THE KISS

Written by Jimmy Murphy

Starring Luke Griffin

Directed by Lee Coffey

‘The Kiss..is so delicately captured by Luke Griffin’s performance…
Murphy writes with great feeling.. He draws the audience in, with fine pacing and unspooling of events
Lee Coffey directs with subtlety and builds empathy slowly and surely…
A good play makes you care about the characters, and you do really care about Eddie and want to comfort him. And sometimes that is what theatre is about: seeking comfort in a dark and intimate space.’ Katy Hayes Irish Independent

‘Murphy constructs the monologue so well… and is extraodinarily well served by Luke Griffin’. Emer O’Kelly

First performed in 2015 at Theatre Upstairs ..We are delighted to welcome The Kiss to The Viking "Heart of stone if not moved by Luke Griffin in The Kiss. ‘

Eddie has dreams but he can’t get moving anymore. Life was perfect for him and Val. They’d always dreamt of opening a little place of their own – ‘Vals Steak and Suds’. And then one night, just as they found the ideal place, a kiss changed everything forever.’

Jimmy Murphy. Jimmy’s plays include “The Kings of the Kilburn High Rd”, “The Hen Night Epiphany”, and “Brothers of the Brush.”     His most recent work was  “The Chief’ for Decadent Theatre in 2022.  He is a former Writer in Residence for NUI Maynooth, and a member of Aósdana.

Luke Griffin. Luke is  a graduate of Dublin's prestigious Gaiety School of his critically acclaimed performance as Kevin Walsh in Pure Mule to bringing Terence "Salty" Harris to the screen for Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks in HBO's smash hit series Band Of Brother. Recent notable work includes Agnieszka Holland's searing epic 1983 as well as The Frankenstein Chronicles opposite Seán Bean, both for Netflix. Luke has had a very successful theatre career, spanning three decades, taking him from his National Theatre to London's West End and New York. Previous shows in the Viking include Setanta Murphy by Garret Keogh, Chancers by Robert Massey and Brothers of the Brush by Jimmy Murphy.

Lee Coffey is a writer/director based in Dublin. He is a founding member and Creative Director of contemporary theatre company Bitter Like A Lemon.Lee’s plays include the critically acclaimed G.O.D., In Our Veins, Leper + Chip and Murder of Crows.

Nightly at 8:00pm. No performance Sundays.

All seats €20

Luke Griffin in The Kiss by Jimmy Murphy .. 2nd - 14th Sept Viking Theatre