Improbable Frequency

 

IMPROBABLE FREQUENCY A musical like no other.

 

 

Arthur Riordan’s hilarious comedy follows the exploits of British codebreaker Tristram Faraday’s (Peter Hanly) secret mission to 1941 Dublin to investigate suspicious radio broadcasts.  Before long, he is drawn into a morass of intrigue and deception that involves overthrowing the British, undermining the Nationalists and subverting the forces of nature.

 

There are improbable encounters with the likes of John Betjeman (Rory Nolan) the English Poet moonlighting as a spy;  Erwin Schrodinger (with umlats on the o)the lascivious Austrian Nobel Prize physicist,  (Brian Doherty);   Myles na gCopaleen, the surreal Irish Times satirist (Darragh Kelly);  and Agent Green, and old flame of Tristram’s and fellow spy and crossword enthusiast (Cathy White). In order to avert disaster and perhaps impress the lovely Philomena (Stephanie McKeon), Tristram will have to draw on his uncanny ability to solve crossword puzzles and his.. well, that’s pretty much all he can draw on actually.

 

Directed by Rough Magic’s Lynne Parker, Riordan’s witty script is transported by Bell Hellicopter’s whimsical original score and stellar musicians – Ellen Cranitch, Conor Sheil, Des Lacey and Cathal Synnott.

It’s witty, it’s clever, it’s very, very funny  The View  RTE  Immensively impressive  enormously entertaining  Irish Times   Hugely entertaining The Sunday Times   Superb ..Absolute gem  Sunday Business Post Stunning  Irish Examiner Phenomenal  The Observer Wildly inventive tour de force ****The Guardian Impossible zany new musical New York Times  Fun, funny, intelligent  Sunday Independent Gloriously fizzing Financial Times ***** Beguilingly quirky, linguistically dazzling Time Out

 

 

 

Written by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter

Director: Lynne Parker

Set Designer: Alan Farquharson

Costume Designer: Kathy Strachan

Lighting Designer: Sinead Mckenna

 

 

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