Project Arts Centre Events January - March 2014

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PROGRAMME JAN—MAR 2014

Project Arts Centre

JAN—MAR 2014

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S WELCOME Happy New Year and welcome to our first

Lang, two of contemporary art’s most

looking to be a fantastic year of exciting new

promising young artists as well as a

work from artists you know well and others

sculptural installation in our Cube space

I am thrilled to introduce to you. 2013 was

by Eva Kotátková. I saw Eva’s work at the

an extraordinarily busy year for Project Arts

Venice Biennale last year and I am super

Centre, with over 70,000 people visiting the

excited to share it with our audiences.

centre to attend one of our 400+ events.

We’re kicking off 2014 in style with Siren

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Czech artists Eva Kotátková and Dominik

season brochure for 2014 – which is already

Trevor Knight is one of our leading composers and musicians and I have been

Productions and their new production of

a long-time fan of The Devil’s Spine Band.

Ben Power’s A Tender Thing. Director Selina

This new work Visitant is a combination of

Cartmell has wowed audiences at Project Arts

music, Butoh dance, visual art, design and

Centre for many years and I am thrilled that

performance and will make for a remarkable

she will be bringing her vision and skill to this

night out!

wonderful play. Not to mention the amazing cast of Olwen Fouéré and Owen Roe. Do not miss this show – you’ll be kicking yourself!

The gallery will present a ground-

Willfredd Theatre have made a real impact over the past 3 years with their extraordinary productions of Follow and FARM; I am immensely excited about their

breaking exhibition of newly commissioned,

new work CARE; which will examine the

work in a first time collaboration between

lives and work of palliative care workers.

This young company has a wonderful ability

with their production of AGNES. Inspired by

to capture real stories and weave them into

the songs of the one-time Creative Director of

theatrical magic.

Project Arts Centre; this is a real opportunity to

One of my great interests is in new

experience the energy, wit and charm of one

writing and the development and presentation

of Ireland’s most extraordinary personalities.

of new plays. To that end I am pleased to be

Watch out for a host of special events too!

partnering with the Everyman Theatre Cork and Garter Lane Waterford to present Jim

Project Catalysts THEATREclub will be partnering with Depaul Ireland to present a

Nolan’s new play Dreamland and to welcome

series of lectures and performance events;

Christine Dwyer Hickey to Project with her first

a public conversation about addiction in

play, Snow Angels.

I am delighted to continue our assoc­

Ireland. THEATREclub have developed a unique practice which connects contemporary

iation with DIT’s Conservatory of Music &

performance with social issues. Come be part

Drama and the Royal Irish Academy of Music

of this important conversation.

through the presentation of the work of their

On behalf of all the staff, I’d like to

students; showcasing the next generation of

wish you a happy and prosperous new year

talent shortly to emerge on the scene.

and look forward to welcoming you back to

CoisCéim Dance Theatre have been long-

Project Arts Centre in 2014.

term collaborators with Project Arts Centre.

We are taking this collaboration to a new level

Cian O’Brien, Artistic Director

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EVENTS AT A GLANCE DOLLS JAN—MAR 2014

Sorcha Kenny Theatre 9 – 11 January p16

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL WANKING Neil Watkins Theatre 9 – 11 January p18

A TENDER THING 8 / 9

Siren Productions Theatre 23 January – 15 February p20

VISITANT Featherhead Productions Performance 19 – 22 February p22

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CARE

OPERA BRIEFS

Willfredd Theatre

Royal Irish Academy of Music

Theatre

and The Lir Academy

19 February – 1 March

Music

p24

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

27 – 29 March p36

DRINK?

