by Brokentalkers
World Premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival, 2016.
The Circus Animals’ Desertion sets W.B. Yeats’ romantic notions of nationhood against the flames of nationalism, radicalisation, and xenophobia engulfing the world today. Inspired by the automatic writing experiments of George and Willian Butler Yeats The Circus Animals’ Desertion takes the form of a collective dream poetically told through mask and dance.
“Stirring, Arresting, Darkly Comic Phantasmagoria” The Irish Times ★★★★
“exquisite, and really has to be seen to be appreciated.” The Review Hub ★★★★
“a surreal portrait of radicalization sent as if from on high” The Stage ★★★★
A co-production with Project Arts Centre and Mermaid Arts Centre.
Devised and directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan
Music by Sean Millar
Choreography by Jessica Kennedy
Set design and Masks by Ger Clancy
Costume design by Sarah Foley
Lighting design by Stephen Dodd
Photography by Futoshi Sakauchi
by Zoe Ni Riordain
Created for Live Collision Festival, 2015, at Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
Peter Coonan and Maud Lee star in this staging of a concept album combining twelve pop-styled songs with contemporary choreography to paint a tenderly moving portrait of a fractured family dealing with life after a crisis.
Winner of the Performance Award for experimental theatre created in memory of the director, producer and scriptwriter Romilly Walton-Masters, RECOVERY invites the audience, in near spiritual fashion, to reflect on their own experience of family and the many forms that recovery takes.
RECOVERY has toured to venues around Ireland and to the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris in 2017.
“INSANE! ELECTRIFYING! CHALLENGING!” - Shane Brothwood for PureMZine
“itchiliy creative” - Evening Echo
Written and directed by Zoe Ni Riordain in collaboration with Maud Lee
Set design by Ger Clancy
Lighting design by Ilo Tarrant
Costume design by Molly O’Cathain
Sound design by Jack Cawley
Sound mixing by Eoin Murphy
Projection design by Neill O’Dwyer
Stage management by Fodhla O’Brien
Photography by Keith Dixon
by Joanna Crawley
Presented at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2016 with support from the Arts Council of Ireland.
A radical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth from her side of hell on Earth. The Eurydice Project explodes this classical tale into a visceral spectacle to unmask the fakery of patriarchal societies.
Written by Joanna Crawley
Directed by Lee Wilson
Composed by Jane Deasy
Set design by Ger Clancy
Costume design by Sarah Foley
Lighting design by Joey Moro
Chief LX John Gunning
Sound mixing by Eoin Murphy
Projection design by Algorithm
Animation by Cormac Murray
Mapping and graphics by Daniel Staines
Movement by Monika Bieniek
Graphic design by Conor McNally
Cast: India Mullen, Barry McKiernan and Michael-David McKernan
Musicians: Ena Brennan, Alex Petcu and Rachel NiChuinn
Photography by Joey Moro
created by Outlandish Theatre Platform in collaboration with ASHTAR Theatre, Ramallah, Palestine.
World premiere at the Rita Kelly Theatre, at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe, 2016.
Meet Noor, a Syrian immigrant who’s fulfilled her dream of becoming an Irish citizen. Her dream turns to nightmare as the Syrian war explodes. Noor’s family is disappearing; imprisoned, murdered, adrift on boats. Take a visual and sonic trip through the ruins of her psyche.
Written and directed by Maud Hendricks
Assistant director Bernie O’Reilly
Set design by Ger Clancy
Sound and video design by Craig Cox
The launch of Sun Collective’s critically acclaimed debut album at D-Light Studios, Dublin.
Caimin Gilmore: Guitar and vocals
Shane Sugrue: Fender Rhodes and vocals
Kevin Corcoran: Piano, keyboards and vocals.
Dominic Mullan: Drums
Daniel Bodwell: Double bass
Kate Ellis: Cello
Lisa Dowdall: Viola
Una O’Kane: Violin
Presented by Homebeat
Lighting design by John Gunning and Cillian McNamara
Videography and stills by Rosie Barrett
Kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.