Blindboy brings live podcast to Limerick
BLINDBOY will captivate Limerick with a live podcast this February.
The Blindboy podcast is a storytelling podcast in the Irish tradition of the Seanchaí. Seamlessly intertwining history, fiction, cultural critique and politics into a relaxing form the author calls the podcast hug.
From Toronto, to London, to Sydney, Blindboys live podcasts are consistently sold out affairs where he captivates his audiences in a quietened intimate atmosphere.
Drawing from his years of live performance experience, Blindboy can make a crowd of 1200 feel as though they are in a small room with only a handful of others.
He reads from his book, and he speaks with a guest. It is not an interview, but rather an intimate chat which seeks to replicate a private conversation in a public space through the language of theatre.
These live shows are spontaneously endearing and heartwarmingly engaging, there’s usually something in here for everyone to enjoy.
Sometimes he may have a guest who is a person with an interesting life story to tell, and other times he might interview a person who is an expert in their field.
Notable past guests are Spike Lee, Bernadette Devlin and authors Kevin Barry and Roddy Doyle.
With humble beginnings as a short term tool to promote his first book, over the past two years this podcast has grown to international success with listnerships reaching one million per month.
Blindboy is a best selling author of fiction, who has written two collections of short stories. He has over a decade of experience writing for television, having made shows for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, MTV and RTE.
He is also a songwriter, musician and producer with his group the Rubberbandits, who have amassed over 100 million YouTube views and have toured the world as a theatre act. The Blindboy podcast is the creative summation of all these experiences.
Presented by Dolans, the show will take place in the Lime Tree Theatre on February 2.
Tickets are available via limetreebelltable.ie