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It's a really lovely atmosphere, and it's a mad atmosphere! You know, they let anyone in, once they're not making an absolute show of themselves. Whether you're from the bottom down in Cork, or all the way up to Donegal.Īnd that's through the GAA, that's through word of mouth, through mental stories: 'We went to this place and, you know, everyone's wearing their county shirts, they don't care.' I also think as well that it's the one nightclub everyone knows: Everyone knows Copper Face Jacks.
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It's the nightclub you never start in it's always the nightclub you end up in.Īnd you know, it's in Paul's writing, where one of the lyrics of the songs is: 'Where culchies go to flirt in intercounty shirts', you know?! It just has that thing: Everyone loves Coppers. Why do you think people are so obsessed with Coppers? Like, I'm just so happy to be a part of it all over again.Ĭopper Face Jacks: The Musical is back at 3Olympia Theatre for a strictly limited run from 2 to 20 August 2022 (Image: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland) And we've created a really, really tight-knit group, a lovely family of people. I suppose the thing that kind of got me through the lockdowns was, 'Look, I know we're doing Coppers the musical, and it's one of those shows. Was it tough having the show delayed for so long? There's loads of new things added in as well, loads of new characters, which is brilliant. We just feel blessed, and it really is a lovely bunch of people. It really, really is.Ģ019, we all signed up.
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You know, this is four years on, and we're still laughing, trying not the corpse because the script, the characters, the direction, Paul's writing, the choreography. Johnny, it's great to speak to you! Obviously this third run was supposed to happen during the pandemic, wasn't it? Are you delighted to be back doing the show again?