In MiddleTown

In MiddleTown is a remarkable new solo show, commissioned and produced by the Gate Theatre and created and performed by Irish Times Theatre Award winner Mikel Murfi. Performed outdoors on the back of the specially adapted GATE TRUCK to strictly limited audiences, it will tour towns and communities across the island of Ireland this summer.

Murfi plays a furniture removals man, in the middle of his life, living in the middle of a small town. One day, instead of helping a neighbour move, he drives to his own house, packs up his ‘life’ onto the back of his truck, pulls the door behind him and never goes back.

The truck becomes his world, turning into places he thought he would never see or visit. He is a man moving on, neither here nor there, to both everywhere and nowhere.

In MiddleTown is a brilliantly imaginative, gentle reflection on ‘living in the middle’, and the search for solitude, simplicity, and the things that make us truly happy. It’s a magical, timely, and heartfelt piece for the times we live in.

Touring nationwide on the Gate Truck from July 22nd.

Booking links: DÚN LAOGHAIRE • GALWAY • ENNIS • LIMERICK • PORTLAOISE • LONGFORD • LETTERKENNY • SLIGO

 

Touring schedule:

PREVIEW: Thursday July 22nd

PAVILION THEATRE, DÚN LAOGHAIRE, 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Friday, July 23rd 

PAVILION THEATRE, DÚN LAOGHAIRE, 18.30 and 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Saturday, July 24th

PAVILION THEATRE, DÚN LAOGHAIRE, 17.00 and 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Tuesday, July 27th

TOWN HALL THEATRE, GALWAY, 20.00 – BOOK HERE

Thursday, July 29th

glór, ENNIS, 18.45 and 20.45 – BOOK HERE

Thursday, August 5th

LIME TREE THEATRE, LIMERICK, 19.00 and 21.00 – POSTPONED

Saturday, August 7th

DUNAMAISE, PORTLAOISE, 19.00 and 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Monday, August 9th 

LIME TREE THEATRE, LIMERICK, 19.00 and 21.00 – RESCHEDULED DATES

Tuesday, August 10th

BACKSTAGE THEATRE, LONGFORD, 19.00 and 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Thursday, August 12th

AN GRIANÁN, LETTERKENNY, 19.00 and 21.00 – BOOK HERE

Saturday, August 14th

HAWK’S WELL, SLIGO, 21.00 – BOOK HERE

 

 

In MiddleTown Company
Written and performed by Mikel Murfi
Set and Costume Designer: Sabine Dargent
Sound Designer: Sandra O’Mahony
Lighting Designer: Sinéad Wallace

Stage Manager: Eavan Gribbin
Assistant Stage Manager: Mark Jackson
Chief Lighting Technician and Programmer: Matt Burke

Set Construction: Theatre Production Services
Scenic Artist: Sandra Butler
Model Maker: Caroline Menassol

Running time: 60 minutes without interval

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