DIT, The Conservatory

THEATREclub and Depaul Ireland

of Music and Drama

Talk / Discussion

Theatre

26 – 29 March

26 February – 1 March

p38

p26

DREAMLAND Jim Nolan

ADDITIONALS Céline Condorelli featuring The Company Visual Art

Theatre

Until 25 January

3 – 8 March

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p28

SNOW ANGELS Dice Players Theatre 3 – 15 March p30

AGNES

LOTUSEATER Aoibheann Greenan Performance 10 January p44

EVA KOTÁTKOVÁ AND DOMINIK LANG Visual Art

CoisCéim Dance Theatre

7 February – 14 April

Dance Theatre

p46

13 – 22 March p32

THE THEATRE OF SPEAKING OBJECTS Visual Art 23 January – 9 February p48

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PROJECT CATALYST

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“The Irish scene is one of the most audacious, theatrically irreverent, resolutely fantastical and – in

to audiences in Belgium, Germany, France and Siberia.

Over the next three months, we

an age of theatre creation that

proudly support Project Catalyst artists

wears the mash-up technique as a

as they endeavour to present their

badge – stubbornly rooted in story,

work globally, to find new audiences

earnestness and language.”

for hugely successful productions.

Norman Armour, PUSH Festival Vancouver

In March, junk ensemble take The Falling Song on an extensive UK tour.

With an international all-male case, a

In late January and following dates

live children’s choir, a set of towering

in New York, Brokentalkers arrive

ladders and hundreds of apples, The

in Vancouver with their critically-

Falling Song is physicality pushed to

acclaimed Have I No Mouth. Their visit will mark the first time that Canada’s

its extremes, a tour-de-force of the “guts and ingenuity” (Irish Times) that

PUSH Festival will have had a work

defines the artistry of Jessica Kennedy

both created and produced exclusively

and Megan Kennedy. junk ensemble

by Irish artists.

will return home in late March, and

Named amongst The Guardian’s ‘Best Theatre of 2013’ following its run at Edinburgh Fringe, Have I No

quickly regroup in order to take The Falling Song on a national tour.

Closer to home still, THEATREclub

Mouth is: “bitter, proud, melancholic,

are back with us in Project Arts Centre

pleading, tender, defiant, tinged with

in March. Hot on the heels of the

humour, and fierce” (that’s Norman

successes of their recent Dublin City

Armour again). It is all of these things

Council public art commission History,

and more.

they will host a public conversation

Last year, through the crucial

event in association with Depaul

support of Culture Ireland, Broken­

Ireland. Drink? will tackle the issue

talkers also presented their work

of addiction head on, with a series of

performance lectures, panel discussions,

Upcoming Project Catalysts events:

documentaries and performances – where everyone has a voice.

And throughout January, The Company continue to work dynamically

Have I No Mouth by Brokentalkers 14 – 26 January: Baryshnikov Arts Centre, New York

alongside Celine Condorelli’s Additionals

30 January – 1 February: PUSH Festival,

in the gallery. On 18 January, they invite

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you to join them for a screening of short films which they have made in response

Short Films In Response To

to the artworks.

Additionals by The Company

Throughout 2014, both at home

18 January: Project Arts Centre Gallery

and further afield, Project Catalyst artists will continue to provoke, challenge and

The Falling Song by junk ensemble

entertain you with their work. It’s going

UK Tour

to be a busy year. I’m excited already.

6 March: Live at LICA Lancaster University, Lancaster

Kate Heffernan, Producer,

8 March: Contact, Manchester

Project Catalyst

11 March: Laban Theatre, London 13 March: Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth 20 March: Jersey Opera House, Jersey 25 March: Theatre Royal, Winchester 27 March: mac Birmingham 1 April: Dance Woking, Rhoda McGaw Theatre

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Irish Tour, April 2014 (visit www.thefallingsong.co.uk for details) DRINK? by THEATREclub and Depaul Ireland 26 March – 29 March: Project Arts Centre

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Project Catalyst is an initiative of Project Arts Centre which supports a diverse group of independent artists in the creation, development and presentation of new work. You can help support the work of Project Catalyst by becoming a Project Person. For more information about becoming a Project Person contact Kate O’Sullivan at kate.osullivan@projectartscentre.ie or on +353 1 8819 608

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PERFORMANCE

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Sorcha Kenny, as part of

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First Fortnight 2014

DOLL

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Space Upstairs

Winner of the inaugural First Fortnight

9 – 11 January

award at Dublin Fringe Festival 2013.

