Podcast
Pulp Injection
Hosted by Peter McGann · EN
Old-school pulp radio plays performed to a live audience by the best of actors and comedians in Ireland today.
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Vice Squad Confidential
Nov 7, 201900:42:01Tap to summarizeHollywood, 1950. Peggy White, the first female detective in the LAPD, is recruited into the elite Vice Squad under her hero, Lieutenant Cole Holland to help smash a mysterious porn ring. Hazel Fahy as Peggy White Finbarr Doyle as Cole Holland Tony Cantwell as Chesterton/Dean Martin/The Narrator John Morton as Chief Parker/Sam Zucker Simone Kelly as Mickey Cohen/Bette Davis Niamh Gallagher as Grace Dumont Stephen Colfer as Doctor Herman Mundt/Vice Cop’s butler Hannah Mamalis as Johnny Stomponato/Reporter Stephen Considine as Spider Ellington Kate Murray as Diner waitress/Spider’s model/Vice Cop/Mundt’s nurse It was written & directed by Peter McGann The poster was designed by Sean Clancy
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The Haunting of the Shay Spillane Players
Oct 31, 201900:29:35Tap to summarizeA lost young lady (Amy Dunne) shows up at the door of Lockheart Manor one dark and stormy night. Charles Lockheart (Tony Cantwell) claims it’s only he and his butler Cheswick (Wren Dennehy) on the property. But who’s that small child she sees on the top floor? All is not as it seems, and then after that even less is as it seems. Hannah Mamalis as Niamh Arden Finbarr Doyle as Shay Spillane Kevin McGahern as Ray Tony Cantwell as Gerry Creighton Amy Dunne as Phil Gillis Wren Dennehy as Diarmuid Kelly Shatter as Caoimhe Ryan John Morton as Donie the barman Stephen Considine as Security Guard And Laura Brady as Ciara Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster was designed by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Denis Buckley
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Eamon de Valera & the She-Devils of Belmullet
Oct 24, 201900:46:21Tap to summarizeErstwhile Catholic crime-fighting team Eamon (John Morton) & Li’l Charlie (Kelly Shatter) are in their own separate races against time to solve a sinister Satanic murder, putting them on a collision course with a coven of deadly witches (Wren Dennehy, Amy Dunne, Laura Brady). Cast John Morton as Eamon de Valera Kelly Shatter as Li’l Charlie McQuaid Kevin McGahern as Cardinal Buck McCoy Hannah Mamalis as Li’l Charlie II Wren Dennehy as the High Priestess Stephen Considine as Pope Pius XII Finbarr Doyle as Bram Stoker/Secretary/James Connolly Laura Brady as Elaine Amy Dunne as Allegra/Mrs. Foley Tony Cantwell as Brendan Foley/Dracula Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster designed by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Denis Buckley Performed on October 22nd in the Workman's Club, Dublin
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Heroes Die First
Apr 25, 201900:38:26Tap to summarizeCareer criminal Johnny Burnett steps out of a ten-year stint into a world that has moved on quicker than he can handle. He promises his girl Gwen he’s going straight, but the lure of his biggest caper yet is too much to resist. Johnny Burnett - Tony Cantwell Gwen - Amy Dunne Brannigan - Roxanna Nic Liam The Professor//Radio Presenter/Customer - Aoife Spratt Eddie Tayback/Doctor - Ali Fox Red McLure/Judge - Finbarr Doyle Dermot - Stephen Considine O'Doole/Mickey/Jeweller - Malachy McKeever Vic Renda/Armoured Car Guard/Police Dispatcher/Mel - John Morton Leo - Kelly Shatter Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco Music used in show The Asphalt Jungle by Miklós Rózsa Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper
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Shut-Her Island
Apr 18, 201900:36:32Tap to summarizeShut-Her Island is home to the most impregnable workhouse in Ireland, so when it mysteriously loses radio contact with the mainland, suspicions are raised. The Vatican’s top detectives, Eamon “Devil May Care” de Valera and his plucky boy-ward, Li’l Charlie McQuaid, are dispatched undercover as fallen women to investigate. Eamon de Valera - John Morton Li'l Charlie McQuaid - Kelly Shatter Baxter Bixby/Peigeen - Finbarr Doyle Pope Pius XII - Stephen Considine Dolores Swann/Carly - Ali Fox Cardinal Leland Stockwell/Narrator/Italian taxi driver - Tony Cantwell Sister Frances/Townsperson - Malachy McKeever Cindy/Townsperson 2 - Aoife Spratt Stacy - Amy Dunne Brittany/Young Priest - Roxanna Nic Liam Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco Music used in show - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper
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Showdown At Reinvention
Dec 24, 201800:41:36Tap to summarizeThe sheriff of Reinvention finds keeping the peace tougher than usual when a figure from the past he’d sooner forget rides into town, thirsty for vengeance. Sam Stride: John Dennehy Ranown: Kate Murray The Commodore: Tony Cantwell Miss Abilene / Screaming woman: Amy Dunne Tess Sirico: Meg Healy Drunky: John Morton Marshal Bill / bank clerk: Eoin Lyons Ben Teague / Dutch: Finbarr Doyle Tector Teague: Stephen Considine Mrs. Calloway: Laura Brady Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound mix by Kevin Brennan Performed on December 3rd 2018 in the Workman's Club
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Revenge Of The Blue Hood
Dec 24, 201800:38:33Tap to summarizeCatholic crime-fighters Eamon de Valera and Li'l Charlie McQuaid are faced with both a stranded Santa Claus and a festive fascist uprising led by the fiendish supervillain,The Blue Hood Cast Eamon de Valera: John Morton Li'l Charlie: Kelly Shatter Santa Claus: Finbarr Doyle The Blue Hood: Meg Healy The Narrator/Eamon Action Figure: Tony Cantwell Lord Haw-Haw: John Dennehy Pope Pius XII: Stephen Considine Topless Limerick Hooligan/Deirdre Quinn: Kate Murray Father/Young Priest: Eoin Lyons Passerby/Sexy Dream Lady: Amy Dunne Dimples the Elf: Laura Brady Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound mix by Kevin Brennan Performed on December 3rd 2018 in the Workman's Club
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