Dinner With Groucho
DINNER WITH GROUCHO by Frank McGuinness
As Assistant Director to Loveday Ingram and Production Associate
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b*spoke theatre company: The Civic Theatre (Dublin), The MAC (Belfast), Oxford Playhouse and Arcola Theatre
September - December 2022
Two men, together, on the edge of heaven.
In a strange restaurant two American giants who revere each other, Groucho Marx and T.S. Eliot, meet for an imaginary dinner, both in their own ways great defiant spirits, creating magic and anarchy, revealing secrets and sorrows, the evening presided over by a Proprietor, who seems to control the workings of the universe. Or does she? In Dinner With Groucho all is revealed, or nearly so...
Direct from Dublin Theatre Festival and Belfast International Arts Festival, b*spoke theatre company – “The very best talents in contemporary Irish Theatre” (Irish Independent) presents an evening that promises blistering wit, brilliant buffoonery, and reflections on the ephemeral nature of life. With Choreography by David Bolger (CoisCéim) and original score by Conor Linehan, the cast includes Ian Bartholomew, Ingrid Craigie and Greg Hicks.
REVIEWS
“This sparkling play is everything we expect from a night at the theatre with McGuinness” - The Stage ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Sharp, funny, smart and delicious, delivered with breakneck speed, comic timing and subtlety” - Irish Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Under Loveday Ingram’s direction, [it] opens up to play to the audience and pulls inwards…a play that thrives on the inherent intimacy” - All That Dazzles ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Director Loveday Ingram has handled it with the lightest of touches and the performances of Greg Hicks as Elliot, Ian Bartholomew as Groucho and Ingrid Craigie as the Proprietor are outstanding” - Reviews Gate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
CAST
Ian Bartholomew as Groucho Marx, Ingrid Craigie as Proprietor and Greg Hicks as T.S. Eliot
CREATIVES
Director: Loveday Ingram
Set Designer: Adam Wiltshire
Costume Designer: Joan Bergin
Lighting Designer: Paul Keogan
Choreographer: David Bolger
Composer and Sound Designer: Conor Linehan
Costume Design Associate: Gabriel O’Brien
Magic Consultant: Pat Fallon
Hair and Make Up: Patsy Giles
