Richard Bean’s brilliantly original, funny and shocking drama
New York 1972. Michael Doyle, a young fireman, joins the IRA. Soon his Bronx apartment is overrun with a fast-quipping Irish killer; a beautiful woman who he really mustn’t fall in love with; and charismatic boss David Costello, the “Big Fellah” himself. Over three turbulent decades their lives veer from farce to deadly danger…
Out of Joint and the Lyric Hammersmith
Company
Writer Richard Bean
Director Max Stafford-Clark
Reviews
The Big Fellah
★★★★
"Directed with thrilling energy and precision by Max Stafford-Clark. Horribly compelling”
Time Out
The Big Fellah
★★★★
“Full of wild, dark humour”
The Guardian
The Big Fellah
★★★★
“Gripping”
Financial Times