The Monk has already had a sell out run and is now being put on in Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre later this month
12:43, 01 Feb 2026Updated 13:25, 01 Feb 2026
Gerry Hutch with writer/actor Rex Ryan in a social media post promoting The Monk one man show(Image: TikTok)
Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has given the thumbs up to a play about his dramatic life – performed and created by the son of late broadcaster Gerry Ryan.
Mr Hutch has taken part in a promotional social media post for the play – simply called The Monk – which is a one man show by actor and writer Rex Ryan, whom he calls a “little cheeky f***er”.
Mr Hutch, who almost won a seat in last year’s general election in the Dublin Central constituency and has been in the Garda’s sights for decades, has known Mr Ryan since the writer was a child.
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The show, which examined Mr Hutch’s life of crime, begins a six day run at Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre on February 16. Mr Ryan is also director of the one-man show.
That follows a sell out week long stint at the Glass Mask Theatre also in Dublin last year for the play – a fictionalised account of the life of Mr Hutch, 62.
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In a video released on TikTok, Mr Ryan and Mr Hutch – charged with the murder of Kinahan ally David Byrne during the attack on the Regency Airport Hotel in north Dublin on February 5 2016 but later acquitted by the Special Criminal Court in 2023 – are seen together.
Mr Hutch is then asked why he allowed Mr Ryan, who is from Clontarf in north Dublin where The Monk has lived for decades, to stage a play about his life.
Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch walks free through the doors of the CCJ after being acquitted of the murder of David Byrne at the Special Criminal Court in April 2023.(Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin)
He replies: “Because he asked me and I know him going back over the years, since he was a kid – a little cheeky f***er.
“I got on with him, he is a nice kid.
“Not as good looking as me, but he is nearly there.”
The Monk is on at the Ambassador Theatre from February 16 – 21.
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