Kicking The Habit

The next clip from our production of Trainspotting sees Mark Renton attempting to combat his heroin addiction. However, the withdrawal symptoms force him to desperately seek one last hit, sending him careering towards an encounter with a not very pleasant toilet.

This is the sixth scene to be taken from our production of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting, as performed in Kilkenny’s Watergate Theatre in June 2008.

This scene is probably the most iconic of Welsh’s book and features Ross Costigan as Mark Renton and Stephen Colfer as the other characters he encounters on his desperate trek.

For more clips check out the Devious Theatre Youtube.

Devious Theatre at South East Local Marketing Awards

We’ve been shortlisted in the Web Excellence category at the South East Local Marketing Awards which take place today in Waterford. In the running in our category are SelfCatering.ie and DoneDeal.ie.

We’re unconventional marketeers, truth be told. At one stage we sent severed hands in the post.

We’ve been using marketing across social networks for near on three years, forums, promo videos, behind-the-scenes videos, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, email, posters, leaflets, local media, national media, radio, podcasts, blogs… we’ve done it all. And we’ll continue to do it as well.

Best of luck to everyone going along today, myself, John and Kevin will be along so do say hello

Oss237.com

In the next of our wee intros to the men who write for this blog whilst also maintaining their own blogs, it’s Ross Costigan, who maintains his own blog on his website, 0ss237.com.

Ross has worked with Devious Theatre for 3 years now, predominantly in the field of PR, for which he assumes the mantle of ‘machine’. Ross covers photography, press releases and general Devious spin. Like photographically documenting post show parties and leaving out the really bad pictures.

As an actor, Ross has appeared in every single little play we’ve put our mitts to. The pinnacle of his acting was his truly astonishing performance as Mark Renton in our production of Trainspotting. In the process earning plaudits like ‘Ross Costigan as Renton dominated the production with a powerful physical performance that was very impressive.’ He has also appeared in Heart Shaped Vinyl, Cannibal! The Musical, Smitten and The War Of The Worlds.

Ross works mostly as a photographer and the aforementioned PR machine. He also works with KilkennyMusic.com and has been a director on Vultures. His blog showcases all of his work from photography to filmmaking and it can all be found at blog.oss237.com

12th Annual Irish Times Theatre Awards

The Irish Times Theatre Awards took place in Dublin last night, a night which saw Lynne Parker (Rough Magic) pick up a special recognition award for her contribution to Irish theatre. Video highlights of the awards go out on TG4 this Wednesday evening at 11pm.

The list of winners includes

• Special tribute award : Lynne Parker
• Best actress : Derbhle Crotty ( Three Sisters , Abbey Theatre)
• Best actor : Tom Vaughan Lawlor ( The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht , Abbey Theatre)
• Best supporting actor : Mikel Murfi ( The New Electric Ballroom , Druid)
• Best supporting actress : Dearbhla Molloy ( The Cripple of Inishmaan , Druid and Atlantic Theatre)
• Best director : Rupert Goold ( No Man’s Land , Gate Theatre)
• Best production : Loose Canon ( Phaedra’s Love )
• Best new play : The New Electric Ballroom (Druid Theatre Company)
• Best opera : Mines of Sulphur , Wexford Opera.
• Best costume design : Rae Smith ( An Ideal Husband , Abbey Theatre)
• Best set designer : Owen MacCárthaigh ( Juno and the Paycock ; Cork Opera House/ Association of Regional Theatres, NI)
• Best lighting designer : Kevin Treacy ( The Nose , The Performance Corporation)
• Special award : Wexford Opera House.

For more, see this article in the Irish Times. Congratulations to all the winners last night!