The Rare Oul Times
Saturday January 15
The Black Box, 2.00pm
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Written by Ken McElroy, The Rare Oul Times is a wonderful
portrayal of the literary brilliance of Brendan Behan and Patrick
Kavanagh, - their humour, their music and also their sadness. It
explores their different childhoods, the streetwise Behan from inner
city Dublin and Kavanagh from the harsh infertile soil of County
Monaghan. Childhoods that honed their respective talents as writers.
It allows Behan to be at his most outrageous and Kavanagh to be at
his most vitriolic. And as in life the pint of stout is an essential prop
on stage for both characters. Ken McElroy plays Patrick Kavanagh,
the cantankerous yet brilliant Inniskeen poet, so recognizable in
Dublin literary circles with his battered hat, spectacles and long
trailing coat.
With his caustic tongue and longing for love and recognition, he is
a perfect foil to the outrageous and domineering Behan, played by
Oliver Moore.