7pm

For the duration of the experience

€12

a group of female performers are owned by the audience. From every angle they look convincingly life like. Their movements have been choreographed and set to a soundtrack of appropriated voices aimed to

Not suitable for children

manipulate and to provoke, in a show that promises to thrill and ignite.

POST SHOW DISCUSSION – 8.30PM, 9 JANUARY AT SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE (ADMISSION FREE

First Fortnight is a charity-based

WITH TICKET)

organistion with the expressed aim of challenging mental health

“Hard-hitting … turns the gut and

prejudice through the creative

lights the mind”

arts. For further information please

The Irish Times

check www.firstfortnight.ie.

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Neil Watkins, as part of

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First Fortnight 2014

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL WANKING

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Space Upstairs

Neil Watkins has wanked more than

9 – 11 January

is healthy, allegedly. One of Ireland’s

9pm

most exciting artists and incendiary

€12

performers, a 34-year-old homosexual force of nature with a Jesus complex, Watkins tells of his profound personal journey as he delves into internet porn addiction, destructive sexual behaviour and social isolation, hailed

Not suitable for children

as “a heart-breaking prayer for mental health and love”.

“Truthful, heartfelt and immediately identifiable … astonishingly brave.”

First Fortnight is a charity-based

The Irish Times

organistion with the expressed aim of challenging mental health prejudice through the creative arts. For further information please check www.firstfortnight.ie.

Siren Productions

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A TENDER THING

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Space Upstairs

What if … the star cross’d lovers had

23 January – 15 February

lived and loved? Two of Ireland’s most

8pm

prolific and daring actors star in the Irish

€18 – €25

premiere of Ben Power’s remaking of one

Previews 23 – 25, 27 January

of the most celebrated romances of all

Matinees 1, 8 & 15 February (2.30pm, €20)

time. With Olwen Fouéré as Juliet and Owen Roe as Romeo, and directed by Selina Cartmell, this new and exciting production weaves a provocative, powerful and achingly beautiful new tale of love.

Suitable ages 12+ Siren Productions was founded by Selina REAL DEAL – 2 TICKETS FOR €30 29 JANUARY

Cartmell and over the past seven years

POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED,

Siren has striven to mount ambitious,

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high-end professional theatre setting its scale and bar firmly against the leading

Performed by Olwen Fouéré and Owen Roe

production houses in Ireland and abroad.

Siren has re-imagined classical work for

Written by Ben Power

today – among its critically successful and

Adapted from Romeo and Juliet

award-winning productions are Medea

by William Shakespeare

(5 Irish Times nominations, winner Best

Directed by Selina Cartmell

Director) Titus Andronicus (nominated

Lighting Design by Sinead Wallace

for 9 and winner of 4 Irish Times Theatre

Set Design by Monica Frawley

Awards), Macbeth, The Lulu House, and

Costume Design by Gaby Rooney

The Making of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore.

Music by Marc Teitler Choreography by Liz Roche Produced by Marie Rooney “A masterstroke” The Guardian

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Featherhead Productions

VISITANT

www.projectartscentre.ie Space Upstairs 19 – 22 February

“If Hieronymous Bosch were a 21st-century composer and theatre-maker, this is what

8pm

he would do. A powerful work that makes

€15 / €12

the audience question itself as well as what constitutes a ‘civilised’ human.”

