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PHYSICAL THEATRE / VERBATIM THEATRE
BODY COUNT
50 voices, 1 body
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Hidden & Forbidden Theatre
Verbatim testimony collides with dance to examine the term “body count” from its origins in the Vietnam War to its contemporary use within modern dating culture. One Woman on stage probes desire, shame and the secret tallies we keep.
Warnings: Not suitable for children / Discusses themes of sexual nature / Discussion of physical/sexual violence, mentions of death and strong language
CONCEIVED, CHOREOGRAPHED + PERFORMED BY: Siún O’Kane
DIRECTED BY: Erin Boswell
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Eimear Conroy
SOUND DESIGN BY: Ultan de Stáinleigh
PRODUCED BY: Anna Buchmueller
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Em Kelleher
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
The Ninefold Spiral
A career rising. Relationships in freefall.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Parallax Theatre Collective
A struggling actor’s rise and fall unfolds through the nine emotions of the Natyashastra, as he learns that both success and failure transform his art, his relationships and the truths he carries within.
Warnings: Strobe lighting, Brief discussion of sex, Suitable for 13+
CONCEPT, CO-WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Ankit Raj Mathur
CO-WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Leah Flowers
CAST: Elaine Gallagher, Isphreet Singh Kalra, Keith Kelly, Ralph Sweetman Sutton + Subhashini Goda
Running Time: 25 mins
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DANCE / PHYSICAL THEATRE
Bedrott
Are you living the dream yet?
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Jess Carew
Cracking open the private chaos of a wandering mind, a visceral dive into existential bullshit. Bedrott turns anxiety into choreography, following one exhausted human unravelling in real-time. Intrusive thoughts, quiet grief of unmet potential – the glorious mess of being alive.
Warnings: Flashing lights / Haze / Partial nudity / Strong language
CREATED + PERFORMED BY: Jess Carew
PRODUCED BY: Emily Bradley
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Ash Dawes
SOUND DESIGN BY: Jack Foster
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
CyberSex
Tech has never been so sexy.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Kate Devaney
Meet Sally, the latest in-house artificially intelligent companion who can do anything you ask her: cook, clean – even bend over!
Before now, Cherie and Brian were perfect for each other; but one man’s dream is another woman’s nightmare…
Warnings: Sexual references
WRITTEN BY: Kate Devaney
DIRECTED BY: Jodie Sweeney
PERFORMED BY: Lauren O’Leary + Laura McAleenan
PRODUCED BY: Jack Hughes
SOUND + LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Avram Rosewood
COSTUME DESIGN BY: Alexandra Maria Sofroni
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
DOGWHISTLE
A message to the right people
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
TeoChroí Productions & Muirenn Lyons
THE SHOW THAT EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT.
Get ready for a night of eye-opening entertainment. The Cabaret presents ‘The Algorithm’ – a night that is just right for you! Sit back, relax and let us find your best self.
Warnings: Strong language
DIRECTED BY: Úna Ní Nualláin
PRODUCED BY: Muirenn Lyons
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY: Jodie Doyle
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Colin Doran
SOUND DESIGN BY: Ultan de Stáinleigh
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY: Izzy Hamilton
MENTOR/DRAMATURGY BY: Louise Lowe
CAST: Caroline Roddy, Christopher O’Shaughnessy, Molly Duffy, Sorcha Kennedy
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
FEEL SHIT!
A Digital Detox from Hell.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Made Up Productions
Breaking up with a friend is hard. But breaking up with the internet? That’s going to prove a lot more difficult—and for Rhys, it’s gonna get messy. A dark comedy about how your phone just wants you to feel shit!
WRITTEN BY: David Rawle
DIRECTED BY: Ash Dawes
PRODUCED BY: Sophia Mitchell
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Dole Bots
For rent: Bathroom, No lease.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Maria Cunningham
Ex-lovers Ró and Em are addicted to everything. Including each other. Directionless, dissociated and compulsively impulsive, they have just about everything they could ever need, living together in their landlords shared, 8 by 10 foot bathroom. Just about everything…
Warnings: Partial Nudity, Adult themes, Flashing lights
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Maria Cunningham and Cast
PRODUCED BY: Gemma Robotham
POSTER IMAGE BY: Blaise Robinson
SET BY: Fiachra Davoren
LIGHTING BY: Fiachra Ó Laigheanáin
SOUND + TECH BY: Michael Brady
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Not All Men
Dating is a dangerous game.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Grá Mór Theatre
An awkward first date between a lonely woman and her ‘C List’ celebrity crush unravels into chaos, exposing Saoirse’s most unflattering qualities. An absurd comedy about dating culture and moral ambiguity.
Warnings: Contains language relating to and insinuating sexual assault
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Chloé Kelly
PRODUCED BY: Naoise McFarland
CAST: Chloé Kelly, Alan Markey, Ciarán Palmer
PHOTOGRAPHY + ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Brian Brennan
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Waiting with the gal (a lot)
What happens while nothing happens.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Natalia Oroz
A backstage staff member steps in front of the curtain. Things unravel into something strange, personal and unexpectedly magical. A tragicomedy love letter to theatre, tangents and the absurd joy of cracking open.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Natalia Oroz
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
The Bad One
Is Chloe making bad things happen?
