Casting a Savage Eye on life and death
DAVID McSavage’s latest trick is the meaning of life. The irreverent Irish comic, who performs live at Vicar St on Friday, is writing the fourth season of The Savage Eye.
The acclaimed satirical show has dismantled cosy notions about Irish identity and skewered several breeds of sacred cow, among them Mary Robinson, her supposedly mute husband Nick (“my house-bound”) and Famous Séamus Heaney (“he speaks like an enlightened being”). The upcoming series, which will broadcast on RTÉ at the back-end of the year, examines grander themes such as love, war and the universe.