The Irish Times on slat “Beautiful and thrilling … an essential experience”

16+ (possible nudity)

The Arts Show, RTE Radio 1 on slat

REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 19 FEBRUARY JUST €10

Inspired by the Gabriel Garcia Marquez

POST SHOW DISCUSSION – 21 FEBRUARY

short story A Very Old man with Enor­ mous Wings, Visitant is the newest

Devised by The Company

collaboration between composer Trevor

Directed by Trevor Knight

Knight, Japanese Butoh Dancer Gyohei

Choreographed by Gyohei Zaitsu

Zaitsu, and artist Alice Maher, whose

Set Design by Alice Maher

previous work in collaboration includes the

Lighting by Marcus Costello

critically acclaimed slat, The Devil’s Spine

Costume by Yuni Hong

Band and The Gift. For this project they are

Composed by Trevor Knight

joined by harpist and vocalist Aine O’Dwyer

and Áine O’Dwyer

(United Bible Studies).

Production Management by Miriam Duffy

In Marquez’s story, an angel creature,

Produced by Aisling Murray

half celestial, half decrepit human, falls to

Performers include:

a peasant family who put him on display

earth and is confined in the hen house of Trevor Knight (keyboards/vocals/devices),

for the locals as paid entertainment. This

Áine O’Dwyer (harp/vocals/melodica)

strange parable of human greed and an

and Gyohei Zaitsu (butoh dancer)

inability to recognize true beauty is the starting point for Visitant, which will exist at an artistic intersection where music, visual art, butoh dance, and a dose of science fiction will meet. Music and sound will form the backbone of the performance allowing an open, improvised formula of interaction, with costumes designed by Yuni Hong.

WillFredd Theatre

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CARE

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Cube

“Outstanding in its field”

20 February – 1 March

The Irish Times

8.15pm

on FARM, 2012

€15 / €12 Preview 19 February

CARE: A show about the people who

Matinees 22 February & 2 March

add life to days, if not days to life.

(3pm, €12) On a hilltop in Raheny, staff are working around the clock. They make tea. They give baths. They paint nails. They refill syringe drivers. They throw clay at walls with children. Some pray. Some REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 19 FEBRUARY JUST €12

don’t. Everyone they care for is dying.

Directed by Sophie Motley

up with staff in St Francis Hospice,

WillFredd Theatre have teamed Lighting and Set Design by

Raheny to bring you CARE, a show

Sarah Jane Shiel

which questions what Hospice is.

Choreographed by Emma O’Kane

Fusing movement, live music and text,

Costume by Sarah Bacon

every word, sound and image in CARE

Sound and Music by Jack Cawley

is drawn from daily Hospice life.

and Seán Mac Erlaine

From the company that brought

Dramaturgy by Dan Colley

you the critically-acclaimed FARM and

Production Manager: Adam Fitzsimons

FOLLOW comes a new show about the

Stage Manager: Margarita Corscadden

people who help you live until you die.

Produced by Kate Ferris WillFredd Theatre was founded in Performed by Jack Cawley, Sonya Kelly,

2010. The company aims to create

Seán Mac Erlaine, Eleanor Methven

exhilarating theatrical experience

and Shane O’Reilly

through collaboration, inviting artists of many disciplines to work together

“Every journey to the theatre

from the very beginning of the

commences in hope, (too often

process, with constant re-evaluation

dashed) here it is totally justified”

and interrogation of their work along

Irish Theatre Magazine

the way.

on FOLLOW, 2011

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DIT, The Conservatory

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of Music and Drama

GRAPES OF WRAT

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Space Upstairs

The story of a farming family driven

27 February – 1 March

off their land and forced to migrate.

8pm

Traveling route 66 from Oklahoma to

€15 / €12

California, looking for the promised

Preview 26 February

land, the family hold together as

Matinee 1 March (2.30pm, €10)

they seek justice in a decent wage for an honest day’s work. This brilliant adaptation of John Steinbeck’s awardwinning novel is presented by the Graduates of DIT’s Drama BA, using music from the 30s and imaginative

REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 26 FEBRUARY JUST €10

settings to create the atmosphere of the “dust bowl” and the “great

Written by Frank Galati

depression” and the people who lived

Directed by Mark Lambert

and died under its cloud.

