About The Show
The Devious Theatre Company went on the air on October 30th 2008 with a new radio version of HG Well’s sci-fi classic The War Of The Worlds on KCLR 96FM. It was broadcast 70 years to the date of Orson Welles famous version on CBS on October 30th 1938. It won a PPI Bronze Award for radio drama at the 2009 PPI Awards. The new version was a darkly comic modern take on the story and was entirely localised within the Kilkenny / Carlow region of South East Ireland. It was adapted by Kevin Mooney and John Morton from the script by Orson Welles and Howard Koch. It was directed by Ross Costigan and Ken McGuire.
THE CAST
Announcer / Professor Leonard / Newsreader – David Thompson
The Narrator / Noel O’Reilly – Kevin Mooney
Eugene Walsh – Alan Dawson
DJ / Commander – Ken McGuire
Tom Buckley / Whiskey Seven Zero / The Stranger – Ross Costigan
Alice Keane / Aoife – Maria Murray
Karen Phelan – Amy Dunne
Capt. Drennan / Lenihan – Paul Young
Mick – John Morton
THE CREW
Directed by Ross Costigan and Ken McGuire
Written by Kevin Mooney and John Morton
Produced and Engineered by Alan Dawson
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