Cyclone

He stood for nearly half a century outside the GPO. A solitary figure amid the rush of O’Connell Street. Bowler hat. Worn Crombie coat. A sandwich board swaying gently from his shoulders, advertising Nugget boot polish. To the crowds of O’Connell Street, Billy ‘The Cyclone’ Warren was a familiar fixture. They had no idea who he was. Undefeated, Warren’s boxing career took him across America, Australia and Europe. He sparred with Jack Johnson. He ran guns for Michael Collins. And all the while, he carried a secret, one that would shape his destiny to the very end. Cyclone is a blistering new production from ANU, piecing together the extraordinary and untold story of a man who left his mark on Dublin forever.