The king of
east belfast

Written By: Stephen Beggs
Directed By: Paula McFetridge 
Production Premiere: August 2020

Can you really make your money out of a working man’s vices and still call yourself a good man?

Jim swore he would never come back. For him, Belfast was nothing but ghosts and bad memories. He had to get away, from his family, from everything that had happened. From him…

Too many things said; too many things left unsaid. Ran away across the sea and kept running for over 30 years; but he’s finally come home…to say a last goodbye.

Explore the binary of being a notorious bookie and a generous man and the real histories that unraveled on the Newtownards Road.

  • Fab theatre in the most unlikely of places. Beggs' writing and acting will surely stagger any viewer.

    Culture Crush NI

CREATIVE TEAM

Cast:

Stephen Beggs

Stage Manager: Caitlín Hunter

Technical Stage Manager: Stephen Quinn

Designer: Stuart Marshall

Sound Designer: Cormac O’Kane (Red Box Recording)

Costume Designer: Liz Cullinane

Scenic Artist: Anna Donovan

 Production Support: Megan Magill

Marketing Manager: Sarah Hughes

Image Design: Peter Higgins

 Promotional Film created and filmed by Adam Bradley, produced by Cathy Brennan-Bradley with sound by Graeme Denny

PAST PERFORMANCES

  • 12th November - The MAC, Belfast

  • Socially Distanced Performances throughout August in an empty bank unit

    at Connswater Shopping Centre, Belfast

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