Mikel Murfi Returns to Tricycle Theatre with THE MAN IN THE WOMAN'S SHOES and I HEAR YOU AND REJOICE

This June, Mikel Murfi returns to the Tricycle following the sell-out success of The Man in The Woman's Shoes in 2016 to present a further run of the production alongside his new one-man show and companion piece I Hear You and Rejoice.

Pope John Paul I is not long dead, autumn is closing in and Pat Farnon has 'some business' to do in town. Set in Ireland in October 1978, The Man in The Woman's Shoes follows the life of Pat Farnon as he walks to town and back again.

Late in life, Pat Farnon, a cobbler and all-round contented man, marries the redoubtable Kitsy Rainey. It's a match made in heaven, in more ways than one. I Hear You and Rejoice is a tender and joy filled account of a most unlikely marriage.

Both shows are collaboration between Sligo County Council Arts Service, The Hawk's Well Theatre Sligo, and Mikel Murfi.

Originally from Sligo, Mikel Murfi trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris. As an actor and a director he has worked in all the major theatres in Ireland. He has won 5 fringe first awards in Edinburgh and the Irish Times award for Best Supporting actor. His film work includes The Commitments, The Butcher Boy, Intermission and Jimmy's Hall. Following sell-out runs in Dublin and at the Galway International Arts Festival, he performed in 2014 at the National Theatre London in Enda Walsh's acclaimed production of Ballyturk with Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rea. He performed in The Last Hotel - an opera by Enda Walsh in Covent Garden. He'll appear once again at Sadler's Wells in November 2017 in Michael Keegan-Dolan's sell out show from last November - the dance theatre production of Swan Lake/Loch Na hEala.

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PERFORMANCES:

The Man in the Woman's Shoes

Monday 5 - Friday 9 June, 7:30pm

Plus Saturday matinees at 3.30pm on 10, 17, 24 June and 1 July

I Hear You and Rejoice

Saturday 10 June - Saturday 1 July, 7:30pm

Press night: Monday 12 June, 7:30pm

TICKETS:

Mon: £18

Tue - Thu: £20

Fri - Sat: £24

Sat mats: £20

Saturday Double Bill ticket offer: £40 (book for matinee and evening performance simultaneously to take advantage of this offer)

Concessions available for every performance. Please check online or call the Box Office.

No booking fee.

Running time: 75 mins per show

ABOUT THE Tricycle Theatre

The Tricycle presents the world through a variety of different lenses, projecting unheard voices into the mainstream. We create high-quality, engaging and innovative work. Located in Brent, the most diverse borough in London, the Tricycle is a local venue with an international presence.

Recent Tricycle productions include the UK Premiere of The Invisible Hand by the Pulitzer Winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, The Mother and The Father (West End/ UK Tour) by Molière Award-winning playwright Florian Zeller, A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes and The House That Will Not Stand by Marcus Gardley, Multitudes by John Hollingworth, the Olivier Award-winning Handbagged by Moira Buffini (West End/UK Tour), Paper Dolls by Philip Himberg and Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti (West End/ New York, winner of two Critics' Circle Awards and an Evening Standard Award).

The Tricycle has recently collaborated with Sundance Theatre Lab, Complicite, Frantic Assembly, Birmingham Rep, Tiata Fahodzi, Paines Plough, Liverpool Everyman, Eclipse Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath, Why Not Theatre and Plymouth Theatre Royal, amongst others.