Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the annual Bloomsday In Brooklyn literary pub crawl is going online on Saturday June 20 with John Turturro, Patrick Bergin, Aidan Gillen, Ian McElhinney, Colin Quinn, Spider Stacy, Barry Ward, Billy Carter, Theo Dorgan and Paula Meehan among the 50-strong cast beaming in from Tipperary, Limerick, Galway, Belfast, Dublin, London, Strasbourg, Paris, Brooklyn, New York and Los Angeles.
Their modern adaptation of Ulysses will screen for one week only, with proceeds going to the CHiPS Soup Kitchen and Women's Shelter. You can donate at https://give.chipsonline.org/give/288238/#!/donation/checkout
"James Joyce was a modernist and this promises to be a thoroughly fresh contemporary take on the novel that nobody wanted to publish and everyone tried to ban," we're told. "This presentation favours a more dramatic conceit and will be an adaptation that features excerpts from the 1922 version of the book. Bloomsday Lock-in is a play on the current Covid-19 'lockdown' situation. A 'lock-in' in Ireland is typically when the pubs shut but allow patrons to stay drinking and carousing after hours illegally."
Oh, how we dream of experiencing one of those again! Find out more at
http://www.tenthousandhours.ie/bloomsday-lockin

Stars From Stage and Screen Will Take Part in BLOOMSDAY LOCK-IN https://t.co/C5QcrdhWxr #jonturturro #patrickbergin #aidangillen #bloomsdaylockin #Bloomsday2020 #irishactors #thepogues

— Bloomsday Lockin (@BloomsdayLockin) June 3, 2020

One of the brightest stars joins @BloomsdayLockin cast. Huge Thanks to #AidanGillen for participating in our World premiere.All proceeds go to @Chips who feed the homeless & shelter pregnant women & their infants.
DONATE:https://t.co/zb7yPTf3wG?#Bloomsday2020 @10KhrsFilms pic.twitter.com/FxdxhKPWfN

— Bloomsday Lockin (@BloomsdayLockin) June 6, 2020

The exquisite poet & playwright #PaulaMeehan will feature in @BloomsdayLockin. Paula was poet laureate of Ireland 2013-2016, recipient of numerous awards with 7 collections of poetry. We are honored to have her in our cast!#bloomsdaylockin #Irishpoets #Bloomsday2020 @10KhrsFilms pic.twitter.com/dAgWLNFV8z

— Bloomsday Lockin (@BloomsdayLockin) June 6, 2020