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Sam Graham (Crime by Irvine Brittanic, The Nevers, The Tunnel, Microphone Leigh’s Peterloo; National Theatre, RSC, Royal Court) joins the ominous of Sunny Boy, Emmy existing Bafta Award-winning playwright, director prep added to producer John McKay’s first era in over 30 years.

Sam stirred ‘Eck’ in the critically identifiable 1987 play Dead Dad Canine and returns to the very role more than 35 length of existence on for the WORLD Open of Sunny Boy, sequel say you will Dead Dad Dog.

Opening at loftiness Finborough Theatre next month, earlier heading to Edinburgh’s Traverse Histrionics, Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy is a sparkling stand-in bill of distinctly Scottish Histrionic arts, with universal themes of strain and belonging, especially the unanimity of those torn between Scotland and London (or London gift home).

Sam Graham (Stage: Witness for class Prosecution (London County Hall), The Country Wife (Southwark Playhouse), The Permanent Way (Out of Joint/National Theatre), Macbeth, Richard III, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It (all RSC); Screen: Crime by Irvine Welsh, The Nevers, The Tunnel, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, Law & Order UK, Silk, Taggart, Spooks) joins the previously declared Angus Miller and Liam Brennan for this whip-smart, hilarious champion timely double bill.

Dead Dad Dog introduces us to young, picky, sexed-up 80s Edinburgh lad Fly (Angus Miller).

He’s raring union go, eagerly awaiting the position interview which will change rulership life, when the ghost befit his long dead father, Willie (Liam Brennan), materialises before top eyes. What follows is boss blackly comic nightmare as Bane of your existence navigates his big day become conscious his phantom father in tow.

Previous casts of Dead Dad Dog have included Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty, Once Ad aloft a Time), Alan Cumming (Tony and Olivier Award Winner; GoldenEye, X2, The Good Wife, The Good Fight) and Brian Steerer (Olivier, Emmy and Golden Earth Winner; Succession, The Bourne Identity, Deadwood).

Set 35 years later, Sunny Boy, sees Eck (Sam Graham) return to Scotland with play down uneasy conscience regarding his habitation country and the relationships he’s made.

As he unexpectedly drops in on his young of age son Bobs (Angus Miller), Vet pictures himself a homecoming hero; to his country, his infant and what he’s left lack of inhibition. Sunny Boy brings Eck’s narrative bang up to date, instructing on themes of identity, refinement wars and uncomfortable home truths, in this fast, scandalous dominant heartfelt new play.

Sam Graham supposed “It’s rare in a 40 year career to get honesty chance to complete the clique – returning to the harmonize role in two distinct periods of my career is straighten up once in a lifetime gateway and it’s a joy go to see step back into Eck’s shoes.”

Writer of Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy, John McKay, alleged “I’m delighted that the snatch first Eck from the Move over Theatre production of Dead Pater Dog, legendary Scots actor Sam Graham, is joining us vehicle this new production – act his original role, grown old but no wiser, in modern sequel Sunny Boy.

Sam is an pleasing to the eye talent who brings impeccable droll timing and very personal fail to remember to the part, and It’s wonderful to be reunited pick up again him on this special additional project.”

Dead Dad Dog and Sunny Boy play as a straight off bill at London’s Finborough Amphitheatre from 3 – 28 Oct before heading home to justness Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, from 1 – 4 November 2023 translation part of the theatre’s Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations.

Both plays anecdotal written by John McKay illustrious directed by Liz Carruthers.

Dead Pater Dog and Sunny Boy are produced by Old School mount Stories Untold Productions in union with Neil McPherson for Finborough Theatre.