Luck

In a way, Megan Riordan has always been an actress. Brought up in a world of disguises, pseudonyms and over-the-top personas, she spent her early years on the coattails of her father, a sly and wildly successful "professional gambler", as he scammed his way through the casinos of Las Vegas.

Now moulded into a slick piece of confessional theatre, her true story of good fortune nudged on by sleight of hand has already proved a hit at last year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. Luck features an innovative format intriguingly described as "quiz-show-meets-cocktail-party", allowing the audience’s own throw of the dice to determine how the story unfolds.

This one-woman show is soaked in the seedy glitz and glamour of Sin City and promises a dynamic and exhilarating account of life on the edge – as well as a tantalising peek into the secrets yielded by a youth misspent among a crack team of blackjack masterminds.