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Topic: BBC Radio 4 to air The Commitments | The Stage | 4 October 2013

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Article on The Commitments radio production from The Stage

with a lovely cast photo!

 

BBC Radio 4 to air The Commitments | The Stage

 

 

BBC Radio 4 to air The Commitments

 

The cast of The Commitments. Photo: Sean Conroy.
The cast of The Commitments. Photo: Sean Conroy.

 

Roddy Doyle’s book The Commitments is to be adapted for BBC Radio 4 as part of a week of programming celebrating the Irish author’s work.

The Commitments, which is being recorded in a pub in Dublin, will feature songs performed by Irish band the Riptide Movement and is being directed by Jim Sheridan, whose credits include the films My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father.

It will be broadcast in December, followed by adaptations of Doyle’s The Snapper and The Van. Collectively, the three books are known as the Barrytown Trilogy, which Radio 4 drama commissioner Jeremy Howe said were “as iconic to Dublin as James Joyce’s Ulysses”.

Howe said: “Roddy Doyle has come back into the frame. With Radio 4 doing these adaptations, The Commitments running in the West End, and the publication of his new book, The Guts, Roddy has found his moment in the sun again.”

He added: “It’s curious that he disappeared for a bit, but it’s great that he’s getting the profile. He is one of the great Irish writers, without a doubt.”

The adaptations, which will be spread over a week in December, will be preceded by a special Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 celebrating The Commitments.

Radio 4’s adaptation will feature Damien Molony, who featured in BBC3’s Being Human series, and Colm Meaney, who is best known for his long-running role in the Star Trek television series. It has been adapted by Eugene O’Brien.

Casting for the The Snapper and The Van has not been announced. Radio 4 will also adapt The Guts for broadcast next year.

 

For those who may have missed it, you can find our general discussion topic on The Commitments here



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"Radio 4’s adaptation will feature Damien Molony, who featured in BBC3’s Being Human series, and Colm Meaney, who is best known for his long-running role in the Star Trek television series. It has been adapted by Eugene O’Brien."

 

Oh yes......



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The silly fangirl in me is tickled that Damien is mentioned before Colm Meany, who I have long loved to watch.  

Most of them look so solemn.  Tired or in character?  Quite different from the photo posted by Sarah Greene outside.  

It's a large group and a big story.  I wonder what the running time will be.



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It is a long story. The film is a good 90 mins long, so the play may be around that as well.

The cast is big because it includes the band as well.

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The stage show is around two hours but that does include additional songs at the end - they made it feel like a gig at the end which is really good.
The book however is only around 140 pages long so who knows how they will interpret this for the radio.

On a shallow note, hello biceps!

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Oooh, yes....

A close up of that would be nice

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not that I noticed them or anything....



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It is heartening that Damien is given first billing in the article!

When Gemma first told me Damien had a new radio project coming up and then we found out it was The Commitments I did think this was going to be a big one - although as yo say Becca the book isn't giant there is an awful lot happening, it will be interesting to see how it is adapted for radio, and how that compares to the film and the musical!

We didn't know it was part of a week of radio adaptations of Roddy Doyles' other works as well though and with the Friday night musical celebration thing, it is going to be a big Radio 4 event!

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