VULTURES: Dicks for Hire

A quick tangent from all things ‘Devious’ for a moment to inform you all of an exciting project that a number of us folk are currently working on.

Vultures is the story of three private detectives who run a small scale private investigation agency in small town Ireland. The moderately successful business is called Vultures Private Investigation and specialises in dealing with divorce cases, fraud, missing persons, animals and plants and occasionally, just occasionally, they’ll be served up something that approximates a mystery.

The three men are Jim Vultour (John Morton who was Gerry in ‘Heart Shaped Vinyl’ and Bell in ‘Cannibal!’), a trained private detective with a keen deductive mind, a rational thinker obsessed with detail and also a master of disguise. Dan McGrain (David Thompson who was Liam in ‘Heart Shaped Vinyl’ and Packer in ‘Cannibal!’) is a graduate of criminal law and journalism equipped with razor sharp interrogative and interviewing skills, a keen reader and researcher and the chronicler of all their thrillingly mundane cases. Niall Tennyson (Sean Hackett who was Bryan in ‘Heart Shaped Vinyl’ and Crazy Old Ralph in ‘Cannibal!’) is a recently graduated student of police science. He’s a field work specialist with expertise in surveillance technology and technical surveillance countermeasures.

These are three of the finest detectives operating today. They are also dysfunctional, eccentric and most of the time, bored. These are the Vultures.

The series is the brain child of Paddy Dunne, John Morton and Alan Slattery and it’s first episode, entitled “The Kris Kringle Konundrum” will hit the intertubes this Christmas. Look out for it!

Merry Christmas and God bless us, everyone!

Heart Shaped Vinyl hits Cork

Heart Shaped Vinyl is back again and will be hitting the People’s Republic of Cork on the 11th to 15th of December. UCC Dramat are behind the new production featuring a cast of fresh faces and perhaps some other surprises too! Niamh Moroney (Kate, Heart Shaped Vinyl & George Noon, Cannibal! The Musical) is on hand to assist Maria Butler in her direction. Niamh will also take to the stage again, this time in the guise of Julie in the 1960’s sections of the show. So if you’re in the Rebel County and are up for a night of great theatre, be sure to check it out!

Heart Shaped Vinyl runs 11th-15th of December at The Granary Theatre, Cork. 8pm Nightly. Tickets are €7 or €5 with concession.