Dead Dad Dog
by John McKay
by John McKay
In a blackly comic twist, young Alexander Dundee must navigate a life-changing job interview while awkwardly tethered to the ghost of his flamboyant, long-dead father in the acclaimed play Dead Dad Dog.
About The Play
About The Play
★★★★ Four Stars, Broadway Baby
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★★★★ Four Stars, The Arts Desk
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★★★★ Four Stars, All Edinburgh Theatre
★★★★ Four Stars, Bouquets and Brickbats
★★★★★ Five Stars, LondonTheatre1
Highly Recommended Show, Fringe Review
A script-in-hand world premiere performance of Sunny Boy by John McKay which was originally to have been performed alongside Dead Dad Dog but sadly had to be cancelled due to cast illness, will now take place on SUNDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2023 at 6.00pm. The running time is approximately 70 minutes without an interval. Tickets are FREE to any ticket holder for Dead Dad Dog, and will be issued strictly on a first come first served basis. To book your ticket for the reading, please email generalmanager@
Dead Dad Dog
Edinburgh in the mid 1980s.
Young Alexander Dundee – Eck to his friends – is sharply ambitious, sexed-up and in a hurry, and eagerly awaiting the job interview which will change his life.
Little does he anticipate the sudden appearance of the spectre of his long dead father, Wullie, a lugubrious ex-Hoover salesman – a flare-trousered 1970s picture of Caledonian cheesiness.
When they discover they can’t be further than a few feet apart without painful consequences, Eck is plunged into a blackly comic nightmare as he tries to survive the day with his dead father in tow…
Storming the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1988, and immediately transferring to the Royal Court Theatre, Dead Dad Dog was a comic smash hit, embodying the new Scottish optimism of its time – loud-mouthed, hip and sharply-suited.
We apologise that due to cast illness, the previously announced production of Sunny Boy has been cancelled.
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