Costume by Marie Tierney Produced by Susie Kennedy Set Design by Maree Kearns Performed by the DIT BA in Drama (Performance) graduating class of 2014

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Garter Lane Arts Centre, in association with

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Everyman Palace, Cork and Project Arts Centre

DREAM Image courtesy of Waterford County Museum

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Space Upstairs

June 1934, a rural pub in a village on

4 – 8 March

the south coast of Ireland. Returned

Time

Yank, Johnny Kinnane has eight hours

€16 – € 20

to salvage the rapidly decaying carcass

Preview 3 March

of a sixty foot whale. General Eoin

Matinee 8 March (3pm, €16)

O’Duffy plans to attend the Blueshirt Dance in the Parish Hall while a 16 year old would-be jockey dreams of victory in the Cemetery Sunday Races and a Jewish refugee with a cello and a clapped-out truck sets out to

REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 3 MARCH JUST €14

make a new life for himself and his daughter. An electricity generating

Written and Directed by Jim Nolan

bicycle, an open air jazz dance and a

Lighting Design by Barry McKinney

daring triumph of the imagination in a

Set Design by Dermot Quinn

climate of communal hysteria – these

Costume Design by Kate Moylan

are just some of the elements which

Sound Design by Jamie Beamish

combine to form Jim Nolan’s new play,

Choreography by Libby Seward

Dreamland. Set in rural Ireland in 1934, the play tells the story of the journey

Cast includes: Holly Browne, Brendan

from boy to man against the backdrop

Conroy, Conall Keating, Des Keogh,

of the rise of fascism in Ireland.

Michael Power, Michael Quinlan, Karl Shiels and Catherine Walsh

MLAND

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Christine Dwyer Hickey

SNOW ANGELS

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Cube

The day after moving in, three men wake

4 – 15 March

in an isolated house, each one struggling

8.15pm

with his own particular hangover.

€10 – € 15

Gradually they come to realise that they

Preview 3 March

are snowbound, without food, water or

Matinee 15 March (2.30pm, €10)

heat – and with no way of escaping. Part psychological thriller, part ghost story and shot through with black humour, Snow Angels explores contemporary Ireland and a lost generation of young men trapped by the expectations of society,

Suitable 18+ (some strong language,

family, women and self.

sexual references and violence) Dice Players is a new company committed REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 5 MARCH JUST €10

to commissioning new plays by both new and established playwrights.

Written by Christine Dwyer Hickey Directed by Rosemary McKenna Score by Denis Hickey Cast includes Desmond Hickey, Ger Hough and Michael Hough “Big, bold, remarkable assured … a powerfully accomplished work of art. Spellbinding.”

The Guardian on Christine Dwyer Hickey

CoisCéim Dance Theatre in association with

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Project Arts Centre

AGNES a new dance theatre work

by David Bolger

Image by Amelia Stein

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Space Upstairs

Who was Agnes Bernelle?

15 March – 22 March 8pm

A secret agent at the age of 20, a cabaret

€15 – € 20

legend, a mother, a cook, an influential

Previews 13 & 14 March

Dublin theatre scenester, Ireland’s oldest

Matinee 22 March (3pm, €15)

punk, and a singer of songs about life and the human condition.

