Tom Crean - ‘Antarctic Explorer’
Written and performed by Aidan DooleyExperience the story of one man’s incredible journey. Aidan Dooley’s award winning one-man play tells the heroic tale of Tom Crean (1877 – 1938), the intrepid, Irish Antarctic explorer and the only man to serve with Scott and Shackleton on three famous expeditions: – Discovery(1901 – 1904); Terra Nova (1910 – 1913) and Endurance (1914 – 1916).
Written and performed by Dooley the story, a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of Antarctica, is brought to life in this dramatic solo performance.
Winner of Fringe First in Edinburgh 2006. Best Solo performance award winner - New York International Fringe Festival 2003. Best Actor nomination - Dublin Fringe Festival 2003
“a remarkable and uplifting piece of theatre, gives everything and asks nothing.” Sunday Independent