Cows Comedy Nite
The Frog and Bucket, Manchester

January – December 2005
Co-Presenter with Caroline Rennie on Drivetime
All FM Radio, Manchester

February 2005
BBC3 I-Dent, comic actor

November 2005
Finalist in Citylife Comedian of the Year competition
Comedy Store, Manchester

August 2004
Semi-Finalist ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ competition
Gilded balloon, Edinburgh

2002 –
Stand up comedian performing at various venues throughout the UK

1996 – 1999 
BA (Hons) English (Double Major in Creative Writing and Theatre Arts) Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

2008 New York 
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The 2008 New  York  International Theater,
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is to be held from the
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The 19th of January will be a special
Red Carpet Gala Preview Night for the Who's Who
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Magazine and Internet world as well as
special guests of course...
A ticket for this Premier Preview night wll be
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at this Premier Preview Night
will be repeated on Saturday the 26th January 2008...
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Click here to view a  live video clip of
 Eilin Odea's stunning performance 
of Molly Bloom                  

The special USA Weekly News 100 Star Award
 was given to the performance by Eilin O'Dea and
 directed by Liam Carney at the Teachers Club
 36 Parnell Square West Dublin 1,  
from the 25th September - 6th October 2007.
James Joyce's Ulysses Molly Bloom's soliloquy
is at the end of the James Joyce's Ulysses'.
This is recognised as one of the most famous
 female narratives in modern literature..

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 Hi,
 I am Jessica Delfino, you are all invited to see

Eilin O'Dea in Molly Bloom ( spends most of her time in Bed)

Kerry Leigh in All Change (used to spend most of her time in bed until it all changed)

Bite Size (these guys only have a Bite Size.....?)

Dirty Beat Up Yanks Crew
(these guys are really dangerous, handle with care.....)

Mobile    and
It's A Cultural Thing
written and acted by Michael Collins
Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company

Click this photo for video of Mobile


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for video of It's A Cultural Thing...

Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company presents

It's a Cultural Thing...or is it ?
 (A Traveller in Progress)

 

Starring Michael Collins and Patricia McCarthy

Directed by Mick Rafferty

 

In a bid to convince a new generation of the importance of education, Michael Collins tells his life story from his first memories of a traditional Traveller life in the Midlands bounded by barrel top wagons and tents, through to the intolerable hardships of settlement in a halting site in Finglas. While he rejoices in the freedom of his child hood and youth, a narrator reveals the darker side of the changes in Traveller culture and the response of the settled community to these changes. This is the story of one community’s struggle and a re-emergence of a new Traveller identity in contemporary Ireland. Following its success at the 2005 Dublin Fringe Festival, The Space is delighted to wel come this touching, funny story which traces the history of the social barriers experienced by the Traveller community in Ireland

 

'Entertaining, enriching and provocative……….Excellent.'
The Irish Times

Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company



Michael Collins is a member of the Irish Traveller community. Travellers are an indigenous minority, documented as being part of Irish society for centuries. Travellers have a long shared history and value system which make them a distinct group. They have their own language, customs and traditions. Michael has been an advocate of Traveller human rights for over 20 years. He has been developing the idea of establishing a Traveller Theatre Company which would work with Travellers and other socially excluded and ethnic minority groups to allow them to tell there stories and issues in an artistic way. This company will be called Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company. Michael is an actor, writer and performer he has acted on stage in the Abby and Olympia Theatres. Michael has written his own play “It’s a cultural thing or is it” which he has spent the past two years performing in venues in Ireland and in the UK.

Michael Collins is a member of the Irish Traveller community who has been an advocate of Traveller human rights for over 20 years. He has been developing the idea of establishing a Traveller Theatre Company which would work with Travellers and other socially excluded and ethnic minority groups to allow them to tell there stories and issues in an artistic way. This company will be called Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company. Michael is an actor, writer and performer he has acted on stage in the Abby and Olympia Theatres. Michael has written his own play “It’s a cultural thing or is it” which he has spent the past two years performing in venues in Ireland and in the UK.
With the support of SEI, he now has the time and resources to put energy into developing the project which he feels will not only be of benefit to Travellers but to Irish society in general. He is also working on his second show and has the first draft of his second script ready.

