Seamus O Rourke
IN
JOHN B. KEANE'S
THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER
John Bosco McLaine is a man who has never lain down with a woman, but has had romantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life. Always an optimist, and virgin in equal measure, he embarks on a search for an ideal companion regardless of age, failure rate or dammed advice!… and in a community where advice is ample and women few, he follows his heart in an ultimate bid to procure himself a wife.
Often referred to as the natural successor to John B Keane as Ireland’s masterful present day storyteller, Seamus O’Rourke brings to life in this production the wistful, blundering, romantic John Bosco McLean, matching stride for stride Keane’s fantastic wit and way with words in an uproarious evening of laughter, love, hope and desire…
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2025 - TOUR
27-Nov. Thursday
Kilworth Arts Centre
28-Nov Friday
Kill Waterford
TOUR 2026
7th February. - Saturday
WEXFORD ARTS CENTRE
12-February - Thursday
SIAMSA TIRE - TRALEE
14-February - Saturday
GLOR - ENNIS
19-February - Thursday
LIMETREE THEATRE
20-February -Friday
MULLINGAR ARTS CENTRE
21-February - Saturday -
TUARD ARTS CENTRE
27-February- Friday -
GARAGE THEATRE
28-February- Saturday
MERMAID ARTS CENTRE
05-March - Thursday
CIVIC THEATRE - Tallaght
13/14 March - Friday
RAMOR THEATRE
15-March - Sunday
MOAT THEATRE
19-March - Thursday
HAWKSWELL THEATRE
20-March - Friday
SOURCE ARTS CENTRE
21-March -Saturday
ESKER ARTS CENTRE
26-March- Thursday -
TOWNHALL THEATRE
27-March - Friday
BALLINA ARTS CENTRE
28-March - Saturday
ARAS INISH GLUAIRE
10th April - Friday
SCHOOLHOUSE - Killarney
11th April - Saturday
SCHOOLYARD THEATRE
17/18 - April Friday/Saturday
WESTPORT TOWNHALL
24th April - Friday
THE LARK- Ballbriggan
25th April - Saturday
ABBEY CENTRE
02/03 - May- Friday
CAVAN TOWN HALL
21-May - Thursday
BACKSTAGE THEATRE
22-May - Friday
DUNAMAISE ARTS CENTRE
29-May- Friday
WATERGATE THEATRE
30-May - Saturday
DRAOICHT
05-Jun - Friday
THEATE ROYAL WATERFORDD
24-Sep -Thursday
AND TAIN DUNDALK
17th October Saturday
ROSCOMMON ARTS CENTRE
20-Nov - Friday
RIVERBANK NEWBRIDGE
John B. Keane
is one of Ireland’s best-loved and best-selling authors was born in 1928 in Listowel , Co. Kerry. He spent his literary career running a pub in Listowel which provided him with much of the inspiration for his characters and ideas.
John B. Keane ranks among the great Irish writers. His plays include Sive, The Field and Big Maggie.
His Letters series of books were a spectacular success, with The Love Hungry Farmer being particularly outstanding.
This is paragraph text. Click it or hit the Manage Text button to change the font, color, size, format, aSeamus O’Rourke is a writer, director and actor. As a writer, his plays include Ride On (Livin’ Dred 2011), dig, Down and The Trappe Family (The Corn Mill Theatre), The Halfway House Hotel and Stale Mate (Canal Studio-Backstage Theatre), For Club and County (Moth Productions), dig, Victor’s Dung (Big Guerilla Productions) and his four One-Man-Shows; The Sand Park, Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking, INDIGESTION and My Aunt Bee (Big Guerilla Productions).
As a director, he has directed with The Corn Mill Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Moth Productions and his own company, Big Guerilla Productions. Apart from his own material, those plays include The Cavalcaders and A Handful of Stars by Billy Roche, Stolen Child by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and Yvonne Quinn, The Pitch by Shane Connaughton, Arrah Na Pogue by Dion Boucicault, The Quare Land, Danger Money and The Cavan Curse by John McManus.
Acting roles include; Junior (Conversations on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy), Artie (Belfry by Billy Roche), Jim (The Weir by Conor McPherson), John(Shining City by Conor McPherson), RTE Best Actor 2010, Pato Dooley (The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh) RTE Best Supporting actor 2011. Victor Maguire (Ride On and Victor’s Dung) and Tom (dig)…all written by himself. Philly (The Pitch by Shane Connaughton), Hugh Pugh (The Quare Land by John McManus), The Bishop (The Field by John B Keane), Maurteen (The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy) both at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin. He played Man (The Mysterious History of Things by Jack Harte). He has played Teddy ‘The Mucker’ Tucker in John McManus’s one-man play, Danger Money and Rua in The Cavan Curse by the same author.
In 2018 Seamus penned and produced two new shows; From Under the Bed and And Thank You…. In early 2019 Seamus toured Ireland with Livin’ Dred’s production of Trad by Mark Doherty, directed by Aaron Monaghan. In the summer of 2019 he toured again with the self-penned My Aunt Beeand in autumn with An Ogeous Brose by John McManus.
Seamus has also over two million hits on YouTube and Social Media with his short stories, recitations and sketches. He recently released A Lock of Poems, Recitations and Good Ones – a collection of his much-loved poems and recitations and in 2020 he released his memoir Standing in Gaps.
In September 2024 Seamus released his much anticipated sequel to his popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps. Leaning on Gates is published by Gill Books and available nationwide and online via his shop.