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A drinkin’ drivin’ smokin’ skivin’ rockin’ ridin’ trip
“When we was twenty two Rolo and me went on a trip…”
When Rolo heads west on a job his mate Zoo comes along for the ride. Heading for Ennis they happen upon all manner of man woman and beast. They party hard and live wild and hardly a law goes unbroken.
The two actors who play Rolo and Zoo also portray all the characters they meet on their trip, from Beth and Nina in the Silken Thomas in Kildare to Uche “the black Stephen Hendry”, Daniel O’Connell and many many more.
Above: Press shots by Lianne O'Shea. Below: Production images from the Flat Lake Festival - photos by Gerard McNaughton
John Currivan
This is John's first time working with Devise and Conquer and he is delighted to be involved.
John began his acting career with Clondalkin Youth Theatre. He graduated from the Bachelor in Acting Studies Trinity college in 2009.
Since leaving Trinity he has performed in 'The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars' Upstate Theatre Project 'The Rivals' Abbey Theatre, and 'The Cappuccino Culture' Project Arts Centre/THE THEATRE MACHINE TURNS YOU ON FESTIVAL and 'Scent of Chocolate' Polish Theatre Ireland.
He has also written directed and performed the 'Behind The Shamrocks' Audiotour.
Productions at Trinity include "The Drunkard", "Now is the Winter of our Discontent" "Churchill x3" (Ice Cream), 'Love's Labours Lost', 'Sweeney's Flight' and 'The Hostage'.
Televison Credits include 'Aifric series 2'
Vincent O’Reilly
Is an Actor, Writer and Director. He received most of his training from Kildare Youth Theatre and Crookedhouse, and has attended workshops and master classes with many other prolific names and companies such as Joise Rourke and Dominic LeClerk (text and movement, The Royal Shakespeare Company), Michele Panella (Teatro della Limonaia, Florece. Physical Theatre and Contact improvisation), Anthony Banks (The National Theatre of Great Britain), Patsy Rodenburg, Julian Boal and Sir Richard Eyre. He is currently involved in a director’s mentorship programme with Jim Culleton of Fishamble. As an actor he has toured to the Prague Fringe Festival with Chatroom by Enda Walsh, and Sharman McDonald’s Broken Hallelujah, which also toured to Teatro della Limonaia. With the world premiere of Mark Ravenhill’s Scenes from Family Life he performed at The National Theatre of Great Britain. Other highlights include playing Ray in This Lime Tree Bower (Dir. Peter Hussey), Macbeth in Macbeth, Capt. Cooper in Riverbank’s premiere of the WW1 drama Over the Top, (Both Directed by John O’Brien), Mr. Darcy in Crooked House/KYT’s Pride and Prejudice,(Dir. Peter Hussey), and Jack Worthing in the award winning The Importance of Being Earnest in Andrews Lane.(Dir. Peter Hussey). He has been Artistic Director of Sheer Tantrum for the past three years, where he has directed Dracula and Intensive Care, and written and acted in Frankenstein. Other directing projects include Tab's Theatre Company’s A Year in the Life, The New Theatre, Temple Bar,Christina Reid's A Year and A Day (Kildare Youth Theatre), and Lin Coughlan's The Miracle (Irish Premiere, KYT, Everyman Palace, Cork), both in association with The National Theatre of Great Britain, Sharman McDonald’s After Juliet (KYT) and Definition(KYT) which he also wrote. His is currently directing the Irish premiere of Craig Raine's 1953, which will be staged in Smock Alley this September.