The Vigilante Cannibal Nun is the brainchild of the artist, Carol Murphy. The character's story is told in song and verse, in a series of performance films called The Body & Blood, first launched online at https://www.thebodyandblood.co.uk in 2022. The Body & Blood is the story of Maggie Murtagh, a young Irish Country Girl who transmogrifies into The Vigilante Cannibal Nun during the Irish Famine, after the death of her family. She steals from the rich to give to the starving poor; eats the colonisers; becomes an addict; and destroys her soul in the name of revenge. She is the living dead.The first live performance of The Body & Blood was in The Green Room at The Black Box in Belfast before Murphy took the show on a UK and Irish tour in 2023, performing at VAULT Festival in London; The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast; The Open House Festival at The Courthouse in Bangor; The Lyric Lounge in Belfast; and at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.The Vigilante Cannibal Nun as Agony Aunt podcast will be launched at The Black Box in Belfast with a performance of The Body & Blood and the first broadcast of the inaugural episode of the podcast on Sunday 15th September. https://www.blackboxbelfast.com/event/the-vigilante-cannibal-nun-as-agony-aunt/REVIEWS OF THE BODY & BLOODThis is the season of the Vigilante Cannibal Nun. Her name is Maggie Murtagh and she’s made an online visitation from the Irish Famine, feasting on raw innards of clergy, nobility, and English soldiers. She wears hip-hop bling and commits heretical acts. She channels trauma and terror and often, she’s as funny as all get-out.Stuart Bailie Dig With It Magazine *****Pure pleasure. Disturbing, visceral, and completely mad.Ghouls on Film *****Murphy is a captivating performer, herself transmogrifying into the bardic role with electrifying swagger and aplomb.A Young(ish) Perspective ****The Vigilante Cannibal Nun is also the in house Agony Aunt at Ghouls on Film zine. https://www.ghoulsonfilmbelfast.comCarol Murphy is an artist, filmmaker, writer, and performer based in Belfast. She attended European art and film labs including The Atleliers, The Binger and The Turino Filmlab. She launched The Body & Blood in 2022 followed by a live tour in 2023. In 2024 she finished the second draft of the Horror/Sci Fi Feature, The Silent Tide, with Fantastic Films in Dublin, with development funding from NI Screen and Screen Ireland.ONLINE PRESENCEhttps://www.instagram.com/thevigilantecannibalnun/https://x.com/thecannibalnunhttps://www.facebook.com/carollouisemurphy7/https://vimeo.com/carolmurphyshowreelhttps://youtube.com/@thevigilantecannibalnun

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