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Of embodying the moodY Paul
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Exchange's 2OO8 production of Cat On
A Hot Tin Roof, he confides, "l love
the excitement and the buzz of live
performance. I love the fact that we are
going to have 2OO people here tonight,
feeding off what we are doing, and we're
going to be feeding off them. I love that
interaction."
Over Christmas and New Year,the tall'
well-built redhead is appearing in Roddy
Doyle and Bisi Adigun's radical multicultural re-interpretation of Synge's
classic, fhe PlaYboY of the Western
World, on the site of its controversial
1907 conception - the Abbey Theatre,
Decembe? 15 - January ll. "lt is probablv
the great lrish play. l'll be plaving
Shawneen Keogh, Pegeen's suitor. He's
a bit gormless.
"The diversity of roles is a gift and a
challenge," he says of his eclectic
repertoire, which has spanned the works
of Shakespeare, Tennessee williams'
Paul Howard, Friedrich Schiller and
Arthur Riordan's hit musical, lmprobable
Frequency, in which he also got to
display his singing talent as wartime
poet John Betieman.
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acting, and to be constantly on the job.
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brilliant," he says of his career since
cutting his teeth in UCD's Dramsoc,
where he was auditor, and subsequent
graduation from the Gaiety School 9f
Acting in 2OO3."l've been really luckyl'
From where RorY is standing, "the
state of lrish theatre is great - regardless
of cuts." He waxes lyrical about theatre
directors Lynne Parker of Rough
Magic, Annie RYan of Corn
Exchange,Garry Hynes of Druid,
Jimmy Fay,and Conall Morrison.
"lt's the work that interests
me for the moment, and
wherever that takes me, that's
where l'll be. l'd like to do more
film and TV but mY great love
is theatre. lf l'm half as lucky as
l've been over the Past five Years,
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