Remembering The Diceman: street performer and social activist

A new exhibition recalls the late entertainer Thom McGinty, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, few Irish public figures were as recognisable as the street artist known as the Diceman.

Passers-by used to marvel at his antics, and his outrageous costumes — magicked up as a pot of tea one day, Dracula or the Mona Lisa painting another day.