Raymond Keane (Irish actor) explained

Raymond Keane is an Irish actor, clown, puppeteer and theatre writer and producer, known for founding the Barabbas Theatre Company in Temple Bar, Dublin.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Keane was the voice of the puppet Pajo, from RTÉ One's Pajo's Junkbox, a children's TV show, also starring Rosemary Henderson. Keane, as Pajo, topped the Irish charts with "Let's Wash our Socks for Christmas" novelty record,^{[4] [5]} returning to the charts in December 2014, as part of The Zog Chorus, a group of puppets from RTÉ Young People's Programming from the 80's and 90's, Zig and Zag, Bosco, and Dustin the Turkey, recording a charity single in aid of Childline.^[6] In 1999 Keane portrayed a dying character on soap opera Fair City,^[7] In 2014, Keane performed a series of Samuel Beckett plays in 14 Henrietta Street,^[8] having performed site-specific performances of the playwright's work across Dublin city in 2009.^[9]

In 2021 Keane was nominated along with Sarah Jane Scaife as Irish Theatre Awards Best Director for The Long Christmas Dinner, in the Abbey Theatre.^[10]

Keane is an adjunct professor at Trinity College Dublin's School for the Creative Arts,^[11] and a clown specialist at the Gaiety School of Acting.^[12]

External links

• • Barabbas Theatre Company website

Notes and References

1. News: Barter . Pavel . February 12, 2024 . How Raymond Keane went from hairdressing for U2 to being Ireland's preeminent clown . TheTimes.co.uk.
2. Web site: Festival . Béal . October 23, 2018 . Raymond Keane – actor .
3. Web site: Raymond Keane . IrishPlayography.com.
4. Web site: The Junkbox Band – Let's Wash Our Socks For Christmas / The Sock Dance (1986, Vinyl) . Discogs.com.
5. Web site: Pajo: A guide for those who have never heard of him . DailyEdge.ie.
6. Web site: 12 December 2014 . Christmas Charity - IRMA - News . IRMA.ie.
7. Web site: Fury as Simon leaves house to gay friend who helped him die; Plot Twist Set To Shock Fair City Viewers . . Thefreelibrary.com.
8. Little . James . October 2020 . Reframing the politics of performance at 14 Henrietta Street: ANU's Living the Lockout and Company SJ's Fizzles. . . 40 . 4 . 343–363 . 10.1080/10462937.2020.1852303 . .
9. McMullan . Anna . 2017 . Staging Ireland's Dispossessed: Sarah Jane Scaife's Beckett in the City Project . Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'hui . . 29 . 2 . 10.1163/18757405-02902012 . 1875-7405 . 361–374.
10. Web site: 3 May 2022 . Nominees for the Irish Times Theatre Awards! . Theatre and Dance NI.
11. Web site: October 16, 2019 . Taking charge of your performance career 2019 | Music Network . MusicNetwork.ie.
12. Web site: Staff . GaietySchool.com.