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The Third Policeman Mon 19 - Thur 22 May @ 8pm By Flann O'Brien Adapted for stage by Jocelyn Clarke Directed by Niall Henry Presented by Blue Raincoat Tickets €25 / €20 / €7 mon

“marvelous and it looked gorgeous”
The Irish Times

“Fantastic production… truly impressive”
The Sunday Independent

Take bicycles that are half human, humans that are half bicycle, a murder and a most unusual village police force, and you have the makings of the brilliantly bizarre.
O’Brien’s classic is all at once a thriller, comic satire and surrealist vision of eternity. Not to mention the tale of an unrequited love affair between a man and his bicycle.

Flann O’Brien’s seminal novel has been drawn upon tirelessly in contemporary popular culture, from comic books and music to the hit TV series Lost. A major figure in 20th century Irish Literature, O’Brien is also remembered as Myles na Gopaleen the author of the much-loved Cruiskeen Lawn column in The Irish Times.

Blue Raincoat in collaboration with Jocelyn Clarke have won critical praise for their success in bringing Flann O’Brien’s textually ambiguous novel to the stage for the first time. One of the few theatre companies in Ireland to establish a full-time ensemble, Blue Raincoat make a welcome return to the Everyman Palace Theatre after last years excellent production of Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano.

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