Mikel Murfi’s one-man show comes to Leitrim

Following on from his hugely successful shows, The Man in The Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice, the Backstage Theatre are delighted to bring you Mikel Murfi’s new one-man show, The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey, on March 23 at 8pm.

This third play in the series reacquaints us with the life of small-town cobbler Pat Farnon. Having married Kitsy Rainey late in life, Pat finally decides to “lift the lid” on a life lived by his wife prior to their marriage. And all the while, Pat faces down his reckoning.

Tender, heartfelt and joyously funny, The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey finishes out Pat Farnon’s journey in a most unexpected way.

Originally from Sligo, the artist has trained in Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris and has played in The Playboy of the Western World, The Morning After Optimism, The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.  

Mike's other acting credits include The New Electric Ballroom, Lyndie’s Got a Gun, The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Druid, Galway), The Chairs (Blue Raincoat, Sligo), The Cure (Half Moon Theatre, Cork), Stokehauling, Half Eight Mass of a Tuesday, Macbeth, God’s Gift and The White-Headed Boy(Barabbas), Studs, Melting Penguins (Passion Machine), Lady Windermere’s Fan (Rough Magic) and The Tender Trap (Pigsback). 

He worked with Fishamble/Galway Arts Festival on The Great Goat Bubble, co-directed Ruth 66 for Fourth Leaf Theatre, and devised and directed The Poor Little Boy With No Arms at The Lir Academy with the cast. 

Other directing credits include Diamonds in the Soil, The Lost Days of Ollie Deasy for Macnas, Falling out of Love, Yew Tree Productions, Trad, Galway Arts Festival and The Lonesome West, Lyric Theatre, Belfast.  

He was the Movement Director on the Landmark Productions/Galway Arts Festival production of Misterman. He also tours these days with his one-man show, The Man In The Woman’s Shoes.

The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey was created with support from Sligo County Council Arts Service, The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo and Irish Arts Center, New York.