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NORTH Clare acting starlets Fionn Burke and Caolann O’Dwyer took centre stage last week as shooting be- gan on a new film based in Ennisty- mon, Lahinch and Liscannor.
The pair star in Seaside Stories, a new project by acclaimed local film- maker, Fergus Tigue.
Both Fionn and Caolann came to the attention of Fergus when they took part in a series of open work- shops hosted by the Ennistymon based writer/director earlier this year.
“This is my first time ever do- ing anything like this. I went to a workshop and Fergus picked me and Caolainn to be in the film. It’s good
fun, sometimes the days are pretty long and I get tired,” said nine-year- old Fionn from Ennistymon.
He added, “It might be the kind of thing that I would like to do when I get older. I have definitely got better at it since I have been practising.
“T play Locky in the film. Locky is different from how I would normally act, he supports a different team, he acts differently, he’s totally differ- ent. It is kind of hard to pretend to be someone so different from how I normally am.
It can be a bit embarrassing some- times, when we are asked to act something that we don’t want to do. Like when there are loads of people watching.”
Locky’s best friend in the film is
played by 11-year-old Lahinch ac- tor, Caolann O’Dwyer. “We play best friends in the film and we are friends in real life so that 1s easy,” said Caolann.. “One of my favour- ite bits is the chase scene. There is a bit where we steal a man’s hat and he chases us all around the place. It is definitely something I’d like to do when I get older. I like all of it.”
Written by Fergus, the story has evolved through these workshops as well as through improvised rehears- als held with the actors and could now develop into a three film series.
Seaside Stories is set in a coastal Irish town and tells the entwined sto- ries of a number of the local inhabit- an OLNE
Alongside Fionn and Caolann,
talented local youngsters Aileen Murphy and Maura Garrihy join local professionals Gerry Howard, Michael Canavan and Bernard Dowd alongside a number of Dublin based actors in the production.
Fergus is based at the Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon where he shares studio space with a number of other artists.
One of these artists, Sara Faust, is producing Seaside Stories.