A one-night stand of guilty pleasure
Copper Face Jacks is not a musical for anyone easily offended by stereotypes, but director Karl Harpur’s cheap and cheerful production is undeniably good fun
Copper Face Jacks: The Musical
By Paul Howard
Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Rating:***
Runs until August 12
Noeleen Nic Gearailt (Roseanna Purcell) is an innocent Kerry woman who cannot understand the appeal of living in a city “where nobody knows all your business”. Gino Wildes (Johnny Ward) is a true-blue Dub who regards country folk as “immigrants” and clamps cars with provincial registrations because they “keep to their own and refuse to learn our ...
