CONAL CREEDON Reading from The Cure - Imeall TG4

Writer Cónal Creedon - reading from The Cure. at Camden Place Arts Centre -- Filmed TG4 - Imeall Arts show.
THE CURE
A component part of Creedon's Second City Trilogy of plays [The Cure, After Luke, When I Was God]
First commissioned by European Capital Of Culture. Has toured to Shanghai, China and New York, USA.
Awarded Best Actor.
Nominated Best Actor.
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Origin 1st Theatre Festival awards 2013
"As written by Conal Creedon, such moments resound with wince-inducing authenticity before they are eclipsed by an inspirational twist. -- words, inflected with the faintly Scandinavian accent of Munster, soar like a bracing breeze off the River Lee."
[Andy Webster - New York Times]
"Everyone loves the Irish. It's just a fact. Creedon's script is a rich fusion of melancholy poetry and affable banter. Its potency lies in the profound ability of the playwright and the actor to connect directly with people. 'The Cure' is a truly fine piece of theatre, one that is Irish to its core but anything but provincial in its scope. You couldn't ask for anything more than this.
SMART SHANGHAI MAGZINE -- March 2011
"A one-man show at the Ke Center proves that you don't need a huge cast to produce a hit -- their recent collaboration with Irishtown Productions proves that they are on top of their game. Cork playwright Cónal Creedon's gritty soliloquy The Cure saw Irish actor Aidan O'Hare command the stage as a man left behind by a racing economy and changing city. Creedon's use of language is dizzyingly attractive. He manipulates repetition to great effect, bringing the opening lines back several times in chilling sonata form. As for the staging, the Ke Center's stark space was the perfect backdrop for a bleak but redemptive piece of drama.
ASIACITY NETWORK SHANGHAI -- March 2011.
"I don't know why Conal Creedon hasn't been produced on Broadway yet. Certainly his plays are as deserving as any recent work from Ireland that has made that cut. In fact, he has more to say, more concisely, than just about any of his dramatic contemporaries.Creedon knows Cork intimately, from the unique aromas of each street to the important nuances of the Hiberno-English spoken on them. I can't think of another writer who can conjure the city so vividly"
[Cahir O'Doherty - Irish American Magazine New York]
The Cure is the bittersweet tale of a man who has emotionally lost his way. As with the previous two plays, Creedon explores the frustrations of average lives, to the backdrop of historical happenings in the playwright's home town. And as with the previous two, the script is lyrical and rich with colloquialism, the melancholy lifted with moments of delightful amusement. ("When the chemistry goes in a relationship," he reflects on marriage and drink, "There's nothing for it but to take more chemicals --A fine piece of theater... URBANATOMY SHANGHAI -- March 2011