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Lost Train Theatre
Adrian is the reluctant host of an increasingly unhinged dinner party. Festivities are interrupted by an overfamiliar neighbour, a ringing telephone and an estranged step-sister with a penchant for the supernatural. Keep the lines clear!
CAST: Aisling Flynn, Ciara Gleeson, Donagh Ruane + Lewis Quigley
WRITTEN BY: Aisling Flynn
SOUND DESIGN BY: Kevin Cleary
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Liam Schmidt
ASSISTANT DIRECTED BY: Niall Lane
PRODUCED BY: Róisín O’Gara
STAGE MANAGED BY: Ryan Fishwick
DIRECTED BY: Ryan Gillespie
Running Time: 25 mins
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STAND-UP COMEDY
Me, Myself and Ireland
A Comedy about David versus Goliath
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Ailish McCarthy
Ailish is an absolute lick for the rules. When the grapevine told Ailish that Ireland doesnt fund comedy, Ailish wanted to find out more. Follow her on her journey on what it takes to make an artform in Ireland.
Strictly over 18s.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Ailish McCarthy
PRODUCED BY: James White
PHOTOS BY: Carol Cummins
Running Time: 25 mins
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STAND-UP COMEDY
To Be Young, Black And Genius
Shawn shows you himself… he shouldn’t.
Thur 19 + Fri 20 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Shawn Uyosa
To Be Young, Black and Genius is a spoken word/comedy show. The show is filled with raunchy jokes, hilarious moments and comedic spoken word pieces. Expect a big surprise Shawn was told not to do…
Warnings: Depictions of violence / sexual content / flashing lights / loud noises
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Sean Ogedegbe
Running Time: 20 mins
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE / DANCE / AERIAL THEATRE
DUST
What lies beneath the settled dust?
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School
Hannah Scully
An attic-like world filled with cells of the past that overtime are forgotten, placed under-wraps, saved for moments that never arrive. Looking at humanity’s obsession with holding onto things, this show peers behind preservation of objects through intricate aerial choreography.
CHOREOGRAPHY+ PERFORMED BY: Hannah Scully
MUSIC+ PERFORMED BY: Louis Younge
PRODUCED BY: Róisín Harten
OUTSIDE EYE: Rosie Stebbing + Róisín Harten
MENTORED BY: Lee Harry Clayden, Lindsey Butcher, Carolina Cabanas + Chantal McCormack
RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION BY: Jym Daly
Supported by The Irish Aerial Creation Centre 10th Anniversary awarded by Dublin Fringe Festival and Circusful Belfast.
Running Time: 20 mins
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MUSIC / THEATRE
This Is Not a Place of Honour
Your essence has been extracted
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School
Teatro Nua
Bray, 2060. A coffee shop entombed with a hidden truth. A dark comedy with added macroplastics.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Sophie Merry
DIRECTED, ORIGINAL MUSIC + SOUND DESIGN BY: Padraig Dooney
SOUND BY: Michael Brady
VOICEOVER BY: Sorcha Maguire
PRODUCED BY: Bernie Bourke
Running Time: 20 mins
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REHEARSED READING
Tripartite
Three women, two betrayals, one will
Sat 21 Feb | 2pm | Main Space
Emily Daniel Hilliard
One neglected wife, one mistress and one sex worker unwillingly brought together for a mutual dead lovers will reading. One conclusion must be made before time and patience runs out. Revelations emerge and nothing is as it seems. Be prepared.
Warnings: Mentions of drug use, sexual content and grooming. Not suitable for children.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Emily Daniel Hilliard
PRODUCED BY: Kyle Laing
CAST: Holly Byrne, Juliet Hill, Keelin Sheppard, Rachel Reid + Ralph Sweetman Sutton
Running Time: 60 mins
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REHEARSED READING
A Labour of Love
Where does imagination end & reality begin?
Sat 21 Feb | 3pm | Boys’ School
Mel Zhu
A dementia diagnosis comes on the cusp of a painter’s chance to re-enter the public eye. When figures from her past re-emerge, everything is fragile. A new play inspired by Euripides’ Medea that asks: what are the limits of empathy?
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Mel Zhu
PERFORMED By: Fiona Bell, Simon Coury, Eavan Gaffney, Aidan Clancy
DRAMATURGY By: Gavin Kostick
Running Time: 60 mins
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theatre / music
All The Things I Thought Were Not Enough
Ravenous for Art! At What Cost?
Sat 21 Feb | 4pm | Main Space
Kellie Marie Reynolds
A demand avoidant creative genius in a madcap showdown between her wild ambition, her neurotype and internalised capitalism. Is she completely unravelling? Or a canary in the coalmines of late stage capitalism, chirping wildly about outdated systems that normalise disfunction?
