Frank plays The Dame in Panto at Cork Opera House.
He recently appeared as ‘Nanny Nellie’ in SLEEPING BEAUTY.
– As usual, the star of the show is…drum-roll please… the dame, Frank Mackey, whose whirlwind combo of energy and glitter teeters precariously between innocent Christmas cracker gags and naughtily adult innuendo – (Irish Examiner).
Frank’s Abbey Theatre credits include AN IDEAL HUSBAND, SIVE, THE SILVER TASSIE and THE REAL McCOY.
Other theatre work includes Sir Bushy in RICHARD II, directed by Michael Barker-Caven for Ouroboros, GLORY BE TO THE FATHER (Red Kettle) and THE SPIRIT OF ANNIE ROSS with Druid. Jonathan Miller’s production of AS YOU LIKE IT at the Gate Theatre and the role of Seamar in Pat Kinevane’s THE PLAINS OF ENNA, directed by Jim Culleton, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Previous stage appearances include PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME, OKLAHOMA and SOUTH PACIFIC, all for Cork Opera House. PRIVATE DICK (Druid), MACBETH (Tivoli), BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE and CONVERSATIONS ON A HOMECOMING (Everyman Palace), SEASON OF SHORT PLAYS (Fishamble), THE YOKOHAMA DELEGATION (Performance Corporation), Bertolt Brecht’s THE JEWISH WIFE, THE WIZARD OF OZ (Olympia), CANTERBURY TALES, BACK TO THE FUTURE and CINDERELLA at the New Vic Theatre, London.
He played Liam Scuab in John B. Keane’s SIVE, directed by Ben Barnes. Also, he appeared in MOLL, BORSTAL BOY (dir. Joe Dowling), SINBAD, ALADDIN, CINDERELLA, and four Pantomime seasons at the Gaiety Theatre.
Film and television credits include STRIKING OUT, directed by Lisa James Larsson for Blinder Films; THE TUDORS, created by Michael Hirst for Showtime and THE DAWNING, by Jennifer Johnson (Lawson Productions). REBEL HEART, directed by John Strickland (BBC), John Piggot in FAIR CITY (RTÉ), VAL FALVEY TD with Grand Pictures, award-winning medical drama THE CLINIC, directed by Robert Quinn for Parallel, DAMAGE directed by Aisling Walsh (Subotica) and Paul Walker’s powerful documentary drama STARDUST directed by Ciaran Donnelly for Merlin Films.