Agnes is a new dance work choreo­ graphed by David Bolger, who as a child was introduced to the theatre by his neighbour, Agnes Bernelle. She took him

Suitable 12+

to Project Arts Centre, where she was Creative Director, and triggered his love

REAL DEAL – 18 MARCH – 2 TICKETS FOR €20

of all things theatrical. Agnes is a tribute

Choreographed by David Bolger

extraordinary dancers and the songs

Lighting by Sinéad McKenna

Agnes sang, David Bolger’s latest work

from that wide-eyed boy. Through six

Set and Costume Design by Maree Kearns

will charm and delight you as Agnes’ wry

Sound Design by Ivan Birthistle and

sense of humor, her love for Ireland and

Vincent Doherty

her ground-breaking performance style are revealed once again on her beloved

Featuring a cast of six extraordinary dancers …

“Accessible, enjoyable and essential viewing for all dance lovers” Irish Independent “The dance that lands on its feet … exquisite … superb” Sunday Independent “This is high calibre dance, as impressive as it is charming for the spirit” Sunday Independent

Project Arts Centre stage.

CoisCéim Dance Theatre

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AGNES The Parallel Programme

In a new initiative, CoisCéim Dance Theatre will present The Parallel Programme, a series of events as part

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of the company’s premiere production of Agnes by David Bolger.

2 Curtain Raisers, Dinner With Agnes and much more will all take place on stage and around Project from 18th to 22nd March.

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Curtain Raisers

Dinner With Agnes

Taking as their base the life and work of

Agnes Bernelle loved to cook. David

Agnes Bernelle, CoisCéim Broadreach will

Bolger grew up with her goulash and

present two different Curtain Raisers by

other dishes and this aspect of the

the Creative Steps youth dance theatre

singer will be celebrated in a special

group and The Dance Ensemble, a

round table discussion about the

performance group for people aged 50+.

development of the dance work, hosted

Choreographed by CoisCéim Broadreach

by a special surprise guest. Dinner With

Director, Philippa Donnellan, Curtain

Agnes forms part of CoisCéim’s series

Raisers are short works of 5 –10 minutes

of conversations about the artform under

that will be presented on the main stage

the banner of Talking Dance.

prior to the performance of Agnes. They aim to coherently link the company’s

20 March

performance and participation activities.

Time to be confirmed (please see website for details)

Army Ants

by Creative Steps

Places strictly limited, advance

Young People’s Dance Theatre

booking required. Call: 01 878 0558

19, 22 March 8pm Other Events Everyone’s Talking at the Same Time

A special exhibition of photographs of

by The Dance Ensemble

Agnes Bernelle by the photographer

Performance Group for people aged 50+

Amelia Stein, film screenings and other

21 March, 8pm

surprises complete the weeks line-up.

22 March, 3pm Please see www.projectartscentre.ie and www.coisceim.com for details.

Royal Irish Academy of Music

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and The Lir Academy

OPERA BRIEFS

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Cube

“Characterizations were beautifully

27 – 29 March

apt, and, as with the whole evening,

8.15pm

the effect was impressive.”

€15

Opera Magazine on Opera Briefs, March 2013 Opera Briefs, an exciting new partnership between the Royal Irish Academy of Music and The

Composed by Giacomo Carissimi,

Lir Academy at Trinity College

Jonathan Dove and Kevin O’Connell

Dublin sees both organisations

Directed by Conor Hanratty

work closely together in the

Conducted by David Adams and

presentation of opera in Dublin.

Andrew Synnott

Saints and Sinners features

Lighting by Kevin Smith

three short operas, each with a

Set and Costume Design by

moral dil­­emma at it’s core;

Maree Kearns

Giacomo Carissimi’s Jepthe, Jonathan Dove’s Greed and RIAM

Performed by the Royal Irish Academy

Professor of Composition, Kevin

of Music Baroque Orchestra and the

O’Connell’s Sensational!

Royal Irish Academy of Music Opera Ensemble.

THEATREclub and Depaul Ireland

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DRINK?

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Space Upstairs

DRINK?

26 – 29 March

We still need to talk about it. Do we

Various times

rely on drink to have a good time?

€5 – Single Shot (1 event)

Has it ever made you sick? I feel sick.

€8 – Double Shot (2 events)

I’m dying for a drink. Really I am.

€12 – Triple Shot (3 events)

I am dying after drinking. Hair of the dog? I just had a few too many, too often.Had too many that you forgot?

