With his Mr. Nice film doing brisk business on both sides of the Atlantic, Howard Marks embarks on his biggest ever spoken word tour of Ireland.
You can catch arguably the world’s most famous ex-dope smuggler in Billy Byrne’s, Kilkenny (November 13); Pavillion, Cork (14); UCD, Dublin (16); INEC, Killarney (17); De Barra’s, Clonakilty (18); Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda (21); Glór, Ennis (23); Forum, Waterford (24); Gonzo Theatre, Cavan (25); Roisin Dubh, Galway (26); Late Lounge, Kill (27); Dolan’s, Limerick (30); Riff Raff Club, Newry (December 1); O’Keefe’s, Clonmel (2); and Venue TBC, Tullamore (December 3).
“The stage-fright I experience is the nearest thing I get to crossing a border with half a tonne of cannabis,” the Welshman reflects. “I must be still addicted to that adrenaline rush it gives you.”