The Cripple of Inishmaan

Colin Towns returns to Druid, where his credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan and Long Day’s Journey into Night. Other theater credits include: Hamlet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (London); Rain Man (London); Blackthorn, Macbeth, The Cherry Orchard, The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and others (Clywd Theatr); The Orpheus Suite (Birmingham Royal Ballet); The Little Foxes (Donmar); Royal Hunt of the Sun (Tokyo); Henry V (Royal Shakespeare Company). Film and television credits include: Maybe Baby, Albert Schweitzer, Essex Boys, Space Truckers, Full Circle, The Puppet Masters, Vampire's Kiss, Our Friends in the North, Doc Martin, Goodbye Mr Chips, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends and Angelina Ballerina. Mr. Towns works with many European jazz big bands. Most recently he arranged, recorded, toured and released a program of John Lennon's music entitled John Lennon—In My Own Write. This year he launches his new band Blue Touch Paper.

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