Fair Ladies bring latest chapter to a close for Des Keogh

Now in his 80th year, Des Keogh will finish with touring once he completes his current show on George Bernard Shaw, writes Colette Sheridan

IT IS only now in his 80th year that actor, Des Keogh, is considering hanging up his touring boots. He is currently touring with his new one-man show, My Fair Ladies, about the love life of legendary Irish man of letters, George Bernard Shaw. It follows Keogh’s international tour of The Love-Hungry Farmer by John B Keane which went to America, Australia and Edinburgh, as well as all over Ireland.

“I have a feeling this may be my last touring show,” says Keogh. “It’s not that I’m giving up the business. It’s difficult enough doing the one night stands but the touring doesn’t get any easier. I’m certainly slowing down physically. But I suppose like a lot of people in the theatre, I’ll keep going as long as I can. There are no pensions or anything like that for actors. I like to keep working.”