Comicbuzz Interview: Grainne Humphreys

Paula got a chance to have a quick chat with Pat Shortt, at the DIFF screening of 'Dark Lies the Island' on Weds 27th February 2019 in Cineworld. Written by Irish author Kevin Barry and based around characters he  created for his own short story collection, Ian Fitzgibbon’s (Death of a Superhero) pitch-black comedy centres on a small Irish town over a week-long period. If you’re going get involved with men in a small  Irish  town, they might as well be the Mannions - and Sara is involved up to  her neck. The Mannions are a feuding family in the town of Dromord who  are all set at each other. Sara is married to Daddy Mannion but holding a  candle for her first love, his son Doggy. When she also  gets involved  with his brother, trouble looms. An impressive Irish cast  including  Peter Coonan, Charlie Murphy, Pat Shortt and Moe Dunford  flesh out this  unique, dark, comedy which offers on-the-nose  observations about Irish life.