Manus Halligan has a very busy 2022 which started with Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh, adapted for the stage by Conall Morrison.
He has just finished performing in The Cartographer’s Pen for Townhall Cavan and will be Previewing Lost Lear at the Riverbank Arts Centre on Saturday 23rd July with its Autumn Premier dates to be announced shortly.
There is some exciting news for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. Details to be announced shortly.
Manus is a graduate of the Trinity College Drama and Theatre Department.
Film work includes The Cocaine Famine, a black comedy in which he played the co-lead. Screened in 45 Festivals and winner of 7 Awards.
Metal Heart directed by Hugh O’Connor and Produced by Treasure Entertainment. Inspector Jury (Octagon), Rebellion (RTÉ), My Life For Ireland (Suitable Films), Not With a Bang But a Whimper (dir. Andy Stevenson) and Run (dir. Sam McMullen).
Other theatre work include Alice and the Wolf by Tom Swift for Barnstorm. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings at the Peacock Theatre and the Project Arts Centre as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. Some Names were Changed at the Project.
Far Away performed at Spike Island. Conor at the End of the Universe Ark and National Tour. The Aeneid (Smock Alley). Inside The GPO (Fishamble), The Poor Little Boy With No Arms (One Duck), She Stoops To Conquer and King Lear (Abbey Theatre), Before Monsters Were Made, Reckoners and The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle (15th Oak Productions), Five Minutes Later (Sugarglass T. C.), Shell-Shock (Gonzo T. C.), The Nightmare Before Christmas (Livin’ Dred), Human Child and MONSTER/CLOCK (Collapsing Horse Theatre Company), Heroin(e) for Breakfast (PillowTalk), The Making of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Project Arts Centre).