'The original tale from PARADISE HEIGHTS revisited...

Frank’s a hard man in a dirty old town. Loan shark, poker player and owner of The Ace of Spades Nightclub, he’s taken on some of the toughest that ever drew breath. They’ve all ended up broken…or buried. But as he takes us on a tour of his recent past we see the mask is slipping and that this is a man haunted by his own demons. Tonight he’s shining a light into the recent events in his life, the further we go with him, the darker the territory becomes…and waiting in the dark is his toughest opponent of all…himself.

Many of you will be aware that there's a fantastic theatre festival going on at the moment at The Lass O'Gowrie in Manchester, BLADE RUNNER was due to be part of that festival, however the play has been postponed until April, an announcement from Gareth Kavanagh,Producer of the Festival is below.  Castings continued for the show yesterday and I can confirm that there is an absolutely amazing cast in place for BLADE RUNNER so far, it's all good news as this show will now be given the breathing space to create a vivid and memorable theatre experience.  I'll be making further announcements on that soon...watch this space, in the meantime here is Gareth's announement. 

Obviously Ian Curley and myself are delighted to be bringing the re-interpreted tale of Paradise Heights own Devil Incarnate to LASS FEST.  It's the third run of this new version of the  show following on from its unanimously well reviewed runs at THE OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton and THE BLACK LION in Salford.  We're even more delighted that there will be two performances a day.  I'M FRANK MORGAN will run from Wednesday 30th January, through each day to Saturday 2nd February, shows each day at 6.30pm and 9.00 pm.  Hope to see you there!  

Below is a trailer from The Black Lion run of the show, obviously this time you will find us at the fabulous LASS O'GOWRIE, 36 Charles Street, Manchester M1 7D - close to the old BBC on Oxford Road and five minutes walk from Oxford Road Railway station.  The LASS was last year crowned BRITAIN'S BEST PUB, so come and join us for a pint and a play.    

Joe O'Byrne as Frank Morgan, all images by Darren McGinn

I'M FRANK MORGAN will close this years festival, an amazing fest so far that, the stage version of V for Vendetta is currently running until Sunday night and WITHNAIL AND I starts next week, here's a review for the current run of V for Vendetta:

  http://thefictionstroker.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/v-for-vendetta-live/  

and below is the fabulous poster design, again from the quite brilliant DARREN McGINN, of the stage production of WITHNAIL AND I, coming soon to LASS FEST.

Details on the rest of the fabulous LASS FEST are here: http://lassfest.co.uk/

So, Mad Bad Frank is back, absolutely fantastic to be bringing him to Manchester.  You can't keep a bad bastard down...;)  Joe x