Loco and Reckless Productions is an Irish theatre, TV and film Production Company. It has produced TV for young audiences for RTE, a revival of Lennox Robinson’s play The Far Off Hills for Nomad Theatre Network and two one man shows - The Man In The Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice written and performed by Mikel Murfi.
MIKEL MURFI
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Originally from Sligo, Mikel Murfi trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris.
His performances in theatre include Swan Lake/ Loch na hEala (Teac Damsa); The Man in The Woman’s Shoes (Loco and Reckless Productions); The Last Hotel and Ballyturk (Galway Arts Festival/Landmark/Wide Open Opera); The New Electric Ballroom (Druid); The Chairs (Blue Raincoat Theatre); Morning After Optimism, Playboy of the Western World (Peacock Theatre); The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest (Abbey Theatre) Giselle, Rite of Spring and Petrushka (Fabulous Beast) Desire Under The Elms (Lyric, Hammersmith).
FILM INCLUDES
The Ballad of Kid Kanturk, Intermission, Sweety Barrett, The Butcher Boy, Love and Rage, Guiltrip and most recently Jimmy’s Hall. As a director Druma and John Duffy’s Brother.
Directing work includes Toraiocht (Fíbín); The Walworth Farce, Penelope (Druid); Trad, The Great Goat Bubble (Galway Arts Festival); The Country Girls (Red Kettle); Diamonds in the Soil (Macnas); Waiting for Godot (Theatre Du Pif, Hong Kong); The Far Off Hills (Nomad Theatre Network).
For Acting work please contact Jonathan Shankey at The Lisa Richards agency here
Declan Gibbons
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Declan Gibbons (Producer) is a Galway Based Producer
PRODUCTIONS
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THE MAN IN THE WOMAN'S SHOES
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A One Man Theatre Show Written and Directed by Mikel Murfi. Commissioned by the Hawk's Well Theatre Sligo and Sligo Arts Office as part of Bealtaine 2012.
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes has toured extensively in Ireland since 2012. It has played three time in NYC at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan. It ran for three weeks at The Tricycle Theatre, London in 2016 and 2017 to full houses. The show went to Paris to the Irish Cultural Centre in 2018. It is available for limited touring.
The show was created with the support of the Sligo County Council Arts Service and The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo as part of the Bealtaine Festival celebrating Creativity as we age.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
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Number in Company: 2 (performer and stage manager/operator)
Show Duration: 75 minutes without interval.
Set: No set
Sound Desk: None required.
Lighting Desk: The show can run on 4 x Profiles; 4 x Par cans; 6 x Fresnels
Venue: This is a very adaptable show which has played in both theatre and other less formal venues
I HEAR YOU AND REJOICE
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Following the sellout success of The Man In The Woman’s Shoes, Mikel Murfi returns with a new one man show.
Late in his life, Pat Farnon, a cobbler and all-round contented man, embarks on a journey he had not quite planned and finds that every twist in the road can bring its own surprises. Written and performed by Mikel Murfi, this show is the 2nd collaboration between Sligo County Council Arts Service, The Hawk’s Well Theatre Sligo, and Mikel Murfi. It was created for the Bealtaine Festival - Celebrating Creativity As We Age.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
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Number in Company: 2 (performer and stage manager/operator)
Show Duration: 75 minutes without interval.
Set: No set
Sound Desk: None required.
Lighting Desk: The show can run on 4 x Profiles; 4 x Par cans; 6 x Fresnels
THE FAR OFF HILLS
Written by Lennox Robinson
Directed by Mikel Murfi
Set and Costume Design by Sabine Dargent
Lighting Design by Nick McCall
A hilarious tale of scheming siblings, love and general jiggery-pokery. Set in a sleepy town in rural Ireland, where the far off hills are green, everything is set to change in the lives of Patrick Clancy and his three daughters, Marian, Ducky and Pet.
This revival of Lennox Robinson’s classic comedy from 1928 is given new life under the direction of award-winning Mikel Murfi (creator of The Man in the Woman’s Shoes).