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A new anthology fiction podcast, starring some of the biggest names in Irish film and television. Each episode is a standalone story, which takes place in an interconnected universe of crime, eccentricity, and truly awful people.
Be careful when stepping down the Black Alley…
WELCOME TO BLACK ALLEY.
HIDING TROUT
By Fionntán Larney and Stewart Shields.
A dark comedy crime caper, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Peter Coonan, Clare Barrett and Kyle Hixon.
Two brothers, Frank and Fergal, work together in a failing garage in South Dublin. Their boss, Saul, is at the end of his tether. His wife is leaving him, the brothers are incompetent and he just can’t seem to stand up for himself.
But when the opportunity arises, in the form of wannabe gangsters, he may have gotten a little more than he bargained for...
A story about love, death, and tortoises, Hiding Trout is a rollicking ride that teaches everyone to ‘Live The Dream’.
THUNDER
By Fionntán Larney.
A single location, folk crime thriller starring Paul Mescal, Éanna Hardwicke, Frank Blake and Alex Murphy.
It’s a cold and stormy night. One by one, a gang of robbers arrive back at their den. When their chief arrives, he explains that he’s hidden the score. He’ll take them out individually to give them their cut. Which means most of them will have to wait.
Stories are told, songs are sung. But this gang are more than a bit impatient..
Because there’s more than one plan afoot. How do you avoid being bitten in a pit full of snakes?
CO-TENANT
By Fionntán Larney.
An all-female thriller based in an apartment in Dublin. Starring Niamh McAllister, Martha Breen, Ali Dempsey McMahon and Meadhbh Maxwell.
After spotting Georgia getting sick on a night out, Emma has brought her back to her flat. The following morning she gets to know her. Georgia is rich. Very rich. Emma’s best friend Beth thinks she should avoid her.
But their new flatmate, Nicola has another idea: rob the rich girl.
What could possibly go wrong? Turns out, a lot.
FLESH
By Fionntán Larney.
A twisted three hander, monologue piece starring Chris Walley, Caoimhe Coburn Gray and Patrick Martins.
On the night that a women plans to murder her misogynistic, condescending, all round douche of a partner, he invites an old friend over for dinner.
How do you murder someone when their friend won’t get the memo to leave?What do you do if that person leaves you alone with the guest?
And how do you feed people who are always, always hungry?
THANK YOU
We would like to give a big thank you to the following people. Making this series was a huge task, and without the following people it would not have been possible.
Mary Irving, Caoimhe Coburn Gray, Dominic O’Brien, Jenny Sharif, Imelda Beausang, Brian Beausang , John Larney, Sean Larney, Conor Larney, Fiachra Larney, Eleanor Scott, Carys Coburn Gray, Rosie Hand, Morgan Jones, John Shields, Sarah Shields, Éanna Hardwicke, Niamh McAllister, Derek Sweeney, Darragh McAnthony, Josh Rosney, Louis Burke, and Kyle Hixon.