Landing a Boeing 747 on an icy runway in dense fog with one wheel down is tricky, but adapting a play would take the Pepsi challange on that any day. Just ask Tom Collins (below, right), writer/d
irector of Kings. What to do you do with those long, meandering talkie scenes that are accepted on stage, but would bore even the most cynical members of Generation X? Rest easy as Jimmy Murphy's critically acclaimed The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road gets a decent, if flawed, treatment. A downer, the plot follows four hard-drinking Irish ex-pats as they gather together for the wake of their friend, found dead on the London Underground days earlier. Colm Meaney plays Joe, the o
nly one of the group who did alright for himself since leaving Ireland, but has lived with the guilt of being the catalyst in Jackie's (Sean O'Tarpaigh) demise; something Git (Brendan Conroy) and Jap (Donal O'Kelly) won't let him forget. These unresolved issues, and doubts over the circumstances of Jackie’s death, come to a head in the snug of their old local. Collins breaks up the one-locale play by moving the action all over London, but he can't do anything except put the camera on sticks and let the dialogue roll when it comes down to the 'big finish'. Unfortunately, the dialogue (which is mostly in Irish) isn’t snappy enough to sustain the climatic scene, even though the cast are at the top of their game. A good effort, Collins will go on to do bigger and better things. A mhac.
The trailer can be viewed here.
irector of Kings. What to do you do with those long, meandering talkie scenes that are accepted on stage, but would bore even the most cynical members of Generation X? Rest easy as Jimmy Murphy's critically acclaimed The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road gets a decent, if flawed, treatment. A downer, the plot follows four hard-drinking Irish ex-pats as they gather together for the wake of their friend, found dead on the London Underground days earlier. Colm Meaney plays Joe, the o
nly one of the group who did alright for himself since leaving Ireland, but has lived with the guilt of being the catalyst in Jackie's (Sean O'Tarpaigh) demise; something Git (Brendan Conroy) and Jap (Donal O'Kelly) won't let him forget. These unresolved issues, and doubts over the circumstances of Jackie’s death, come to a head in the snug of their old local. Collins breaks up the one-locale play by moving the action all over London, but he can't do anything except put the camera on sticks and let the dialogue roll when it comes down to the 'big finish'. Unfortunately, the dialogue (which is mostly in Irish) isn’t snappy enough to sustain the climatic scene, even though the cast are at the top of their game. A good effort, Collins will go on to do bigger and better things. A mhac.The trailer can be viewed here.
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