Remembering Mischa - Oliver Twist in Kilcullen Town Hall

A screening of Oliver Twist will be held in Kilcullen Town Hall on 30 August, in memory of Mischa Fekete, writes Brian Byrne. The version is one in which Mischa directed and acted in 2004.

Mischa died last December, having lived in Kilcullen since 1992, when he was among the founding group for Bridge Camphill in what was at the time just a field below the bridge.

From early on, he became involved in music and theatre in Kilcullen, a notable beginning being set designer for Guys and Dolls in 1997 for a youth drama group.

Mischa's involvement with Kilcullen Drama Group included directing many productions, among them A Christmas Carol (2005), the Christmas Cracker entertainment show (2008), Theft (2009), a December Variety Concert (2010) co-directed with the late Bernard Berney, Les Miserables (2012) — perhaps his crowning achievement managing more than 30 people on the stage, The Plough and the Stars (2017), and The Seafarer (2019), co-directed with Eilis Philips. He had also designed and led the building of the set for Dancing at Lughnasa in 2011.

In 2015, Mischa was presented with a Kilcullen Community Award, a recognition for someone who had made 'a huge contribution' to Kilcullen over the previous two decades and more.

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