Milo's Wake

Award-winning Play MILO’S WAKE In Dunedin In August

Milo O’Connor is alive and well.
However since people only say good things about a man after he’s died, Milo’s decided to hold his own wake ahead of time. And you’re invited…
At Dunedin’s Fortune Theatre, Milo gathers with family, friends, his favourite band, the Wren Buoys – and a few uninvited ghosts. But this won’t be the rousing tribute he planned…
A comedy with heart, about a first generation Irish New Zealand family, MILO’S WAKE comes to Dunedin as part of a national tour following a sold-out six week season in Auckland in 2005.
Feeney McSweeney’s acclaimed production of MILO’S WAKE is at the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin from August 22-27.

“It’s funny, honest and moving, full of great music, sparkling repartee and terrific performances …” NZ Listener

Milo is a whirlwind of energy, a hilarious and charismatic bloke who has tried hard to fit into Kiwi culture and run a successful business – and now dreams of driving off into the sunset in a brand spanking new motor-home.
Milo is directed by and stars Peter Feeney (Cold Feet, Shortland St, Secret Agent Men, Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Rude Awakenings, Black Sheep) together with Peta Rutter (Street Legal, Power Rangers, Head, 4:48 Psychosis), Ashley Hawkes (Billie Liar, The Glass Menagerie) and Hannah Marshall (Amazing Extraordinary Friends). Musical director Peter Hobbs and Irish producer Conor McSweeney add their own unique edge with the live music by The Wren Buoys Band.
MILO’S WAKE is an award winning play from the pens of Australian playwrights Michael and Margery Forde. Last year was the first time ever that the production was performed in a pub and it proved an enormous crowd pleaser – a perfect place to hear the songs, stories and sentiments of MILO’S WAKE - with a drink or two along the way.
Join Milo and his family for a riotous night of emotion, song and laughter.

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