Patron
Changing Times are delighted that well known Limerick actor and director John Anthony Murphy has agreed to become Patron of the group. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, and we very much appreciate his guidance.
From Limerick, John was a founder member of Island Theatre Company. Plays he has performed in include The Year of the Hiker, Sive, The Colleen Bawn, The Elephant Man, Biloxi Blues, Tent Meeting, Translations, Lovers, The Tempest, Hamlet, She Stoops to Conquer, Northern Star, Clouds, Pigtown, Woman in Mind (Island); Doctor Faustus, Home is the Hero, The Playboy of the Western World (Everyman Palace); Julius Caesar (Rattlebag); A Prime Location (Gallowglass); Romeo & Juliet (Blood in the Alley); Melty Mack, Hang-Gliding (Carpet); The Well of the Saints / The End of the Beginning (Big Telly); The Fisherman's Son (Belltable Hub).
He was nominated as Best Actor in The Irish Times Theatre Awards for his role as ‘Fr. James Keane’ in Borrowed Robes (Island), and nominated as Best Actor in the Dublin Fringe Festival for ‘Connie’ in Rum and Raisin (Tall Tales).
Film and TV includes: Angela's Ashes, Gangs of New York, Fair City and Tome Feenes.
As a writer, his one-woman show Smallone recently toured a number of small venues in West Cork as part of Blood in the Alley's policy of bringing theatre to areas not generally served by touring companies.
John has directed several shows for Quarry Players Limerick, including A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Dolly West's Kitchen and Lovers at Versailles. He also directed Macbeth for the 2009 Bloody Plays season of rehearsed readings (Bottom Dog).