Theatre - Film's Soul Survivor

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Ken McCluskey talks to Viv Hardwick about his lucky break in the Alan Parker film, The Commitments, which led to 20 years on stage

TWENTY years ago, Dubliner Ken McCluskey had one youth unemployment acting class on his CV when he turned up with 5,000 others to audition for Alan Parker's latest film about young jobseekers trying to launch a soul band.

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Theatre - Film's Soul Survivor

The result was the film based on Roddy Doyle's 1987 book, The Commitments, and McCluskey has turned that fleeting moment of celluloid fame into nearly two decades of stage success.

"God bless the fact that the film came...

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