Wooden Bridge Productions presents
The Life and Times of
Paddy Armstrong
Starring Don Wycherley
Friday 26 & Saturday 27 February 2027
Back by popular demand after a sell-out run and standing ovations in 2025
Book TicketsFriday's performance is followed by a post-show Q&A
About the show
Fifty years after his wrongful conviction, at the age of 74, Paddy is facing into his twilight years and wrestling with a thousand turbulent memories.
In Paddy, he relives the journey that forever altered his destiny. Award-winning and sell-out, this one-man show is inspired by Paddy Armstrong's memoir Life After Life: A Guildford Four Memoir (2017).
It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of forgiveness, reminding us that the privilege of freedom and love, family and everyday life can restore us and mend the scars of even the most savage injustice.
Don Wycherley (Abbey Theatre, Father Ted, Ballykissangel, Bachelor's Walk) brings unflinching honesty, pathos and humour to his portrayal of Paddy, a man failed and scarred by a flawed system yet refusing to be defined by it.
Post-show Q&A, Friday 26 February
Stay after Friday's performance for a conversation with actor Don Wycherley and co-writer and director Mary-Elaine Tynan.
What the critics said
★★★★★
"Don Wycherley is incandescent in this journey from disaster to redemption"
Irish Times
★★★★★
"A beautiful piece, poetic and profound, and Wycherley's performance is up there with the best I've seen this year"
Independent
"Don Wycherley's performance is absolutely superb"
★★★★★ In The Stalls
"A powerful testament to hope over despair"
Belfast Telegraph
"A genuine tour de force by Wycherley"
Alan in Belfast
"Wycherley and all those behind the production deserved... the standing ovation"
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Award-winning
Broadway World Awards 2025
Best New Play
Best Director
Best Lighting Design
The Arts Review 2025
Best Performance (Don Wycherley)
Best Touring Production
Written by
Mary-Elaine Tynan, Don Wycherley & Niamh Gleeson
Directed by
Mary-Elaine Tynan
A Wooden Bridge Productions show
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