Warnings: Ages 14+. Contains some emotional scenes and possibly the occasional F Bomb.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Kellie Marie Reynolds
DIRECTED BY: Paula McGlinchey
Running Time: 40 mins
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DANCE
|| nrityā sṛṅgara ||
A Kathak odyssey celebrating India’s heritage
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
rāas kathak company
A Kathak piece set to an iconic heritage melody, performed by six dancers. A princess blushes as she awaits her beau, while her friends adorn and tease her. Silks swirl, ghungroos echo and we experience the timeless grace of Kathak
DIRECTED BY: Saloni Jain
PERFORMED BY: Saloni Jain, Shraddha Gurav, Saakshi Thakur, Varsha Varlekar, Kalyani Pawar, AarohiPingalkar, House of Kathak Nritya Dublin
Running Time: 15 mins
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STORYTELLING
A Border Cure
Tell me. What ails ya?
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Sarah McKenna Dunne
Having spent two years researching traditional cures in the border region, Sarah has a story to tell about what it means to be from a landscape where cures are practiced, but what is the cure of Ireland’s mental health epidemic?
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Sarah McKenna Dunne
DIRECTED BY: Charlie McGuinness
PRODUCED BY: Leanne Bickerdike
DRAMATURGY BY: Sinead O’Brien
MUSIC DIRECTED BY: Shauna McKenna Dunne
VISUAL DESIGNER BY: Jo Morrigan Black
MUSICIANS: Shauna McKenna Dunne. Ailsa Dixon
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
BUTCH
Those big old dirty lezzers.
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Crithir Productions
What is a ‘butch lesbian’? What do they look like? Why do they like Subarus so much? YD will answer all in her latest video essay; tracking the history of butch culture from female husband husbands to Leslie Feinberg.
Warnings: Mentions of sexual assault, use of homophobic slurs
PRODUCED BY: Annabelle Comer-Halliwell
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Hannah Bevan
PERFORMED BY: Niamhie Mullarkey
TECH BY: Rebecca Walsh
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Mother Bunker!
Stuck in a bunker with you
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Rock Bottom Saloon
For two years, Tina and her son Timm have lived in a cramped bunker to avoid a green mist that turns people into foetuses. When Millie enters their lives, the instability of their routine is exposed. A post-apocalyptic dark comedy.
Warnings: Contains references to violence
PRESENTED BY: Rock Bottom Saloon
CO-WRITTEN + PRODUCED BY: David Monaghan
CO-WRITTEN BY: Fionn Cleary
CO-PRODUCED BY: Eoin Mason
DIRECTED BY: Ferelith Kingston
PROP DESIGN + CO-PRODUCED BY: Niall Keane (GoblinsGoblinsGoblins)
LIGHTING + STAGE DESIGN BY: Conor McGowan
MUSIC + SOUND DESIGN BY: Tobias Barry
CAST: Denny Redmond, Meghan Reid + Sorcha Dawson
POSTER DESIGN BY: Brian Wallace (@bjornism_)
CONCEPT ART BY: Moira Malone
Running Time: 25 mins
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AERIAL THEATRE
Heart Follows Drum
Follow your Heart. Follow the Drum.
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Aliza Ali & Carly Wayt
This experimental movement piece is a blend of folklore, costumery, modern dance and aerial arts to explore what’s lost when we hide behind social masks; craving yet missing connection. What does our authentic JOY attract when we shed the mask?
DIRECTED BY: Carly Wayt
CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Aliza Ali
SOUND DESIGN BY: Mark Leahy
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Owen Eglinton
Running Time: 20 mins
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PHYSICAL THEATRE
Everything Makes A Sound
…but sometimes Mommy just wants silence.
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Visceral Impact
Follow a day in the life of a mother and her toddler (a puppet made from household items). Witness the joy, rage, delightful curiosity and unconditional love of motherhood.
CREATED, PRODUCED + PERFORMED BY: Ashley Steed
SOUND DESIGN BY: Aoife Kavanagh
VOICE OVER BY: Kathleen Warner Yeates
PRODUCED BY: Yvonne Ussher
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Solas / Solace
Nostalgia is fine, just in moderation.
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Matt McGowan
Matt sits alone in a lighthouse. Repetitive thoughts & memories flood the room in fragments; discovering what he owes to the past, seeking a place of solace and trying to put a story of loss to rest once and for all.
Warnings: Flashing lights.
WRITTEN, PERFORMED + LIGHTING BY: Matt McGowan
PRODUCED BY: Sarah Wiley
DIRECTED BY: Síofra Brogan
SET DESIGN BY: Ben Moore
SOUND DESIGN BY: Eoin Hannaway
VOICE WORK PROVIDED BY: Terry Keely + Mícheál ó Fearraigh
Running Time: 20 mins
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clown
Harvey Darko
Donnie makes a new (imaginary) friend.
Sat 21 + Sun 22 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Francis Breen & Mícheál Ó Fearraigh
Donnie meets Harvey, a six foot rabbit that only he can see, who warns him of the coming end of the world. He has 25 minutes to save the world and maybe he’ll make some new friends along the way!
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Francis Breen + Mícheál Ó Fearraigh
DIRECTED BY: Charee Monroy
PRODUCED BY: Michael Shannon
TECH BY: Michael Brady
IMAGE BY: Aidan Connolly
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre
stripped
You’re on in five minutes…
Sat 21 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Jade Pepper
“Where’s my other glove? My pasties are not staying on! I haven’t eaten since twelve!”
