Question of Taste with Patrick Talbot: Sean Connery mistook me for Michael Crichton

Memories of Rory Gallagher and Pat McCabe feature among the theatre-maker's selections 
Question of Taste with Patrick Talbot: Sean Connery mistook me for Michael Crichton

Patrick Talbot has been watching some modern classics during lockdown. 

Patrick Talbot is from Cork and began his professional career backstage with Irish National Ballet. After stints with Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera, he worked with the Abbey and Gate theatres in Dublin, before becoming director/CEO of the Everyman in from 2001 to 2011. As a playwright, his titles include God Bless the Child and A Great Arrangement. Two Lord Mayors, co-written with James McKeon, is now part of the Everyman’s Made in Cork - Play It By Ear online series.

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