What is Social Entrepreneurs Ireland?
http://www.socialentrepreneurs.ie/2006/09/michael_collins/

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland is an organisation aimed at encouraging and supporting the development of social entrepreneurship in Ireland. Our mission of promoting social entrepreneurship will be realised by fostering the early stage development of a new generation of social entrepreneurs and by actively working in conjunction with the business, third level, public and voluntary sectors to support the development of a new social entrepreneurship movement.

What We Believe?

We believe that in every generation there are social entrepreneurs. We believe that these social entrepreneurs are key agents of change and creators of social value that enrich our society; Irish examples include Mary Davis, Sister Stanislaus Kennedy and Fr. Peter McVerry. However, we believe that the current generation of social entrepreneurs are struggling to grow their ideas and their organisations and to develop to the point where they change society. In today's Ireland social entrepreneurs find it hard to get the practical and moral support they need to make that life changing decision and to stick with it. We believe that by launching Social Entrepreneurs Ireland and by encouraging others to join the movement, we can help to create a space for social entrepreneurship in modern Ireland.

What We Do

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland directly supports the early stage development of social entrepreneurs by providing a range of supports. These supports consist of financial investment in social entrepreneurs, technical training, peer networking, mentoring and links to other social entrepreneur networks. Our commitment to the social entrepreneur is typically from twelve months to two years.

Both these plays are written and performed by
well known Irish actor, Michael Collins.....
which show the history of Travellors in
Ireland...."an absolutely gripping performance"
.............USA Weekly News.......
When asked by the USA Weekly News
how long did it took to write these
two plays...Michael replied...
".....about 24 years....."  the reason
why it took so long in is that in fact
the two plays are the story of Michael Collins
and his family's life in Ireland as travellors..

It's a Cultural Thing
is Michael Collins playing as
a Child, from a child's point of view...

Mobile...

 is Michael Collins playing the young adult
travellor and shows the real life problems an issues
tavellors faced living in Ireland as against
settled people, who had stable homes and settled
in one town and/or city in Ireland.... while
travellors and their families moved from place
to place, lived in caravans and made a living 
selling goods at markets and fairs
throughout Ireland........
A story that you will not here told anywhere else 

Click here to see live Video Clips of
Mobile
 and
It's A Cultural Thing
http://www.inlnews.com/InternationalTheatreShow.html

Das Contras @ Cafe Royal

A cold and wet November evening in Edinburgh was rapidly replaced with
the welcoming warmth and soul of Das Contras in Café Royal.

Initial impressions of the ensemble on stage were of lounge music. But
only if your lounge is painted a deep terracotta, you have a nightly
group of Latino beauties dressed in tight black dresses tossing back
large glasses of red wine until four in the morning threatening to
steal your soul and replace it with a never ending madness of
melancholy and passion.

From beginning to end there was no defining lead person, all of them
extremely adept at their relative instruments with attention shifting
from sax to keyboard to bass to guitar to the singing. The band had
left any egos at the front door to concentrate on the music. Dave
Webster’s head was lost in the sound created by his keyboard nodding in
time to the audience’s reciprocating appreciation, so smoothly and
timely executed. This was complemented by Sherman Watson on acoustic
and lead vocals, a charismatic presence despite his shambolic
appearance. The drums and bass provided the backbone of timeless soul
shaking grooves and the funk needed, holding back to add a more subtle
flavour to the slower numbers. The bass guitarist was all over his
instrument, especially when the strap fell off his shoulder appearing
to propose to the drummer on one knee for the rest of the song. The
horn section added that final harmony. The sax was (I can’t believe I’m
writing this) a tranquil yet also a powerful force driving the band,
while at other times entirely uplifting.

A refreshing change to guitar bands, their maturity and obviously
studied dedication to their craft created layers of warmth of sometimes
up beat jazz and reggae to despairing sadness. Think Ruben Wilson, gypsy
violins, Miles Davies, filterless French cigarettes, The Bosstones, bull
fighting and Ray Manzerick and you’ll probably wonder what the hell I’m
talking about.

There appeared to be a fairly large fan base with them and rightly so.
It was not just a gig but a celebration and a chance to party.

A joy to watch and even better to listen to.

Chris Catley - Live Music Direct