Breaking Dad

Breaking Dad
Written by	Paul Howard
Characters	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Honor O'Carroll-Kelly Traolach Sorcha O'Carroll-Kelly-Lalor Ronan Masterson Charles O'Carroll-Kelly
Date premiered	30 April 2014
Place premiered	Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Original language	English
Series	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Genre	Comedy
Setting	Dublin, 2022

Breaking Dad is a 2014 play by Paul Howard, as part of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.^[1] It had its world premiere on April 30, 2014 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin produced by Landmark Productions.

Title

The title is a reference to the TV series Breaking Bad.

Plot

The year is 2022. Ross is in his forties, and is horrified when his daughter Honor brings home her boyfriend Traolach — a little too similar to a young Ross. His father Charles is Director of Elections for a resurgent Fianna Fáil.

References

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly by Paul Howard

Novels	The Miseducation of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (2000) Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag Years (2001) The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years (2003) PS, I Scored The Bridesmaids (2005) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress (2006) Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade (2007) This Champagne Mojito Is the Last Thing I Own (2008) Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra's Box (2008) Rhino What You Did Last Summer (2009) The Oh My God Delusion (2010) NAMA Mia! (2011) The Shelbourne Ultimatum (2012) Downturn Abbey (2013) Keeping Up with the Kalashnikovs (2014) Seedless in Seattle (2015)

Other books	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's Guide to (South) Dublin: How To Get By On, Like, €10,000 A Day (2008) We Need To Talk About Ross (2009)

Plays	The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger (2007) Between Foxrock and a Hard Place (2010) Breaking Dad (2014)

Other	The Twelve Days of Christmas (2005) Characters

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