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TRAD

TRAD

A surreal comedy about tradition in a mad place, TRAD is the hilarious tale of the very old Thomas and his even more aged 'da'. When Thomas reveals that he once fathered a son in a long-ago fling, the pair set off across the Irish countryside to seek the unknown child, with nothing more than a hobble and a limp to help them.

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Music
Jim Doherty

Composer

Direction
Mikel Murfi

Director

Designer
Paul Keogan

Set and Lighting designer

Lighting
Paul Keogan

Set and Lighting designer

Cast

Peter Gowen

Actor

Frankie McCafferty

Actor

David Pearse

Actor

Tony Byrne & Andrew Morrow

Musicians

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