Let me explain something to you. Um, this is not a screening of the film “The Big Lebowski.” It’s a Live Read of the screenplay of the Big Lebowski. There will be actors. So that’s what you can call them. You know, that or, uh, thespians, or uh, players, or El impersonators if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
You’ve seen The Big Lebowski many times, but have you ever really considered the dialogue? The Big Lebowski Live Read is your chance to experience the brilliance of one of the Coen Brothers’ finest scripts at the first EVER Live Read in Belfast – Saturday 25th, 4pm at the Black Box.
The full cast lists and the role each actor will play are kept secret until the event itself, but some names confirmed for the Belfast reading include Adrian Dunbar (My Left Foot & The Crying Game), Ian Beattie (Game of Thrones), Conor Grimes (of Grimes & McKee), Tony Devlin, Paddy Jenkins, Alexandra Ford, Karen Hassan, Shaun Blaney and Lalor Roddy.
Live Read was created by Jason Reitman (director of Thank You for Smoking, Juno and Up in the Air.