Synopsis

Birds of Paradise Theatre Company presents
Irish Giant by Garry Robson (2003)

Director/Writer: Garry Robson
Designer: Lisa Ducie
Lighting Design: Jesse Cogdell
Music: Leigh Stirling

18th Century London – a Bad Time to be Poor, Irish and a Freak…

When Longshanks, Runt, Wheeler and Deafgurl break into the Hunterian Museum to reclaim the skeleton of Charlie Byrne – the ‘Pop Idol’ of the 18th Century Freak World, what should have been a straightforward protest rapidly descends into a night none of them would ever forget.