About this Event
“Ireland’s greatest songwriter” Hotpress
“An Irish National treasure. The poet laureate of Dublin’s dark side” The Irish Times
“Ireland’s Greatest lyricist” RTE guide
“It’s the song that’s had the most impact on me for quite a long time. In fact, every fucking song on that album is amazing. The lyrics, the way he sings” Paolo Nutini
Seán Millar Biography
Seán Millar also known as Doctor Millar is a critically acclaimed multi award nominated musician, writer and theatre maker from Dublin. He has released 5 Solo albums and written, and composed for, several award winning theatre shows.
His album ‘The Bitter Lie’ got him nominated for a Hotpress Heineken award for best songwriter and has made several critics best Irish albums of all time lists and was recently cited by “for these I love” as a major influence.
His Album ‘The Deal’ was a Sunday times top 5 albums of the year and included in Tony Clayton Lea’s 100 Irish albums you must hear before you die.
His album "Always Coming Home” had him hailed as ‘a national treasure’ by the Irish Times and The Hotpress Magazine review pointed out why his work was more relevant than Dylan and Elvis Costello- they later called him Ireland’s greatest songwriter.
His 2013 album C48 was hailed as a masterpiece by Hotpress, and got 4 and 5 star reviews in the Irish Mail, State Magazine and Sunday business post, and was RTE arenas critic’s choice of the album of the year.
As a theatre maker Seán's critical success was combined with sell out festival runs and international tours.
His piece Silver Stars was listed as no 1. In the Irish Independent Newspapers most important theatre shows of the noughties- and made the Irish Times Critics best live music events and best Theatre ev^consecutive years 2008 and 2009. It has been the subject of several academic works and is studied as text on several university courses.
His show The last ten years was nominated for two fringe awards. He was also the composer for Brokentalkers’ international winning dance piece “The Blue Boy” which over a period of four years, toured all over the world.
Since the late 1990s, Seán has worked as an artist/facilitator on many groundbreaking Community-based, socially-engaged, collaborative music and theatre performances.
Séan celebrated his 60th birthday this year with a sold-out show in the iconic Dublin venue Whelan's. It was a fantastic night, hailed by The Irish Times as Gig Of The Week. Séan was eager to bring his superb band (Miriam Ingram and Jim Walker) to The Irish Centre and perform a selection of his favourite and most popular songs.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, United Kingdom
GBP 20.21
