Walking with Ghosts

Producers Landmark Productions, Neal Street and Playful Productions transferred Gabriel Byrne’s acclaimed solo show Walking with Ghosts, an adaptation from his best-selling memoir, to the Apollo Theatre in London in 2022.

Making his West End debut, master storyteller and Hollywood star Byrne, performed the show for a limited season of just 14 performances from 6 - 17 September, 2022.

The production opened at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in February this year where it sold out. It received enormous critical and public acclaim. Byrne was described as a “master of his craft” (Sunday Times), “captivating” (Financial Times) and the production as “storytelling at its simple best” (Business Post).

Gabriel Byrne said: “'It was a real joy to hear laughter in a theatre during the premiere run of Walking with Ghosts in Dublin.  Although I’ve appeared several times on Broadway, I’ve always had an ambition to work on the West End stage.  I’m looking forward immensely to the experience of performing at the beautiful Apollo Theatre. 

I've chosen to be honest and unflinching in the recounting of a life from working class Dublin to Hollywood.  Although rooted in the local, I hope the play has a universal resonance.  What I want  in the theatre is to be moved to laugh ... to be provoked ... to be changed.  I think Walking with Ghosts sets out to fulfil that.”

Lonny Price said: “I am thrilled we're bringing Gabriel Byrne’s theatrical adaptation of his gorgeous memoir, Walking with Ghosts, to London. Not only is Gabriel one of the greatest actors of his generation, but his writing is funny, deeply moving, and wise.”

The London performances of Walking with Ghosts were made possible by the support of Culture Ireland.

The Broadway transfer of Walking with Ghosts played at Music Box Theatre for a limited run of 75 performances, running from 18th October to 30th December 2022, with an opening night on the 27th October.