All is not well backstage at the burlesque show. These artists are “kind-of-a-big-deal”, baring all for their art!
Warnings: Not suitable for children / profanity / sexual references / partial nudity/ themes of sexual violence
WRITTEN, DIRECTED + PERFORMED BY: Jade Pepper
PRODUCED BY: Ian Lynam
CAST: Emily Bradley, Lórcan Strain + Sparkling Spitfire
POSTER BY: Enya Özcçelik Photography
Running Time: 45 mins
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musical theatre
Moonshine: A prohibition musical
Crime, ‘shine and syncopated time
Sat 21 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Penance Theatre
Behind the false ‘pharmacy’ door of the Mute Rooster speakeasy, Frankie and Tom find music, mobsters and a connection they never expected. A jazz-infused story of bootlegging, love and loyalty, under the watchful glow of a city’s unforgiving moon.
DIRECTED BY: Malcolm Bolton
WRITTEN BY: Oisin Cluskey
MUSIC DIRECTED BY: Oisin Cluskey
PRODUCED BY: Geeske Juilfs
CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Saorla O’Dowd + Kate Conneely
CAST: Míde Power, Matt Ryder, Andrei Callana, Malcolm Bolton, Saorla O’Dowd, Kieran Leen, Martin Gallagher, Michaela Arampatzi, Jacqueline Carroll, Michaela Arampatzi
Running Time: 40 mins
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rehearsed reading
A Fight to Remember
He met death. It was awkward.
Sun 22 Feb | 2pm | Main Space
Khaled Sultan
Journeyman boxer Percival, spitting teeth and shattered dreams, is deep in a post-KO existential funk. Too bad for him, Lady Death has a backlog of souls to snatch.. A dark comedy, where one man’s demise is another’s bureaucratic scheduling nightmare.
WRITTEN BY: Khaled Sultan
PRODUCED BY: Ailbhe Kelly
DIRECTED BY: Eftychia Spyridaki
CAST: Gabriel Adewusi, Lea Maas + Ralph Sweetman Sutton
IMAGE BY: Sawsan Sultan
Running Time: 50 mins
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rehearsed reading
As We Drift
Waiting for Godot… but sleep.
Sun 22 Feb | 3pm | Boys’ School
Heather Martin
Set inside the brain of someone trying to fall asleep, As We Drift is an absurdist comedy that explores insomnia and all the thoughts that run through our mind as we lie awake at night.
Warnings: Coarse language.
WRITTEN BY: Heather Martin
DIRECTED BY: Wilson McDowell
PERFORMED BY: Grace Cunningham + Jack Elmore
PRODUCED BY: Belfast Playwrights
Running Time: 50 mins
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theatre
INFINITE MATERIAL ANALYSIS
SEVEN EIGHT NINE SIX STOP CHANGE
Sun 22 Feb | 4pm | Main Space
Michael Lucey
Inspired by John Cage’s use of the Visionary I Ching, the many possible voices and events of INFINITE MATERIAL ANALYSIS are stochastically determined by random chance processes. No control. No agency. No blame. Seven. Eight. Nine. Six. Stop. Change.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Michael Lucey
DESIGNED BY: Olivia Byrne
STAGE MANAGED BY: Alice Hennessey
SOUND DESIGN BY: Alice Gogarty
CAST: Aoibhe Beaumont-Walsh, Molly Hazzard, Jack Healy, Loulou MacHale + Elliot Nolan
Running Time: 45 mins
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rehearsed reading
lady on the rock
lady, lady, quite contrary, how does –
Sun 22 Feb | 4:30pm | Boys’ School
Jack Maguire
Rehearsed reading of lady on the rock, a fly on the wall tragicomic tale narrated by the iconic Dublin statue. Blending humour with gothic surrealism, the play presents vignettes from Maureen’s life, as observed from her windowsill.
Warnings: Violence, Strong Language, Distressing Scenes
WRITTEN + PRODUCED BY: Jack Maguire
DIRECTED BY Nessa Matthews
PERFORMED BY: Liath Hannon
ASSISTANT DIRECTED, CO-PRODUCED + STAGE MANAGED BY: Kennedy Fiorella
LIGHTING, AV + TECH BY: Avram Rosewood
MUSIC BY: Mark Leahy (A Dog Named Cú)
MAKE-UP BY: Aisling Doyle
Running Time: 70 mins
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theatre
Civil
Child of immigrant – who are you?
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Ania Kudriavtseva
When Rory starts working for a Dublin civil service unit dealing with Ukrainian refugees, the memories of his childhood start flooding his mind. Nostalgic and torn, Rory doesn’t feel quite fully Irish, or quite fully anyone at all.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Ania Kudriavtseva
PRODUCED BY: Eva Meenaghan
ASSISTED BY: Hugh Donlon
Running Time: 25 mins
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theatre
John Doe
Karma is a patient beast.
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Leo Lynch
John Doe is a black comedy about an arguing couple who arrive at a long abandoned holiday home on a freezing cold winter night. But what is the real relationship between them and are they alone on the isolated site?
