Hard-drinking, low-living and little working PI Jack Kairo is called into action when former flame and femme fatale, the ever dancing Elizabeth Rumsfeld, asks him to solve the murder of her uncle General Rumsfeld and recover an all-powerful cold-fusion device.

The set-up and often bizarre story allow Toal to deploy a stock of characters and caricatures from his prop box and parade them before the audience with energy and humour. In solving the murder, Kairo goes on a comic journey with a cast of characters that sees Dick Cheney as the Devil, Donald Rumsfeld as Dr Evil and Hans Blix as a power hungry psychopath.

The play is written with a unique and often surprising turn of phrase that surpasses the pastiche to become a clever political satire with many surreal moments. The representation of the interrogation and confession of Freddy the Flea, a real flea in a bourbon glass, is a weird but somehow wonderful comic set-piece.

...where Toal fares best is tackling multiple personalities on stage before turning on the audience and terrorising them with relish.

Elizabeth O'Neill

- One Man Comedy Show
- Written & performed by Simon Toal
- Shown at Dublin Fringe Festival 2005
- Venues: Focus Theatre, The Sugar Club
- Nominated Best Male Performer, Fringe Festival 2005

Think Casablanca meets Police Squad via Monty Python...
If you don't go and see this show you will regret it,
maybe not today, maybe not
tomorrow, but soon..."
Irish Theatre Magazine

".... Toal weaves astute political satire with
40s film noir pastiche, hilarious..."
RTE Online

"As he segues from character to character, proves
he has a dazzling stage presence "
Irish Theatre Magazine

" ....From his entrance to his disappearance
Toal was a commanding presence. "
The Irish Times

"Leaping from character to character with a tight
rein on the ridiculous which Toal effortlessly wields."
- Irish Theatre Magazine

" Simon Toal is a comic gem "
The Irish Times