Word Against The Word By Keith Dunphy
Produced by Watering Hole Productions with Michael Grant and Pádraig Ó’Gríofa.
In association with the Imagine Festival
Keith left Waterford in 1996 to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Funded by his hometown, he dreams of performing Shakespeare in his own accent. Word Against The Word is a one-man play exploring how an Irish actor with dyslexia navigates show business, hoping but never knowing if he’ll ever get to play the king that once visited Waterford – Richard II.
The play explores Keith’s relationship with his nationality, dyslexia and the challenges of classical theatre. It sets his life growing up and becoming an actor while still unable to read, against Richard’s speech as he sailed up the River Suir in 1399.
This is a hugely entertaining, life-affirming story of the struggles, pain and joy Keith encountered on his journey from Doyle Street to classical acting. It will make you laugh; it will make you cry; it may make you angry, but it will also make you proud of the human spirit.
It’s a great story told and performed by an even greater actor.
This is Keith’s first devised show, which he is proud to be bringing to his hometown. Keith recently filmed THE WINTER KING for Sony/Badwolf productions. Keith trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Credits include
Feature Film
THE BANISHING, ROGUE ONE, THE SPOILER, LES MISÉRABLES, BLACK DEATH, CHILDREN OF MEN, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, INSIDE I’M DANCING.
Television
THE WINTER KING, REBELLION, NO OFFENCE, BEOWULF, THE HOLLOW CROWN, PEAKY BLINDERS, LIFE BEGINS, ULTIMATE FORCE, PROFESSOR T.
Stage
A WOMAN WALKS INTO A BANK – Theatre 503 London
UNDER THE BLACK ROCK – Arcola Theatre
FIGHTING IRISH – Belgrade Theatre
THE LOVELY BONES – Birmingham Rep, Liverpool Everyman, Northern Stage
EASTER RISING AND THERE AFTER – Jermyn St Theatre London
THE RIVALS – Bristol Old Vic
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – Royal Exchange Theatre
ONE FOR THE ROAD & VICTORIA STATION – Young Vic Theatre and The Print Rooms London
MACBETH, The Globe Theatre – London
ROMEO AND JULIET, THE GRAPES OF WRATH & CATASTROPHIC SEX MUSIC – Mercury Theatre
HISTORIES COMPANY, Royal Shakespeare Company – Stratford upon Avon
LIME TREE BOWER – Theatre 503 London
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Regents Park, London
HI SOCIETY – Sheffield Crucible
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER – Abbey Theatre, Dublin
MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT’S DREAM – Globe Theatre, London
HAMLET – Elsinore Castle, Denmark
THE RIVALS – Bristol Vic and Glasgow Citizens Theatre