WRITTEN BY: Leo Lynch
DIRECTED BY: Aoibhinn Gilroy
CAST: Rob Harrington, Paul Nugent, Sorcha Dawson
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Dole Bots
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Maria Cunningham
Ex-lovers Ró and Em are addicted to everything. Including each other. Directionless, dissociated and compulsively impulsive, they have just about everything they could ever need, living together in their landlords shared, 8 by 10 foot bathroom. Just about everything…
Warnings: Partial Nudity, Adult themes, Flashing lights
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Maria Cunningham and Cast
PRODUCED BY: Gemma Robotham
POSTER IMAGE BY: Blaise Robinson
SET BY: Fiachra Davoren
LIGHTING BY: Fiachra Ó Laigheanáin
SOUND + TECH BY: Michael Brady
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE / storytelling
GG Banshee: She’s Lost The Plot
A tragedy, but make it funny.
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
GG Banshee
Following the collapse of her marriage GG finds herself drawn into an intense situationship with a Pennsylvania pastor whose desires don’t match his calling. A messy, dark & painfully funny story about grief, delusion and the unholy places loneliness can lead.
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
WRITTEN, PERFORMED + DESIGNED BY: GG Banshee
DIRECTED BY: Maeve Higgins & Emma O’Grady
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
Solitary Confinement
What Can You Feel Right Now?
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Morven Cameron
| 22 Hours A Day | In A Box | Months On End | No Conversation | No Distraction | Nothing But Yourself | Do They Really Expect This To Make Us Better? |
Warnings: Potentially upsetting subject matter. Not suitable for children.
WRITTEN BY: Morven Cameron
CAST: Morven Cameron, Connor Duffy & Megan O’Malley
PRODUCED BY: Noelle Knox
DIRECTED BY: Rory Knox
Running Time: 20 mins
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COMEDY
Mr. Fahrenheit
One man’s mid-life climate crisis
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Richard Zimmermann
Beloved TV weatherman Donal “Fahrenheit” Farrelly holds his studio hostage and insists he play a powerpoint presentation he made at home. He has important things to say, but he’s not letting the occasion pass without airing some petty workplace grievances.
DIRECTED BY: Ross Curran
PRODUCED BY: Elle Felicity
WRITTEN BY: Elle Felicity, Victor Bible, Richard Zimmermann
PERFORMED BY: Richard Zimmermann
Running Time: 25 mins
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CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
Ochón
The only way out is through
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Em Murphy + Sadbh Grehan
An Ceantar. An t-Alltar. An t-Imeall. An t-aon bhealach amach ná tríd. Ochón is a ritual for falling apart and coming back together. How far back do we have to go to find ourselves here?
CREATED + PERFORMED BY: Em Murphy + Sadbh Grehan
PRODUCED BY: Ayşegül Yüzel
CO-PRODUCED BY: Motion Chapel
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Gearóid O’Hallmhuráin
LIVE MUSIC BY: Ian Lynch, Lock Welch, Ríona Ní Riagáin
SOUND BY: Aindriú de Buitléir, Em Murphy
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
PIPE DOWN
Raving. Raging. Uilleann Pipes.
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Conor Wolfe O’Hara
The explosive energy of London’s underground rave scene is set against the meditative resonance of the Uilleann Pipes in this one-man show, posing the question: What does it take to call Ireland home?
Warnings: Strobe Lighting / Strong Language / Implied Drug Use
WRITTEN BY: Conor Wolfe O’Hara
PERFORMED BY: Josh McEneaney
DIRECTED BY: Katie O’Halloran
PRODUCED BY: Amy Kidd
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Kevin Murphy
SOUND DESIGN + STAGE MANAGEMENT BY: Grace Donnery
IMAGE BY: Mark McGuinness
Running Time: 25 mins
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IMPROV COMEDY
Lost the Plot: An Improvised Musical
Always the world’s newest musical!
Tue 24 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Lost Improv
Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised. Will our hero save the day? Find true love? Face their fears? Run away to join the circus? We don’t know either.
CAST: Amelia Mehra, Aoife O’Sullivan, Jonathan Scott, Phoebe Kyriakopolous, Sean Hanratty
MUSIC BY: Joey Henshaw
PRODUCED BY: Kit Thompson
Running Time : 50 mins
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theatre
SALTY GRACE
Two cells walk into a Universe
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Laura Kehoe
Ecologist Dr. Laura Kehoe will take you on an immersive journey through the birth of complex life on Earth. When one mysterious act of oceanic indigestion between two tiny cells led to our very existence.
Warnings: Strobe lighting and loud noises – not suitable for dogs.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Laura Kehoe
SOUNDSCAPE + LIVE BEATBOXING BY: Abood Aladham
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre / STAND-UP COMEDY
A Swimmer’s Guide
A Masterclass in Trying… and Misfiring.
Tue 24 + Wed 25 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Eoin Lynch
One man’s hilariously messy quest to become a father forces him into conflict with his body, a bewildered urologist, and an embarrassing admiration for Tom Cruise, only to discover that surviving adulthood might require finally growing up. Laugh. Wince. Squirm.
