Caitríona Ní Mhurchú to play Lady Macbeth

Second Age is delighted that Caitríona Ní Mhurchú will reprieve her role as Lady Macbeth. Caitríona has worked with Second Age a number of times now, most recently in the 2006 production of Macbeth. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting, Caitríona has worked extensively in theatre and television. Her appearances at the Abbey and Peacock include Beauty in a Broken Place, Ariel, and Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire and she has also worked with Alan Stanford at the Gate Theatre on a number of occassions, most recently in The Constant Wife.
Her television experience is extensive that includes roles in Proof and Fair City for RTE, and Ballykissangel for the BBC.
Caitríona is a fluent Irish speaker and has worked extensively through Irish when she has written, directed and voiced cartoons for TG4, including Spongebob Squarepants, The Muppet Show and Scooby Doo. Caitríona's first novel for young people Ó Lúibíní Lú has just been published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta.

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David Shannon to play title role in Macbeth 2008

Second Age is thrilled to announce that David Shannon, who delighted both audience and critics with his breathtaking performance as Sweeney Todd at the Gate Theatre, is set to play the title role in Macbeth.

His Sweeney Todd was rapturously received by both Dublin Audiences and the critics who described the "phenomenal performances by David Shannon......Shannon's coiled intensity, looming physical presence and vocal richness" (The Guardian) "David Shannon makes a marvellously brooding Sweeney" (Sunday Independent) ,"David Shannon, ... makes a compellingly intense and beautifully voiced Todd"(The Irish Times). The verdict was unanimous, that Shannon has an outstanding talented with an immense presence. Whilst it may have been his performance in Sweeney Todd that brought David to the attention of Dublin audiences, David has long been playing to considerable critical acclaim on the international stage. He has played Chris in Miss Saigon UK tour (Mayflower, Southampton, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bristol Hippodrome); Alternate Chris in Miss Saigon UK tour (Edinburgh Playhouse, Point Theatre Dublin); and has played in numerous other Musical Theatre greats including Pimp/Claquesous and understudy Enjolras in Les Miserables (Point Theatre, Dublin and Edinburgh Playhouse)and the star role in one of West Ends most celebrated musicals The Phantom of the Opera

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David will start rehearsing Macbeth in late December, the show will open at An Grianán Letterkenny before touring to the TownHall Galway, Everyman Palace Theatre Cork and finally to the Helix Theatre Dublin.

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