“The Bad Daters” is a deliciously dark comic exploration of the sometimes, impossible,
difficulties of love. Set in Dublin and unfolding over a series of dates, a misguided dating website brings Wendy and Liam together for a blind date neither wants.
★★★★★
The whole a delight from start to finish. Murphy's "The Bad Dater” is one of the most charming, feel good, utterly irresistible productions you’ll see this year.
Derek Murphy has written the perfect “Murphy’s law” kind of encounter… Makes you want to take a second look at online dating.
– The Arts Review
– British Theater Guide
About the Playwright
Derek Murphy was born and raised in Ballyfermot, Dublin. He moved to NY in his twenties.
His plays have been produced in Ireland, Scotland, Canada and New York. They include, The Bad Daters (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and The Good Cheaters (Dublin’s Viking) Stand Up Man (Baby Grand Opera House. Belfast).
He’s had several plays produced in NY including, A Short Wake, Appendage, Dyin’ for It and Inside Danny’s Box. His other plays include The Burke Sisters, A very Irish Killing, both produced in Dublin’s famed Smock Alley Theatre.
During the Covid lockdown Derek wrote all 52 episodes of the wildly funny radio comedy/drama Dial M For Mammy, which was set in his
beloved Ballyfermot, and produced by Ballyfermot’s Basement Production, and filled with a plethora of local Dublin actors.
Much to the annoyance of his mother, Derek still spends as much time as he can in his family home in Ballyfermot.