Not suitable for under 16’s.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Eoin Lynch
PRODUCED BY: Susan Lynch
Running Time: 20 mins
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IMPROV theatre
An American in Ireland 2
This will go exactly as planned.
Wed 25 + Thur 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Erin McGathy
The best and most important American play of our time. Earnest. Dramatic. Necessary. Nothing will go wrong. There will be death. There will be hats. This is, unfortunately, a comedy.
CREATED BY: Erin McGathy
DIRECTED BY: Stephen Colfer
PRODUCED BY: Carla Gallagher & Megan Scott
PERFORMED BY: Erin McGathy + Cast
MUSICAL PRODUCER: Padraig Dooney
Running Time: 25 mins
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theatre
Hibernia 2.0
A very Irish dystopia.
Wed 25 + Thur 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Commoners Theatre
In a floating city in the not-too-distant future, Saoirse finds herself dealing with more than she bargained for as she navigates the power struggles between a local politician and a delusional TV star, in this darkly comic drama.
Warnings: Flashing lights / Strong language
WRITTEN BY: Conor McGowan
DIRECTED BY: Graham Butler-Breen
PRODUCED BY: Eli McCarthy
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Kate Glynn
CAST: Aoife Cassidy, Sorcha Dawson, John Maher, Niamh O’Farrell-Tyler
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Hannah Bevan
SOUND DESIGN BY: Mark Leahy
COSTUME DESIGN BY: Em Kelleher
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre / music
ATHRAITHEOIR
Solace in the duality of flux
Thur 26 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Sweet Jayne Promotions
ATHRAITHEOIR bends Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Sweeney) into a multidisciplinary performance of oration, movement and Irish literary echo. Patterns surface, time folds and endings blend into beginnings inside a world that refuses to hold its shape.
WRITTEN BY: Jayne Pomplas + Kilian O’Flanagan
DIRECTED BY: Jayne Pomplas
PERFORMED BY: Jayne Pomplas, Kilian O’Flanagan, Cillian Byrne, Aoibhinn O’Dea, Alex Vostokova, Alex Moore, Robbie Reilly, Jason Macnamara, Jack Duffy, August Kirwan
MARKETING BY: Caoimhe Bermingham
Running Time : 40 mins
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REHEARSED READING
Sleeping Dogs
The truth is a hard taskmaster
Thur 26 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Henry Hudson / The Circle Raheny
Maybe that’s why he left the notebook where it was sure to be found. To let it say the things that he never could…
Joe Carroll buried all ninety-two infants and with them… a lifetime of secrets…
Warnings: Not suitable for children. References to historical incidence of rape.
WRITTEN BY: Henry Hudson
DIRECTED BY: Pat Sullivan
PERFORMED BY: Brendan Conroy and Owen O’Gorman
PROGRAMME IMAGE BY: Steven Daly
Running Time : 35 mins
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MUSICAL THEATRE
Mermaids Have No Tears
Every tale needs a hook
Thur 26 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Trip Hazard Theatre
In this fairytale folk-pop musical, along the shores of The Blasket Islands, two wayward sisters join a talented if neurotic lighthouse keeper to start a band and change music forever… that is if their siren voices don’t drown their male listeners first.
Warnings: Drowning, strong violence, strobe lighting, dangerous weather, suicide, loss of autonomy, descriptions of violence and death in nature
MUSIC BY: Joshua McNutt
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Rachel Thornton
PRODUCED BY: Ash Dawes
Running Time : 45 mins
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MUSIC
I LOVE WHERE I’M FROM
sing like afan feel like afriend
Thur 26 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Ultras
ULTRAS are an Irish indie alt-rock band turning football-terrace energy into high octane anthems. With shades, jerseys and stadium-sized hooks, their live shows buzz with community, chaos and joy music you sing like a fan and feel like a friend
Jay O Donoghue – Vocals
Bernard M – Drums
Luke Whearity – Lead Guitar
Jack Kelly – Rhythm Guitar
Matthew Gaffney – Bass
Managed by Ro + Al from Beardfire Studios
Running Time : 45 mins
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THEATRE / DRAG
The Politics of Disgust
Why won’t they just die already?
Thur 26 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Play Not Funny
Let’s talk about politics, stinky!
We’ve had some complaints: “You’re underperforming. You’re unlovable. Indecent. Really easy to hate.”
We have a lot to unpack.
Human Resources meets propaganda. We warmly welcome all divas to the living nightmare of reality.
Warnings: Foul language
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Constance Henry and Niall Keane aka Sasha Shame + GoblinsGoblinsGoblins
DIRECTED BY: Harry Eaves
PRODUCED BY: Maria Cristina Coco
Running Time : 45 mins
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PHYSICAL THEATRE / DANCE
Tearing Through Time
Body, Memory, Immigration, Environment, Identity, Space.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Daniela Poch Marquez
Tearing through Time blends dance and storytelling to explore memory, migration and transformation. Following a Latin American immigrant across Europe, it examines how shifting landscapes reshape the body, identity and belonging through the interplay of movement, memory and environment.
