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Written by Bottom Dog ensemble member John Murphy, Smallone was originally performed in a production in 2006 which eventually toured to the prestigious Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris in 2010.

Having been approached by local actress Michelle O’Flanagan to perform the show, Bottom Dog agreed to produce but are taking the show in a new direction. Helming the piece himself this time, writer John Murphy decided to take it out of a conventional theatre space and into the grimy, authentic reality of a room in a old Georgian building in Limerick. Following the huge success of our last site specific production – our award nominated production of What Happened Bridgie Cleary in 2013 – Bottom Dog continue to open up Limerick city’s found spaces to present our work in a variety of venues and intriguing locations.

The protagnoist of Smallone ‘Mingey’ loves her cats, loves club milks and loves Himself. She hates under the stairs, crow haired welfare officers, black dogs and the “snouts” who torment her. John has created the strange, darkly humorous world of Mingey – a fascinating character whose language is quirky and childlike, whose passions are extreme and whose story is emotionally riveting.

“I told him, ‘there’s plenty more fish in the sea’. But he knew and I knew that that was a pile of useless shite cos fish are slippery and hard to keep a hold of.” – Mingey

Having received the Limerick Arts Office inaugural Theatre Bursary of €2500, Bottom Dog staged a new version of this incredibly funny and moving show starring Artistic Director Liam O’Brien in his first acting role for Bottom Dog for 5 years, and his most challenging to date playing 12 distinct characters.

In an acting career that has taken him worldwide with the likes of Edward Hall’s Propeller Shakespeare company, the West End production of the Rat Pack and of course several years starring in ITV’s Emmerdale as curate Ethan Blake, Liam had focused largely on producing and directing for Bottom Dog since 2012.

The play, described by the New York Times as “a breakneck, hair-raising comic tour of the contemporary American male psyche”, features Liam in a multitude of different parts from a grasping showbiz hustler; a latter-day Willy Loman on the road; to a ghetto junkie.

Though the material was written and performed first in the mid-1980s, the rise of Donald Trump was one of the main reasons for choosing to perform it. When we first looked into producing the show, Trump had been nominated as the Republican candidate for president. The play had been sitting on our shelf for a decade and though the writing was still powerful we thought some elements were perhaps too dated.

But then we started hearing the words Trump was using and seeing the kind of vitriol he was generating. We were witnessing all the sorts of negative addictions – both literal and metaphorical – that we thought America had left behind, rising back to the surface. So there sat a play which maybe hadn’t felt that relevant over the years, feeling more immediate than ever.

Approaching the 1980s text anew, we decided to collaborate with Choice prize nominated musician Stephen Ryan (windings) to make this more than just another one man show. On stage at all times, Stephen scores and often engages directly, performing a live soundscape that adds another contemporary yet reflective voice to this text.

Directed by New York veteran director Patrick J. Byrnes the production received an unparalleled authenticity in direction for each of the vastly different American characters and periods portrayed.

The production opened on February 7th and played for three nights at Belltable to over 350 people and consecutive standing ovations. We embarked on a short tour to St. John’s Theatre, Listowel and Friars’ Gate Theatre, Kilmallock.

We are now looking to tour this production throughout Ireland in late 2017, and aim to tour internationally in 2018.

With significant funding from the national city of culture project, Bottom Dog took on our most ambitious production yet. Our large cast, ensemble comic drama (on an elegant single location set) was the highest funded Made In Limerick theatre project of the year.

Written by Bottom Dog founder Myles Breen and directed by fellow company founder Liam O’Brien, The Bachelor of Killifish tells the story of a sixty five year old barber in a small seaside resort, Killifish, who is known by one and all in his close knit community as “The Bachelor”. Over the course of a summer his place in this community is dramatically changed. The arrival of a young gay man forces “The Bachelor” to face up to the lies he has told himself and others. His relationships with friends are tested leading to rejection from some but also acceptance, and understanding.

The cast was led by veteran actor Brendan Conroy as the eponymous Bachelor. He was joined by Clare Monnelly, currently featuring in the International Emmy Award-winning series Moone Boy, Deirdre Monaghan a veteran of the national theatre scene and recently seen in HBO’s Game of Thrones, Pascal Scott a familiar face to TV audiences from Killinaskully, Limerick native Cillian Ó’Gairbhí whose one man show received rave reviews and Tipperary newcomer Stephen Tadgh.

A superb design team helped realise this huge production with Gerry Lombard on set design creating a magnificent seaside Barber shop. Accomplished musician Stephen Ryan of the Choice prize nominated band windings, also returned to collaborate with Bottom Dog for the third time, composing a beautiful score for the show. With lighting by ensemble member Pius McGrath and costume design by Sharon Kiely.

The production opened on June 11th and ran for three nights at the Lime Tree Theatre to over 1000 people and consecutive standing ovations.

We embarked on a short tour in week 2, taking in two nights in Kilkee and two nights at Friars’s Gate, Kilmallock.

The show played to sold out audiences and continued receiving standing ovations every performance.

We have looked at the possibility of touring this production to over 21 interested and financially committed venues but to date have alas been unsuccessful in touring applications.