The Not So Young Ones

August 4, 2023

The Not So Young Ones

Here’s an article from the Dublin Evening Herald, published on Friday 4th April 2008. It’s got some factual errors in it, but worth a read nonetheless, and I really like the photo of Ade and Ben, who you don’t often see pictured together.

I also like this photo spread from The Stage on Thursday 22nd March 2007, depicting the Gala Performance of The New Statesman stage show Alan B’Stard’s Extremely Secret Weapon.

But even better than that is this advert, from the same publication on Thursday 23rd November 2006 – an advert for a casting call for the play …

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