To forget.

DRINK? Is a public conversation

THEATREclub are a young Dublin

event, held by THEATREclub and

based theatre collective founded in

Depaul Ireland, to discuss addiction

November 2008 comprised of Shane

in Ireland today. With events such

Byrne, Doireann Coady and Grace

as performance lectures, panel

Dyas. Over the last five years, the

discussions, documentaries

company have developed a regular

with residents of Sundial House,

ensemble of actors, designers and

performances with the residents of

production team, working together

Back Lane, and gigs, THEATREclub

to make shows about us and the

and Depaul want to confront this

people and things around us.

issue head on and open up a discussion, where everyone has a

Depaul Ireland was established in

voice. It will be different than before,

2002 in Ireland and 2005 in Northern

because it has to be. Come have

Ireland and is now a leading cross

a drink with us. We all need to talk

border organisation helping people

about this.

who are most in need in society, those who homeless and are often multiply excluded and need vital support and the opportunity to realise their true potential and make positive choices for their future.

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VISUAL ARTS

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ADDITIONALS Céline Condorelli

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featuring The Company

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Gallery 7 November – 25 January 11am – 8pm Admission Free

The gallery has been home to five sculptures, provocative hybrids of form and function, useful things and purposeless things. These are Céline Condorelli’s Additionals, the structures that resulted from the artist’s collaboration with Cornelius Cardew’s score The Tiger’s Mind, and now the cast of theatre artists The Company’s work-indevelopment at Project Arts Centre.

To better know Additionals, The Company began by pirating, creating their own versions of the art objects, followed by staging theatrical spectacles in the gallery delving into the Additionals dramatic potential. Through enabling visitors to the gallery to record their own audio tour of Additionals, The Company have played with the construction of an institutional voice and the affects this holds on the structures of meaning. This collection of tours was then made available to the public and sparked the creation of a series of short films shot during a week long inhabitation of the gallery space. These films will be screened in the gallery alongside Additionals throughout the day from 12pm on 18 January.

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JAN—MAR 2014

LOTUSEATER

by Aoibheann Greenan

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Cube 10 January 11am – 8pm €10

LotusEater is a one night performance event, presenting a collaboration between artist Aoibheann Greenan and Dublin based band, LotusEater. This event will transform the Cube into an experiential environment in which the five piece trip/rock band will become part of Greenan’s sculptures, using them as their props and costumes during the gig, becoming hybrids of myth and culture. Greenan’s incorporation of live music into her sculptural practice taps into music’s frequent place at the forefront of mass cultural shifts.

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JAN—MAR 2014

EVA KOTÁTKOVÁ & DOMINIK LANG

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Gallery 7 February – 14 April 11am – 8pm Admission Free

An exhibition of newly commissioned work, and an exciting first time collaboration between Czech artists Eva Kotátková and Dominik Lang.

Both artists are stimulated by observations and histories of institutional activity – be they institutions of education, psychiatry, or art. Kotátková and Lang will be making a new installation by bringing together the mutually hospitable threads in their practices, and building onsite, following an intensive IMMA Production Residency, a fragmented collage of an institutional model to encompass the entirety of the gallery space.

With warm thanks to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ireland, and the gallery Hunt Kastner in Prague for supporting this unique and artistically groundbreaking exhibition between two celebrated contemporary artists.

JAN—MAR 2014

THE THEATRE OF SPEAKING OBJECTS

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Eva Kotátková

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Cube 23 January – 9 February 11am – 8pm Admission Free

In this haunting and immersive installation in our Cube theatre by Czech artist Eva Kotátkova, each sculpture, made from worn objects and items of furniture, comes to life to reveal anonymous stories of exclusion and isolation. The anonymity of the sculptural objects allow them to speak for their owners, giving a voice to those affected by failed societal systems and social structures. With warm thanks to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ireland, and the gallery Hunt Kastner in Prague.

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