Michael Patrick, Oisín Kearney
400 millilitres. That’s how much liquid was drained from Michael’s left testicle. That’s more than a can of Coke. He should have told someone sooner, but who could he turn to? His dad died ten years ago, and besides, school is full of rumours about what the giant bulge in his trousers actually is. Who wants to stop that?
Adapted into a major BBC Three TV series, this original coming-of-age comedic play is about Belfast, masculinity, friendship, family, love, grief and testicles.
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Michael Patrick was born and raised in Belfast. In primary 6, he wrote a story of the nativity from the donkey’s perspective, and his teacher told his mother that he was going to be a writer. He then went off to study Physics at Cambridge University.
Michael worked as an acto ...
Oisín Kearney is from Warrenpoint, Co. Down. He studied Politics at the University of Cambridge. He now lives in Belfast, where he works as a writer and director for stage and screen.
Oisín localised Willy Russell’s script of Educating Rita to 1980s Belfast for the Lyric T ...