Eoin Colfer's new play looks at the pathos and humour of Multiple Sclerosis

Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has written a play based on his oldest friend’s diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, writes Colette Sheridan

FOR Eoin Colfer, whose play about a man with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) will be performed as part of the West Cork Fit-Up Theatre Festival, the challenge was to find a balance between pathos and humour.

Colfer, one of the world’s favourite children’s authors, was inspired to write My Real Life after his oldest friend was diagnosed with the disease.