The Big Fellah

Tue 17 May to Sat 21 May 2011

PLAYHOUSE

Richard Bean’s brilliantly original, funny and shocking drama

New York 1972. Michael Doyle, a young fireman, joins the IRA. Soon his Bronx apartment is overrun with a fast-quipping Irish killer; a beautiful woman who he really mustn’t fall in love with; and charismatic boss David Costello, the “Big Fellah” himself. Over three turbulent decades their lives veer from farce to deadly danger…

Out of Joint and the Lyric Hammersmith

Company

Writer Richard Bean

Director Max Stafford-Clark

Reviews

The Big Fellah

★★★★
"Directed with thrilling energy and precision by Max Stafford-Clark. Horribly compelling”

Time Out

The Big Fellah

★★★★
“Full of wild, dark humour”

The Guardian

The Big Fellah

★★★★
“Gripping”

Financial Times