CREATED, PERFORMED + DIRECTED BY: Daniela Poch Marquez
PRODUCED BY: Niamh McPhillips
Running Time: 15 mins
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THEATRE
Back Home
A journey Home through Mother Nature
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Masha Khalieieva
A journey Home that explores ties between land, memory and migration. Experience the bittersweet sense of nostalgia that comes with moving away, the ache for the land left behind, the smells, songs and landscapes that remain alive in memory.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Masha Khalieieva
CO-CREATED BY: Daria Holovchanska
PRODUCED BY: Alime Dzhelilova
MOVEMENT DIRECTED BY: Niamh McPhillips
SOUND BY: Setanta Flood + Misha Khalieiev
LIGHT BY: Vlada Hrystenko
IMAGE BY: Alime Dzhelilova
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
Safelight
Two strangers. A shoebox of photos.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Chris Moran
In 2003, Jamie’s body was found at a cruising site. In 2023, his brother John and queer Brazilian Lucas restage Jamie’s photographs. But the Dublin Riot tests the limits of their empathy. A two-hander about memory, chosen family and violence.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED: Chris Moran
PRODUCED BY: Anderson de Souza
STAGE MANAGED BY: Ceara Carney
IMAGE CREDIT: Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Other People’s God
Multi-sensory meditation on god and sex.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Gabriela Waclawska, Haven Worley
In music-theatre ritual, a Polish-Irish woman prays to her grandmother’s God, shaping memories inherited by institutionalized faith, fear and love. As her monologue slips into song, “church” becomes a mind-state at death’s edge, immersing scent-designed séance, theatre and concert.
Recommended 16+ for explicit language and content. Incense/scent upon arrival and throughout performance.
COMPOSED, PERFORMED + PRODUCED BY: Gabriela Waclawska
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Haven Worley
SOUND DESIGN BY: James Ho
VISUALS + PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Mar Kubiak
COSTUMES + STYLING BY: Povvuk
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
The De Valera Wears Prada
ÉAMON DE VALERA IS MIRANDA PRIESTLY
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
No Head Theatre
Eamon de Valera; American born, but the new ‘it girl’ on the Irish scene. Discerning ‘rumour’ from ‘truth’ can be a sticky business when you’re in power for over thirty years – especially if you’re a bit of a Miranda Priestly…
Warnings: Strobe Lighting, Loud Music, Gunshots, Themes of War, Strong Language, Not Suitable For Children.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Saul Sherrard
DIRECTED BY: Vanessa Byrne
PRODUCED BY: Faye Ní Raghallaigh
STAGE MANAGED + COSTUME DESIGN BY: Fionnuala Maher
PRODUCTION MANAGED BY: Lauren Kelly
LIGHT + SOUND DESIGN BY: Shauna Anne Lynch
SET DESIGN + PROPS BY: Ellen Reidy
PUBLICITY BY: Aoife Cronin
With Writing Contributions From: Cathal Tobin-O’Brien
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Fag & Dyke Get Cancelled
Fuck Off… But Fuck Me
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Em Powell and Montgomery Quinlan
‘Fag’, a gay trans man and ‘Dyke’, a non-binary lesbian, love each other. Platonically. Romantically. Sexually. All of the above. No, really. Except–sometimes–they hate each other.
And then they get cancelled…
Warnings: Not Suitable for Children, Strong Language
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Em Powell + Montgomery Quinlan
DIRECTED BY: Aidan Clancy
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Megan Grogan, Adam Bateson + Heather Quinn Byrne
LIGHTING DESIGN: Heather Quinn Byrne
Running Time: 20 mins
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Temporary Gentlemen
A show for those without armour
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
SAMUEL
Experience contemporary poetry through the sonic lens of female multi-instrumentalist duo SAMUEL.
MUSIC, LYRICS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY: Sonja Nedovic + Frieda Freytag
PRODUCED BY: SAMUEL
Running Time: 20 mins
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stand-up comedy
Paddystinian
Colonialism: now under new management.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Warren Martin
Why does Ireland care so much about Palestine? This stand-up show uses sharp humour and history to explore familiar patterns of power, myth and empire—asking why some injustices feel instantly recognisable and why laughter can be an act of solidarity.
Warnings: Dark topics and slightly dark humour. Some strong language.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Warren Martin
PRODUCED + DIRECTED BY: Ed Carlton
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Temple Bar The Musical
Paddywhackery, Celtic Chaos, few Tunes. Yhew!
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Molly Mew
On one fateful St Patrick’s day, Sonny McNamara is tasked with 7 gigs to play around Temple Bar. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong, however the show must go on.
Warnings: Themes of murder and addiction, strong language. Not suitable for children.
WRITTEN BY: Molly Mew
DIRECTED BY: Molly Mew
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY: Morgan Cooke
PRODUCED BY: Abigail Palmer
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Conor McGowan
PUPPETRY BY: Laura Pendlebury
GRAPHIC BY: Ciana Taylor and Print My Pint
CAST: Luke Coffey, Morgan Cooke, Molly Mew, Jarlath Tivnan
Running Time : 40 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Death Notice Disco
Manchurian mourners—David Bowie—Rubbery sandwiches
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Abject Revelry
A semi-autobiographical tale of a man who follows a Heron into the underworld. The foibles of Irish wake culture meets an electropop cabaret of dead celebrities.
