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Damian Punch, the man behind Cork Ghost Tour, shares how we found his dream job performing on the streets of Cork<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Damian Punch is a man who knows all about fear \u2013 in many ways, he\u2019s made a living out of it.<\/p>\n

As the mastermind behind Cork Ghost Tour, the hit street theatre experience that\u2019s been bringing both fright and delight to the streets of the city since 2015, he\u2019s highly regarded for his ability to spook even the steeliest of characters.<\/p>\n

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Damian pictured at the 2022 Cork St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite knowing all there is to know about the sensation, however, Damian is rather immune to fear himself \u2013 or he is, at least, when it comes to the existential matters that most people seem to be terrified of.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a small problem I have with the world,\u201d he laughs. \u201cEverybody seems to be scared of any unknown in their lives, especially in their future \u2013 they want to have a clear picture of what comes next in their careers and so on. I don\u2019t think like that! If I look too far into the future, and there\u2019s no mystery to what\u2019s coming, life would feel like a prison almost.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I couldn\u2019t even tell you what I\u2019ll definitely be doing next month; I could be on a shoot for Netflix, doing tours around Cork, or doing rehearsals for a Christmas gig. There\u2019s a lot of randomness to what I do, and I really enjoy the adventure of that, how my work keeps changing and shifting into new challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

A career full of randomness was in many ways written in the stars for Damian \u2013 after all, it was through sheer randomness that he stumbled upon his true passion in life: performing!<\/p>\n

\u201cI suppose my career path has had some unexpected turns over the years \u2013 I actually originally got a degree in Construction Economics,\u201d he reveals. \u201cWhen I left school, I really didn\u2019t know what I wanted to do, but I had some family members who were working in construction and had done fairly well for themselves, so I felt \u00a0encouraged to try that. I started with just the certificate course and then it morphed into a degree, but looking back I don\u2019t think I was ever really cut out for it. I\u2019m not sure I was cut out for anything at that age to be honest!<\/p>\n

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Cork Ghost Tour has been bringing fight and delight aplenty to the streets of the city for nearly a decade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBy the time I graduated I had one job interview and I remember just looking at the man across the desk from me; he knew I shouldn\u2019t be there, and I knew I shouldn\u2019t be there. And so that was the first and last job interview I ever did for construction economics! It was a sidetrack for a while, but I really didn\u2019t know what I wanted from life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The moment he finally did figure out what he wanted is one that stands out very distinctly in Damian\u2019s mind \u2013 largely because he very nearly missed out on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all clicked for me during a drama class in my 20s, though how I ended up there was completely random,\u201d he remembers. \u201cI was working as an organic gardener at the time, which I really enjoyed, and as part of my work I went to Kinsale to do a permaculture course. I\u2019d met the course tutor and found it all very interesting, but I was also keeping an open mind about what else I could learn while I was at the college. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This was the early days of those [FET] courses; they were much looser, two or three days a week and you could shift around a bit more. So about a month in, I wandered upstairs to see what was going on up there and I saw they were doing acting lessons, and so I decided to sit in on a class.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest, as they say, is history\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

\u201cI laughed so much and I enjoyed myself so much during that class \u2013 I remember thinking \u2018this is it, I\u2019ve found it, this is my thing\u2019<\/em>. It really wasn\u2019t planned, I just found myself in that room laughing and I knew right then that acting, improv, was for me. I was travelling back to Cork city from Kinsale that evening on cloud nine. And so I\u2019ve continued in that vein ever since then.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realised very quickly how much I enjoy performing for people and telling them stories, so I just kept finding new ways to do that. I spent a good while working for a wine company in Cork, guiding \u2018tapas trails\u2019 around the city and introducing them to all the lovely food and wine around the place. I fell in love with that form of performance, not having a fourth wall. I loved that I could speak directly to people, to the audience, and get to know them. So I thought, how do I get into doing more stuff like this? And that\u2019s really how the idea of Cork Ghost Tour came about. I began researching and putting the tour together and eventually, with the help of colleagues and friends, we pulled it off together.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was all the way back in 2015 \u2013 nearly a decade on is his love for the business still holding up?<\/p>\n

\u201cOh definitely \u2013 what keeps me interested is simple, it\u2019s meeting people,\u201d he explains. \u201cYou never know who\u2019ll be in front of you on each tour; and there\u2019s even more of an unpredictable element because it\u2019s out on the streets as well. You see good and bad things on the street, you never what challenges or opportunities are going to arise. It keeps me on my toes, staying alert to every moment as it happens, and being aware of the people I\u2019m performing for \u2013 and any other people around us!<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t realise that when they\u2019re watching you [as a performer], you\u2019re also watching them. They\u2019re being entertained, so they\u2019re very relaxed and unguarded but I\u2019m always matching their energy and responding to them. Each night of the tours, a lot of the same things happen, but there are also a lot of subtle little interactions unique to that audience, to that tour. Those new stories and bounces and changes, it keeps me very alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damian\u2019s only regret is that he didn\u2019t pursue a career in acting sooner; that he spent most of his early adulthood feeling lost whilst trying other jobs. However, having a few years\u2019 more life experience under his belt before becoming an actor has also helped him in many ways.<\/p>\n

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Damian and his ghostly companion are experts at thrilling crowds young and old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to discount youth, but I certainly think being in my 30s when I was starting out helped me. When I was younger I wouldn\u2019t have had the confidence to do it, to step out there on the street and launch forward with a performance. I don\u2019t think I trusted my instincts at all in my 20s, and to be honest I\u2019m not sure if they were even trustworthy! But that\u2019s just me, my confidence grew with time, there are plenty of great young actors out there too. Age has helped me, though, and with every year that I perform there\u2019s a little bit more growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

With both Damian and the tour itself only getting better with each passing year, there\u2019s no better time than the present to experience Cork Ghost Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cCork Ghost Tour is fun, entertaining and never what you think it might be like! We explore Cork\u2019s grim, dark history but there are also lots of comic aspects, and surprises and theatricality. My colleague, \u2018the other ghost\u2019 will pop up at certain surprising moments, so our audience should always beware! There\u2019s something for everybody, young and old, and we can switch the tour to suit anyone as well, except maybe very little ones! We always adapt to the audience in front of us, we keep it very alive, very personable and very real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out more at corkghosttour.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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