“INDIGESTION” – a new play with Seamus O’Rourke
A one man show written and performed by Ireland’s award winning actor Seamus O’Rourke.
Presented by Big Guerilla Productions
This play has been described as sensitive, hilarious, intelligent, absolutely compelling and refreshingly forthright. A man, whose name we never hear, tells us his story of a life, always slightly out of his control…
The madness of a simple rural man… a man shipped off to London at the age of 17…who goes through bouts of depression, obesity and anger issues… finds and loses love, comes back to Ireland to more misfortune and mayhem and yet there is HOPE. This is a story full of hope, where laughter and tears join hands and race us through fifty years of a life, not much different to our own. This is Seamus O’Rourke doing what he does best, storytelling.
Sat 11th - Doors: 7.45pm; Starts: 8pm | Sun 12th - Doors: 6.45pm; Starts: 7pm
Tickets: £17/£15
Those of you who saw the magnificent Seamus O’ Rourke’s perform his captivating hit show ‘The Handyman’” here at the ICC in May, will know exactly what a great actor, playwright, performer, storyteller and entertainer O’Rourke truly is!
We are delighted to announce that O’Rourke is coming back to the ICC with the ‘UK Premiere’ of his show “Indigestion”. Already taking audiences by storm all over Ireland, this promises to be a wonderful night of unforgettable entertainment, not to be missed.
What Seamus says about ‘Indigestion’
“ ‘Indigestion’ came about after a chance meeting with a fella of my age and stature… he had a great story to tell and although it was a tough life he had led, he remained upbeat and positive. I just thought, with the times that are in it, it was an important story to get out there. There is hope for all of us, no matter how bleak things might seem”.
About Seamus O’Rourke
Seamus O’Rourke is an award-winning writer, director and actor from County Leitrim who’s immersed in the fun of theatre and the gift of storytelling. He tours Ireland regularly with his own self-penned shows. Seamus has over two million hits on YouTube and Social Media with his collection of short stories, recitations and sketches.
As a writer, O’Rourke’s plays include “The Handyman” (performed at the ICC in May 2022), ( Ride On (Livin’ Dred 2011), dig, Down and The Trappe Family (The Corn Mill Theatre), The Halfway House Hotel and Stale Mate (Canal Studio-Backstage Theatre), For Club and County (Moth Productions), dig, Victor’s Dung (Big Guerilla Productions) and his four One-Man-Shows; The Sand Park, Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking, INDIGESTION and My Aunt Bee (Big Guerilla Productions).
As a director, he has directed with The Corn Mill Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Moth Productions and his own company, Big Guerilla Productions. Apart from his own material, those plays include The Cavalcaders and A Handful of Stars by Billy Roche, Stolen Child by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and Yvonne Quinn, The Pitch by Shane Connaughton, Arrah Na Pogue by Dion Boucicault, The Quare Land, Danger Money and The Cavan Curse by John McManus.
Acting roles include; Junior (Conversations on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy), Artie (Belfry by Billy Roche), Jim (The Weir by Conor McPherson), John (Shining City by Conor McPherson), RTE Best Actor 2010, Pato Dooley (The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh) RTE Best Supporting actor 2011. Victor Maguire (Ride On and Victor’s Dung) and Tom (dig)…all written by himself. Philly (The Pitch by Shane Connaughton), Hugh Pugh (The Quare Land by John McManus), The Bishop (The Field by John B Keane), Maurteen (The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy) both at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin. He played Man (The Mysterious History of Things by Jack Harte). He has played Teddy ‘The Mucker’ Tucker in John McManus’s one-man play, Danger Money and Rua in The Cavan Curse by the same author.
In 2018 Seamus penned and produced two new shows; From Under the Bed and And Thank You…. In early 2019 Seamus toured Ireland with Livin’ Dred’s production of Trad by Mark Doherty, directed by Aaron Monaghan. In the summer of 2019 he toured again with the self-penned My Aunt Bee and in autumn with An Ogeous Brose by John McManus.
Seamus was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for ‘Best Actor’ in Mark Doherty’s play TRAD. He is also a Poet and his memoir “Standing In Gaps” is available to buy on Amazon.
