I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT.

The trials & tribulations of writing TOM JOAD AND ME - a memoir inspired by Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"- about being a teenage North of Ireland immigrant in 1970's London… when the Irish weren't as welcome as they are today...

Perrier nominated Comedian, Actor, Poet & Author, Owen O'Neill, hilariously tells key anecdotes from the book with video and music from the time… An uproarious no-holds-barred telling of a life lived by a boy who who changed his name to TOM JOAD in an attempt to escape his enormous, overwhelming Catholic family... but even when he ran to the other side of the Earth, he could never escape his past.

"A carnivalesque rockabilly narrative with a profoundly moving conclusion." (Patrick McCabe)

"A raw and lively tale tender and hilarious." (Phil Jupitus - Comedian)

"A gem of a book. Tom Joad and Me sings and zings. O'Neill writes like the novel is his natural home.” (Glenn Patterson)

"O'Neill has a secure handle on macabre humour whilst still being able to weave between banal and the ludicrous.” (British Theatre Guide)

"O'Neill is a great character comic actor. Filling the stage with dozens of people from his past who come alive in front of you." (Toronto Sun)