From its beginnings at the Adelaide cabaret festival in 2010, to a successful national tour in 2015, ‘The Parting Glass an Irish journey’ is a performance close to Damien Leith’s heart. Maybe it’s because the one man show is a story, set in an Irish pub, of a father and his expat son living in Australia, maybe it reminds Damien of his own migration to Australia and perhaps too it allows the accomplished singer musician, author and chemist to exercise his greatest career wish, to be an actor.
If you saw the play first time around don’t give the encore performance a miss because to use a plastic surgery analogy the production will be freshened up with a few nips and tucks here and there. Damien says the play will have a slightly different edge this time around, with the fathers voice adjusted and the dialogue streamlined.
As well as revisiting ‘The Parting Glass an Irish journey’ Damien is staying true to his Renaissance man persona. He is presently working on two new albums and using the bedtime stories he creates for his kids as the basis for writing a book, which he describes as a dark Roald Dahl for children,that will be available to the general public.
You can see Damien Leith in ‘The Parting Glass an Irish journey’ at the following venues:
November 10, Hobart, Wrest Point Casino
November 11, Launceston, Launceston Country Club
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