PAN NARRANS THEATRE

Michael & Oisín produce their own work and collaborate with others through their company
Pan Narrans Theatre.

Pan Narrans has presented work at The Lyric Belfast, The MAC, Belfast Culture Night, and the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe festivals.

We are not Homo sapiens,Wise Man. We are the third chimpanzee.

What distinguishes us from the ordinary chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), is something far more subtle than our enormous brain.

It is what that brain makes possible.

And the most significant contribution that our large brain made to our approach to the universe was to endow us with the power of story.

We are Pan Narrans, the storytelling ape.

Terry Pratchett - The Science of Discworld

PREVIOUS SHOWS

See the show page here for the full information.

An interactive “Ghost Hunting” theatre production.
Hosted by Michael Patrick, devised by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney along with Jude Quinn and Gemma Mae Halligan from Amadan, and Emily DeDakis from Accidental Theatre.

Pan Narrans presented Neil LaBute’s collection of three short plays as part of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, starring Michael Patrick and Amanda Doherty.

Pastie Bap Review - Pan Narrans advertise themselves as ‘Storytelling at its purest‘, and BASH could be described as nothing less, just great acting and great stories being told in a very visceral and thought-provoking way.

An evening of Ghostly stories and short plays at Accidental Theatre. A number of the pieces were directed by Oisín Kearney. The evening featured Michael Patrick’s physical retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven.

Gigging Ni Review : "The perfect way to kick off Halloween... a captivating evening by all accounts and showcased just some of the great talent in the arts sector that Belfast has to boast of."

Directed by Oisín Kearney, starring Michael Patrick and Owen McCavana. This short play by Enda Walsh was performed back to back for three hours on Belfast Culture Night.

Starring Michael Patrick, directed by Oisín Kearney, sound design by Katie Rogers. This one-man adaptation of Macbeth was performed at The Lyric Theatre’s Naughton Studio.

Belfast Times Review: "Michael Patrick is an experienced actor and a natural story teller... [we] were riveted by his performance...sensitively directed by Oisin Kearney this is an outstanding piece of theatre... this is theatre at its best."

Gigging NI Review: "a captivating different perspective on the examination of the psyche"

The Thin Air Review: "a powerful performance ... [Michael] spits fire at the audience before turning, just as quickly, to reflect on his own piteous fate...The fantastic sound production stacks on the atmosphere"

Rathmore Grammar School Pupil: "an amazing show... we were engaged and listening to what he had to say. He went through the story of Macbeth in a way that was so precise and detailed it was hard not to listen"

Victoria Grammar School Pupil: "An amazing fast-paced performance that had me on the edge of my seat"