Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 22, 2007
Closed Sep 9, 2007
Opened Jul 22, 2007
Closed Sep 9, 2007
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The Irish Repertory Theatre presents Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer, written and performed by Aidan Dooley.
Tom Crean (1877 - 1938) the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland's unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley.
Hear the riveting true stories of Crean's Antarctic exploration as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive three famous expeditions - Discovery (1901-1904), Terra Nova (1910-1913), and Endurance (1914-1916).
Crean's story is a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of Antarctic, his 36 mile, solitary trek to base camp during the Terra Nova expedition to rescue his comrades Teddy Evans and William Lashly has been described by Antarctic historians as "the finest fest of individual heroism from the entire age of exploration."
This award winning one-man show has toured throughout Ireland and internationally for the past three years playing to capacity audiences and recently received its UK Premier at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won a Fringe First Award.
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You never know how far an actor looking to keep busy between assignments will go to create a solo show for himself -- or how obscure the subject matter will be. Take Aidan Dooley, currently staking a claim on the Irish Repertory Company's turf in the alternately amiable and harrowing
Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer.
Like so many of these fact-based enterprises, his two-act report on Crean, a famed Royal Navy petty officer who lived from 1877-1938, is not so much a play as an unusually animated lecture that at times seems only to stop an inch or two short of a PowerPoint presentation. Yet, there's something to be said -- not entirely facetiously -- about a summer offering in which 90-degree-[...]