Brendan O’Carroll has revealed that he’s working on turning his TV series into a musical.
The creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys has already brought the series to life in a big screen adaptation, but now he’s penning a stage musical, which will tour Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
“I’m writing a new show for 2019, Mrs Brown: The Musical. It will still tour, I wouldn’t stay in one place,” he told the Herald.
“One of the reasons why I haven’t done Broadway or London is because they want you to stay in one place for six months. “That’s like a real f**king job.”
“Everyone will be singing. It’s hard writing anything. I’ve written a few songs. It won’t be just me.”
The actor also revealed that he hopes to get help from some top Irish musicians.
“The Script, I’m hoping, will do a number. Picture This will do one. I haven’t written the story yet, but that’s where we are heading.”
“We are very lucky because everybody sings. Some of them have amazing voices, and then there will be a couple of them who will rap. It will be fun,” he added.
Although it will be a musical, Brendan reassured fans that it wont lose the comedy factor.
“It’s going to be Mrs Brown: The Musical, but I’m never going to veer away from the comedy,” he said.
On the topic of this year’s Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special, Brendan addressed Rory Cowan’s replacement – who will make his debut in the special.
“The guy who is replacing him is very good. He’s Irish,” he said. “We looked at a few people. It was our producer Fiona Gibney who said, ‘What about this guy?’
“I didn’t want to do a replica Rory. It has to be completely different because the whole idea of this plot is that Rory has had plastic surgery. This would definitely be a big break for him.”
