Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network from 1980 to 1988. A big black moustache and a winning smile were sported by Tom in the role.
Magnum opus, (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera), from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer, most commonly one who has contributed a very large amount of material. For instance Leonardo Da Vinci's magnum opus is the Mona Lisa; Peter Andre's magnum opus is the smash hit single "Insania" (although this is a point for debate). Cast Old Man………………………..Noel Harris
Victor…………………………..Patrick Keaveney
Barry…………………………...Francis Ryan
Leonora………………………..Celene Natasha Murphy
Emma…………………………..Adrienne Lee
Dermot…………………………James Blake
Grainne…………..……………Niamh Bowen
John…………………..……….Kieran McAteer
Thomas………….……………Paul Elliot
Production Team
Lighting Design………….…..Tom O’Donnell
Sound Design……….……….Niamh Conroy
Set Design...…………………Norma Lowney
Costume…………….…..……Louise Hegarty
Poster/Programme…………..Ruth Crean
Set Construction…………….Ger Wallace
Producer………………………Ann Blake
Front of House……………….Dawn MacCarthy
Crew
Louise Hegarty, Ann Blake, Eileen Nevin.
Directed By Chris Sandford
Chris Sandford
Chris studied English and Drama at Manchester University before completing a Masters in English at Mary I. He has appeared in numerous plays including Equus, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Rivals and American Buffalo. He has appeared with Impact in Dream Girl, A Slice of Theatre, Valparaiso, The Mercy Seat, The Zoo Story, Broken Glass, Fahrenheit 451, Play and Endgame.
Noel Harris
Noel is a Limerick based musician and plays with various groups all around the city and county. His last time on stage was around thirty years ago in London and he rathers we wouldn’t mention it, so we have. This is his first time working with Impact.
Patrick Keaveney
Patrick studied sculpture and combined media in LSAD. He worked with Impact on the production side of A Kind of Alaska and One for the Road. He was sound technician for Fahrenheit 451 and Misery and performed in Not I.
Francis Ryan
Francis has performed in Impact’s rehearsed reading of Murder Monologues, and productions of Catastrophe, Dream Girl, Valparaiso, A Slice of Theatre, One for the Road and Fahrenheit 451.
Celene Natasha Murphy
Celene studied fine art, sculpture and combined media at LSAD. She has appeared with Impact in Dream Girl, Valparaiso, A Slice Of Theatre, One for the Road, An Ordinary Day and Fahrenheit 451, with Teaspach Theatre Company in The Women and most recently in Catastrophe and Endgame. She in currently a DMP with Daghdha Dance Company.
Adrienne Lee
Adrienne has appeared in productions with various groups in the city. She started working with Impact on production for Broken Glass and has performed in Fahrenheit 451 and most recently in Come and Go. She is currently studying Drama and Theatre Studies in NUI Maynooth.
James Blake
James has appeared with Impact in The Old Neighbourhood, Valparaiso and The Open Couple. He has also performed with his band, The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra, in the Impact space.
Niamh Bowen
Niamh is a founder member of Teaspach. She teaches drama and personal development to children and youth groups in disadvantaged communities in Limerick city and county. She has appeared with Impact in Valparaiso, A Slice of Theatre, The Mercy Seat, An Ordinary Day, Fahrenheit 451 and Happy Days.

Kieran McAteer
Kieran has worked with the Limerick Musical Society and performed in Soul Garden, The Hot Mikado, The Hired Man and Oliver. He performed in Impact’s production of Broken Glass.
Paul Elliot
Paul is currently studying history and politics in the University of Limerick. Having vast experience of working in real bars it seemed quite logical for Paul to make his acting debut as a barman. This is his first time working with Impact.
Tom O'Donnell
Tom has been involved in the technical side of drama for many years. He designed the lighting for Impact’s productions of Dream Girl, Valparaiso, The Mercy Seat, A Kind of Alaska, One for the Road, The Zoo Story, An Ordinary Day, The Open Couple, Broken Glass, Fahrenheit 451, and Beckett’s Women.
Niamh Conroy
Niamh composed the music and sound design for Teaspach's production of Red Roses & Petrol. She designed the sound for Impact’s production of Valparaiso, The Mercy Seat, A Kind of Alaska, One for the Road The Zoo Story, An Ordinary Day The Open Couple, Broken Glass, Fahrenheit 451,Misery and Beckett’s Women.
Norma Lowney
Norma studied Fine Art in Belfast. She has appeared in Impact’s productions of Murder Monologues, Footfalls, The Old Neighbourhood, Valparaiso, A Slice Of Theatre, The Open Couple, Broken Glass and Not I. Norma has designed the set for a lot of Impact’s productions and many of her original artworks have appeared in previous shows including Valparaiso and Broken Glass.
Louise Hegarty
Louise has worked on a number of Impact’s productions and performed in Murder Monologues, The Old Neighborhood and Come and Go. She has taken charge of wardrobe for many productions including The Beckett Trilogy in 2004, Valparaiso, One for the Road and Broken Glass.
Ruth Crean
Having studied graphic design at LSAD Ruth has had exhibitions all over Limerick City including Riddler's, Tom Collins, Roches Street 'Artists on the Street' to name but a few. She designed Impact's 2006/2007 season programme, Beckett’s Women: A Season programme as well as all the posters for the season.
Ger Wallace
An accomplished carpenter, Ger worked with Island Theatre Company on the set of Outlying Islands. He is currently working in the Belltable in maintenance. This is his first time working with Impact.
Ann Blake
A former member of Limerick Youth Theatre she now runs workshops for children and adults within the city and the county. Ann has appeared with Impact in The Bear, Ghosts, Sox, Footfalls, Valparaiso, A Slice of Theatre, A Kind of Alaska An Ordinary Day, Broken Glass, Misery and Play.
Dawn McCarthy
Dawn works in customer service in O’Mahony’s Bookshop. She worked extensively with Impact on the recent Samuel Beckett season in the venue on both box office and costume.
Our Special Thanks To:
Barry Clogan and all at Instore for supply of stools, Eoghan Larkin and all at De Barras in Caherconlish, Orla Redican, Catherine O'Byrne and all at Tom Collins, Tony Connolly Menswear, Emily and Lola Sandford, Peter Doherty, Tom Walsh of Hear It Sound and Lighting Hire, Jay Kavanagh, Mike Finneran, The Old Stand, Kennedy O'Brien's and anyone else who has offered help and services along the way.
Impact Theatre Company,
18 The Crescent, O’Connell Avenue, Limerick
Contact Number: 061 318121 Email: info@impact-theatre.com