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1. www.thestage.co.uk › features › killian-donnellyKillian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean

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   Jul 27, 2017 · Frank McGuinness had told the producers this role is a Killian Donnelly type of a role, and so they called me.” It coincided with an invitation to go to Broadway with Kinky Boots.

2. www.irishnews.com › arts › stageReview: Frank McGuinness' Donegal – The Irish News

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   Oct 13, 2016 · Jackie Day (Killian Donnelly) has been asked by his father Conor (Frank Laverty) to come back from the States where has been a highly successful country singer to help the family businesses...

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     All I Ask of You- Killian Donnelly and Muirgen O' Mahony

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     Killian Donnelly and Denis Grindel The Commitments Interview

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4. www.meathchronicle.ie › 2016/10/19 › killian-makesKillian makes his Day in ‘Donegal’ | Meath Chronicle

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   Oct 19, 2016 · The Kilmessan actor, who cut his teeth with St Mary’s Musical Society in Navan, is playing one of the lead roles in the world premiere of Frank McGuinness’ musical drama ‘Donegal’, which opened last week as part of the Dub...

5. www.broadwayworld.com › westend › articleInterview: Killian Donnelly On Playing Jean Valjean In LES ...

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   Jun 12, 2017 · Killian Donnelly's stellar musical career includes Kinky Boots, Memphis, The Commitments, Billy Elliot and The Phantom of the Opera. From tonight, he becomes the new West End Jean Valjean in...

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6. www.irishtimes.com › culture › stageDonegal review: family saga is Chekhov in cowboy boots

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   Frank McGuinness’s new “play with songs”, with music by Kevin Doherty, takes a similar position: representing the “voice of Donegal” in its sprawling depiction of family, jealousy and art,...

7. www.independent.ie › entertainment › why-proud-meathWhy proud Meath lad Killian is at home in theatre of dreams

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   Oct 29, 2018 · The day I meet Killian Donnelly, he is due on The Late Late Show that evening. The last time he was on, in, he thinks, 2006, he was part of a line-up performing a scene from the Full Monty.

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   Why did Frank McGuinness call him a Killian Donnelly?

   • The play starts when he comes back to a family get-together [and they] are really bitter about him going off and being successful. Frank McGuinness had told the producers this role is a Killian Donnelly type of a role, and so they called me.” It coincided with an invitation to go to Broadway with Kinky Boots.

   Killian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean - The Stage

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   When did Donnelly leave Kinky Boots?

   • Donnelly’s Kinky Boots contract didn’t end until the end of May, and the new Les Mis company took over in mid-June. Given his scheduling, they had to start rehearsals without him. “When I landed, I had two days off, then I arrived at the theatre.

   Killian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean - The Stage

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   What happened Donnelly & Valjean in 'the commitments'?

   • After supporting roles in The Phantom of the Opera and Billy Elliot, he broke out as the lead in The Commitments in 2013. Donnelly did not look back, with audiences falling for his extraordinary vocals and boy-next-door charm first in 2014’s Memphis and then as Charlie in box office smash Kinky Boots two years later. What came next was Valjean.

   Killian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean - The Stage

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   Did Donnelly stop training?

   • Donnelly never stopped training, watching and learning. Doing Phantom, he recalls standing in the wings and just taking in the performances of all four of the Phantoms he worked with. He says: “I’d think, ‘How do you do that every night?’.” Watching his colleagues proved to be an inspiration and training.

   Killian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean - The Stage

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   What happened after Donegal?

   • After finishing Donegal in November, he flew to New York. He had four days to get over the jet lag, and six hours of rehearsal for a show he had not performed in three months. “Then I was on.

   Killian Donnelly: Interview with Les Miserables' latest Valjean - The Stage

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9. www.telegraph.co.uk › theatre › playwrightsFrank McGuinness interview: 'Ireland is in a perilous position’

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   Oct 31, 2016 · His most controversial work was Dolly West’s Kitchen (1999) which confronted Irish neutrality in the Second World War, an issue he says he was determined to tackle after visiting the Holocaust ...