Breaking Dad
{{For|the TV series|Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Irish English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox play
| name = Breaking Dad
| image = Breaking_Dad_play_poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| writer = Paul Howard
| chorus =
| characters = Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Honor O'Carroll-Kelly
Traolach
Sorcha O'Carroll-Kelly-Lalor
Ronan Masterson
Charles O'Carroll-Kelly
| mute =
| setting = Dublin, 2022
| premiere = 30 April 2014
| place = Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
| orig_lang = English
| series = Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
| subject =
| genre = Comedy
| web =
}}
Breaking Dad is a 2014 play by Paul Howard, as part of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/breaking-dad-the-upstaging-of-ross-o-carroll-kelly-1.1766768|title=Breaking Dad: the upstaging of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Paul|last=Howard|date=22 April 2014|accessdate=18 April 2022}} It had its world premiere on 30 April 2014 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin produced by Landmark Productions.{{cite web|url=http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/index.php/whats-on-buy-tickets/calendar/ross-ocarroll-kelly-breaking-dad/528|title=The Gaiety Theatre - Irish Theatre in Dublin|publisher=}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.uch.ie/event/breaking-dad/ |title=Breaking Dad | |access-date=2017-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129204120/http://www.uch.ie/event/breaking-dad/ |archive-date=2017-11-29 |url-status=dead }}
The title is a reference to the TV series Breaking Bad.
Plot
The year is 2022. Ross is in his forties, and is horrified when his daughter Honor brings home her boyfriend Traolach — a little too similar to a young Ross. His father Charles is Director of Elections for a resurgent Fianna Fáil.
Reception
The Irish Independent was positive, saying "Although the future setting limits the comic material somewhat, there's more than enough humour to be had from Ross feeling the teething pains of a mid-life crisis, and the physical comedy involved in solving the paternity problem."{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/theatre-review-breaking-dad-at-the-gaiety-theatre-30236904.html|title=Theatre review: Breaking Dad at The Gaiety Theatre - Independent.ie|date=3 May 2014 |publisher=}}