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By Michael Harding in association with Focus Theatre. Nominated best play of the year at Irish Theatre Awards 2007.

One man’s story-One man’s life-One Man’s Broken Heart- At the top of Croagh Patrick.
 
The Tinker’s Curse is a play of laughter and joy, a show brimming with fun and rich imaginative language, as Mikey reveals the sequence of tragic events that leads to his own ultimate destruction.

After the success of The Tinkers Curse in 2007, award winning actor and Irish Times columnist Michael Harding is back on the road with a moving story about a travelling man who climbs Croagh Patrick to do penance for the sins of a lifetime.

"When the Buffer started snooping around the trailer in the middle of the night, like a haunted horse, Mikey’s world changed forever. Now, many years later, after the loss of a wife and the death of two children, Mikey climbs the Reek to put a good ending on a tragic story."

The Tinker’s Curse was developed in collaboration with Irish travellers and is based on real life experiences.

Featuring Michael Harding (Irish Times) and Finbar Coady (Music), it is a rough, raw, and unconventional piece of
theatre- NOT TO BE MISSED!

"Michael Harding’s theatre is unique, daring, entertaining and unmissable" Irish Examiner.

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