Final casting is announced for the world premiere of Chasing Bono, a new play by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement based on I Was Bono’s Doppelganger by Neil McCormick, a wise and witty memoir which recounted his friendship and rivalry with his school friend and Superstar Bono.
Chasing Bono, a rock n’ roll fable about the pursuit of fame and coming to terms with failed ambition, runs at Soho Theatre from Thursday 6 December 2018 – Saturday 19 January 2019.
1970s Dublin. Friends Neil McCormick and Paul Hewson share the same ambition: to form bands and become global superstars. Paul changed his name to ‘Bono’ and his band became U2. Neil’s band never got off the ground.
1987. Dublin gangster Danny Machin wants a fair and balanced account written of his life whilst now-writer Neil is wondering where his went so wrong. Danny sees an opportunity and kidnaps him. Neil becomes Danny’s biographer. Danny becomes Neil’s shrink, probing the reasons for his
succession of disastrous decisions.
Gordon Anderson will direct Niamh Bracken, Denis Conway, Ciarán Dowd, Farzana Dua Elahe, Donal Finn, Niall McNamee and Shane O’Regan
