Teddy thief Marty Moncreiff delights with surprise antics
The notorious teddy bear, Marty Moncrieff, who will be featuring at Galway Theatre Festival (GTF) next month made a surprise appearance in Galway City on Saturday.
Marty rambled along Quay Street, busked on Shop Street, stole ice creams from Murphy's Ice Cream on High Street.
Marty and his creators from Galway-based Beluga Theatre will be giving another impromptu performance this Saturday at 1pm in Eyre Square with Beluga ahead of his Theatre Festival performance.
Marty Moncrieff, The Teddy Bear Thief from Beluga Theatre will be staged from May 4-6 at the O’Donoghue Centre, NUIG as part of GTF.
Billed as Toy Story meets Father Ted it features live music from a four-piece band and beautiful puppetry designed by Yvonne Lydon.
Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork, there’s nothing Marty can’t steal.
Renowned as the most infamous teddy bear thief ever, he has even managed to snatch the moon in broad daylight.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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