“Blew me wee head clean aff so it did hi” – Salvador Dali.
Warnings: Themes of death and grieving.
PRODUCED BY: Taryn de Vere
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Andrew Galvin
HERON COSTUME BY: Maria May + Paul Cole
LIGHTING + SOUND BY: Sarah Dennehy
DRAMATURGY BY: Gemma Walker-Farren
SONGS + SOUND DESIGN BY: Andrew Galvin
VIBES BY: The Absurdity of Existence
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre
Crossfade
Spinning Ireland’s untold revolution.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Áine Ní Laoghaire
A theatrical dive into Ireland’s 80s/90s underground DJ scene, tracing the women who shaped it from the margins. Blending music, memory and rave culture, Crossfade unspools memory, power and the act of taking space.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Áine Ní Laoghaire
Running Time: 20 mins
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REHEARSED READING
DOLL
Deliciously dark. Wickedly funny. Pure depravity.
Sat 28 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School
Kate Finegan
Doll’s at a dead end. She’s in denial. Disillusioned. Done. Doll’s life’s been stitched up and now she’s splitting open. Today is the day, it all gets dug up. A rehearsed reading of Doll.
WRITTEN BY: Kate Finegan
DRAMATURGY + DIRECTED BY: Annie Ryan
Running Time : 45 mins
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FAMILY FRIENDLY THEATRE / MUSIC
TimeWeavers
ChronoCraft Boarding—Destination: Mists of Time
Sat 28 Feb | 2pm | Main Space
Lunatraktors
A folktronica voyage into the Mists of Time, guided by two tap-dancing experimental chronologists. The audience’s collective energy powers the ChronoCraft, propelling us out of linear spacetime in search of dusty grooves and ancient tales. (Participatory, relaxed family-friendly performance.)
Warnings: Includes percussion and amplified sound at moderate volume. Video recording will cover audience but no recognisable images / faces will be shared.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Lunatraktors
CO-PRODUCED BY: Rose Producing
CLOWN MENTORING BY: Liza Cox
CAST
YOUR CAPTAIN: Maria Cunningham
YOUR TOUR GUIDES: Carli Jefferson + Clair Le Couteur
TimeWeavers developed with support from Creative Ireland and Waterford Council.
Running Time : 45 mins
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puppetry
fish.
fish. fish. fish. fish. fish. fish.
Sat 28 Feb | 4pm | Main Space
Laura Pendlebury
Yes, this is the story of our little fishy. There’s always been agreements, made between all things long before the world… Or so the story goes. What happens in an ecosystem when someone withdraws? Or takes too much?
DIRECTION, SCRIPT + PUPPETS BY: Laura Pendlebury
PRODUCTION MANAGED BY: Fiona Murray
STAGE MANAGED BY: Amy Wyley
PRODUCED BY: Kate Feehily
DRAMATURGY BY: Martha Cosgrove
MUSIC + SOUND BY: Thomas Kerr
SET, LIGHTS, PROJECTION BY: Jack Leitch
PUBLICITY BY: Rhian Gregan
PRODUCTION ASSISTED BY: Alexandra Gargulakova
PEFORMED BY: Mia Kirwan, Karen Megannety, Mairead Averill, and voiced by friends
With special thanks to Martina Perrone and Éabha Brereton Hurley for development
Running Time : 45 mins
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AERIAL THEATRE
Fall of Periander
Fall. Fall Again. Fall Better.
Sat 28 Feb | 4:30pm | Boys’ School
Lykan Productions
A semi-autobiographical, one-man, aerial theatre show. Blending burlesque, cabaret and comedy in a darkly hilarious and poignant tale of self-discovery, our protagonist explores the mores, masks and mishaps of masculinity that made him the man he is today.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Jonathan Walsh
PRODUCED BY: Siobhán Killen
Running Time : 60 mins
Visual art EXHIBITION
DECENT SKINS X TWISTED MELON
Thu 12 Feb – Sat 28 Feb | Banquet Hall
The Story: Stephen began a documentary project as part of his studies called ‘Decent Skins’ about the skinhead subculture in Dublin. Along the way he met with Glenn, who introduced him to the Dublin Skins Community. Work began with photoshoots at the events and bars where the community meet and socialise. The project consists of Environmental and Studio portraits, along with candid images from social events and still life portraiture of the fashion and music involved within the skinhead scene.
Glenn Brown / Twisted Melon: Glenn is a Dubliner, who works in Painting Gouache and mixed media. He started out as an advertising illustrator in marketing. His move into portraits is a personal project. His recent work has included a series on Locals (Local customers in the Foggy Dew Pub). Glenn’s interest in people, his keen eye for detail formed the kernel of Twisted Melon. Find More of Glenn’s work on Instagram: @twisted_melon
Stephen Mc Quinn – Stephen is a Dublin based photographer and visual artist who works predominantly in Street Photography, Portrait and Documentary Photography. Stephen is currently studying Advanced Photography (Level 6) in Pearse College Crumlin. Find more of Stephens work on Instagram: @blacknwhite_dubliner
