TV3 has today announced the complete cast of its brand new soap ‘Red Rock’ along with the first official images of the families we will get to know and either love or loathe, from January 2015.
Based around a busy Dublin Garda station in a fictional coastal town, ‘Red Rock’ will chart the life and dramas of a community about to be enveloped by a feud, through the eyes of those who police it. The debut episode of Ireland’s newest continuing drama will introduce us to the two main families – the Kielys and the Hennessys.
With no love lost between the two clans, audiences will bear witness as a bitter feud is reignited between the two families, creating serious repercussions for all those living in the in the town. Each episode will be a mix of ‘crime of the week’ stories and on-going serial arcs, following principle characters in both their professional and personal lives.
Red Rock boasts not only a fantastic production team, in Element and Company Pictures, but also a host of well-known actors such as Richard Flood (‘Crossing Lines’, ‘Killing Kennedy’) who plays Superintendent of Red Rock Garda station, James McKay; Andrea Irvine (‘The Boxer’, ‘Evelyn’, ‘Ella Enchanted’), who plays Detective Angela Tyrell; Cathy Belton (‘Philomena’, ‘Roy’, ‘The Tiger’s Tail’), who plays the ruthless matriarch of the Hennessy family, Patricia Hennessy; (‘Cuckoo’, ‘A Thousand Times Good Night’, ‘Love/Hate’), her Kiely clan equivalent. Not to mention, Liam Carney (‘Gangs Of New York’, ‘Braveheart’, ‘Crossing Lines’, ‘Glenroe’) who plays Angela Tyrell’s husband. The Kiely patriarch is played by Paul Roe (‘Night Train’, ‘Veronica Guerin’, ‘Adam & Paul’) and although Vincent is estranged from wife Bridget, he plays a massive role in the kids’ lives.
Fresh faces being introduced, although no strangers to the industry, include IFTA nominee Jane McGrath who plays wholesome but determined Garda Officer Sharon Cleere; India Mullen who plays the youngest and brightest of the Kielys, Katie, while Adam Weafer and Jack Nolan play Hennessy twin brothers Michael and David, who are embroiled in ‘Red Rock’ controversy from the get go, as is Ann Skelly’s character Rachel Reid who is streets ahead of her 15 years.
Production of TV3’s new soap has been underway since the beginning of November. TV3 has commissioned the continuing drama for two years, committing to over 160 episodes and representing an investment of close to €7million per annum. The soap will employ up to 130 people full-time in the audio/visual and acting industry.
‘Red Rock’ will air twice weekly on TV3 from January 2015.
