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Jumping the Sharks

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Micheál Lovett 

  • Synopsis

    When the popularity of a hit television programme or star begins to wane, this is known, in American media parlance, as ‘jumping the shark’.

    Nick Cross is a tough-guy media executive with a taste for fast cars, deviant sex, booze and class A narcotics. The dead Cross addresses us from a purgatorial afterlife, rewinding and replaying the dissolute past that got him there.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    1

  • Total

    1

Original Production

Original Cast
Nick Cross Don Wycherley
Production Team
Director Geoff Gould
Assistant Director/Stage Manager Shane Ward
Visual Designer Harry Moore
Lighting Designer Lizzie Powell
Sound Designer Niall Toner
Costume Designer Liv Monaghan
Voice Over Megan Riordan
Production Manager Michael Lonergan
Company Manager Jessica Finken
Runner Jack Wycherley
Costumes Louis Copeland
Designer Raven Design

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    Micheál Lovett

  • Address

    Maryville
    Kilworth
    Co. Cork
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    + 353 (0)21 27162

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Micheál Lovett

  • Address

    Maryville
    Kilworth
    Co. Cork
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    + 353 (0)21 27162

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.