Written by and starring: Shane Casey (Billy Murphy, The Young Offenders).
Directed by: Brian Desmond

Presented in association with Dublin Fringe Festival

Written and performed by Shane Casey (who plays Billy Murphy in hit TV series The Young Offenders), The Man Who Talks To
Statues is a contemporary story of a young man lost, reflecting a sense of disconnect and disenfranchisement which is so often
present in young men in today’s Irish culture.

Darryl is a recording engineer and voiceover artist who lives in an attic, his own world, creating radio ads, while recording his own
play in his spare time. Using techniques pioneered by the CBS Radio series, ‘The Mercury Theatre On The Air’, and other radio
programmes popular in the 1930s, the performer will create live ‘Foley’ sound effects on stage and manipulate his voice through
unusual microphones, traffic cones and apparently random objects.

Darryl crashes his father’s car, following which he goes on a magic realist road trip to Limerick and Dublin, encountering characters
ranging from suspicious locals to deceased celebrities and historical figures. Darryl has a unique capacity for speaking to statues
and during the story he interacts with characters such as Richard Harris, Phil Lynott and Molly Malone. Darryl’s road trip includes
acts of hedonism, aggression, denial and punch-drunk self-reflection. He is more than a little bit lost and we’re never quite sure
what’s real or what’s imagined or, indeed, if it’s salvation or an escape route he’s looking for.

“It is a device for Shane Casey to show his skills in creating characters and he is impressive, holding the audience’s attention
throughout” Review: No Moreworkhorse