With his father having died years earlier, Mick confides in his mother (Sinead Keenan) while building up the courage to visit the doctor – all while trying to hide his condition from his friends, Tommy and Conor, and his prospective girlfriend, Rachael.
Micheal Patrick and Oisín Kearney originally wrote My Left Nut as a one man show through the 'Show in a Bag' initiative run by Fishamble: The New Play Company in partnership with Dublin Fringe Festival and The Irish Theatre Institute.
[9][10] At the same time, Patrick and Kearney were part of BBC Writers' Room Belfast Voices, through which they pitched the idea of adapting their play for television to Rollem Productions.
[11] The show received generally positive critical reviews, getting particular praise for its blend of comedy and drama, being described as "equal parts charmingly funny and strangely sincere" by The Guardian,[12] and being compared favourably to similar series such as Derry Girls and The Inbetweeners.
"[13] My Left Nut won Best Drama at the 2020 Royal Television Society Northern Ireland Awards [14] and won Best Drama, Best Writers (Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney) and Best Actor (Nathan Quinn O'Rawe) at the 2021 Royal Television Society Yorkshire Awards.