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Paddy – The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong

Sat 11 Oct 2025
8pm

€25/€18

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Wooden Bridge presents Paddy – The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong by Mary-Elaine Tynan, Don Wycherley & Niamh Gleeson

Fifty years after his wrongful conviction, at the age of 74, Paddy is facing into his twilight years and wrestling with a thousand turbulent memories. In Paddy he relives the journey that forever altered his destiny.

A one-man show, starring Don Wycherley as Paddy, the play is inspired by Paddy’s memoir Life After Life, a Guildford Four Memoir (2017).

Don Wycherley brings unflinching honesty, pathos and humour to his portrayal of Paddy, a man failed and scarred by a flawed system yet refusing to be defined by it.

Paddy is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of forgiveness, reminding us that the privilege of freedom and love, family and everyday life can restore us and mend the scars of even the most savage injustice.

With Don Wycherley as Paddy

Produced by Mary-Elaine Tynan and Don Wycherley

Directed by Mary-Elaine Tynan.


"Don Wycherley is incandescent in this journey from disaster to redemption"
Irish Times

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