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2009 was a busy year for Nomad & Livin Dred with an award winning tour of "Observe the Sons of Ulster" and a revival of "The Dead School" for UBDTF and a critically acclaimed run in The Tricycle Theatre London under our belts, we're now gearing up for our next production later this year.

Keep a close eye for details of our next production to be announced soon.

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The Dead School is received rave reviews from London press




“a feast of madness - a carnival of quirks…dark and often hilarious…surreal and effervescent.* * * * ” Evening Standard

”astonishing theatre and poignant immediacy” Evening Standard

“brave and sumptuously imaginative. It’s guaranteed to baffle but also to beguile.” Evening Standard

“This exuberant Irish company attack the material with such verve we’re quickly bowled over by their invention”
The Stage

“A stunning piece of staging * * *” The Guardian

"There’s also ingenuity, which complements the verbal opulence of McCabe’s writing, and McIntyre’s detailed vision is superbly evoked in Maree Kearns’s marvellously grotty set and Barry McKinney’s skilful lighting." Evening Standard

"Sean Campion’s performance as Raphael, a man traumatised by his past, is meaty and intricate. Nick Lee’s Malachy is touching — anarchic yet humane — and the supporting actors such as Pete Daly and Carrie Crowley are versatile, with Crowley particularly vivid." Evening Standard

“Padraic McIntyre’s stunning production for the Livin’ Dred touring company…transforms the familiar Irish tropes of sanctimony and despair in the sheer force and brilliance of its execution. * * * *” whatsonstage.com

“McCabe paints a vivid and shocking picture of submission and warped sentiment, brilliantly captured in the hollowed-out husk of a heart-breaking, stony-faced performance by Sean Campion * * * *” whatsonstage.com

”An absolutely first class production in every way.” Audience reviewer Kilburncat

“The ensemble acting, timing and characterisation are superb and the dramatisation startlingly imaginative.”
Audience reviewer Kilburncat

“I don’t know how accurately McCabe evokes Ireland. I do know how brilliantly Campion embodies Bell * * * *”
The Times

“Apart from Campion…giving the performance of his life, he and Lee are superbly supported by the quick-changing virtuosity of Carrie Crowley, Gemma Reeves and Peter Daly * * * *” whatsonstage.com

“ A vividly surreal production * * *” The Guardian

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