Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?

Another Fringe show gets a new lease of life at Project, opening on Wed 14 April (preview Tues 13) and running til Sat 24. Winner of last year’s Spirit of The Fringe Award, Who is Fergus Kilpatrick? tells the story of a long lost Irish hero whose actions shaped the fate of a nation – or did they? A show devised by 5 TCD-trained actors, aka The Company, who together direct, design, produce and stage their own work, it uses video and live performance to playfully dissect the line between truth and lies in our nation's past, asking awkward questions such as, who are the heroes and who are the traitors? and what happens when we stop pretending?

Verdict: It’s actually much more fun than it sounds, as The Company further their thesis by embarking on a (terrible) self-referential play within a play, discuss their characters (hilarious, especially Brian’s ‘gobashi’ acting technique) and reappear as multiple doppelgangers in the Project foyer. Very clever. www.projectartscentre.ie