Gabriel Byrne to make West End debut in transfer of his solo show Walking with Ghosts

Gabriel Byrne is to make his West End debut in a transfer of his solo show Walking with Ghosts.

Producers Landmark Productions, Neal Street and Playful Productions will bring the acclaimed solo show, adapted from Gabriel Byrne’s best-selling memoir, to the Apollo Theatre.

Master storyteller and Hollywood star Byrne will perform the show for a strictly limited season of just 14 performances from 6 – 17 September 2022.

Byrne’s career as an actor, writer and director spanned both stage and screen. He has starred in over 80 films working with Hollywood’s great and good. His work on Broadway has seen him win multiple awards and nominations including a Golden Globe for his role in the television drama In Treatment.

As a young boy growing up on the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and a commentary on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, he reflects on a life’s journey.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Walking with Ghosts is a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.

Originally debuting in Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the production is directed by three-time Emmy award-winning director Lonny Price with a creative team including Sinéad McKenna (set and lighting designer); Joan O’Clery (costume designer) and Sinéad Diskin (sound designer).

For more information and tickets, visit www.withghosts.co.uk

Gabriel Byrne said: “It was a real joy to hear laughter in a theatre during the premiere run of Walking with Ghosts in Dublin. Although I’ve appeared several times on Broadway, I’ve always had an ambition to work on the West End stage. I’m looking forward immensely to the experience of performing at the beautiful Apollo Theatre.

“I’ve chosen to be honest and unflinching in the recounting of a life from working class Dublin to Hollywood. Although rooted in the local, I hope the play has a universal resonance. What I want in the theatre is to be moved to laugh … to be provoked … to be changed. I think Walking with Ghosts sets out to fulfil that.”

Lonny Price added: “I am thrilled we’re bringing Gabriel Byrne’s theatrical adaptation of his gorgeous memoir, Walking with Ghosts, to London. Not only is Gabriel one of the greatest actors of his generation, but his writing is funny, deeply moving, and wise.”