Project Arts Centre Season Brochure 2017/18 by Project Arts Centre

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Project Arts Centre Season Brochure 2017/18

Dangerously Enticing

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Project Arts Centre Season Brochure 2017/18

Dangerously Enticing

Artistic Director’s Welcome. Welcome to Project Arts Centre’s 2017/18 season. I am delighted to bring you this packed programme featuring new work, the best of international artists and some old favourites. Project has supported brave, creative and amazing ideas since 1966. This season marks a step in a new direction for Project and the launch of a new strategic vision for our organisation. Project is Ireland’s first arts centre; an independent and ambitious multidisciplinary organisation in the heart of Dublin with a local, national and international remit. We are a home for contemporary arts, a producing house, a resource for artists and a critical hub. Project works with artists across all art forms to make and present extraordinary work that inspires and provokes audiences. Project Arts Centre was founded in 1966 as Project 67. When the founders of Project Arts Centre came together they did so with the philosophy that a creative person is capable of managing their own affairs; Project was an organisation set up, managed and governed by artists – the founding spirit of Project was centred on artists at a time when art was created in established institutions. Project became a home for the independents; for artists whose work challenged the status quo. Project was created at a time of change in our country and in the wider world. Looking to the future is embedded in our DNA. Over the years Project’s personality has always reflected these values, whether embracing the punk movement, presenting edgy contemporary performance or confounding audiences’ ideas of what constitutes an exhibition. We are proud of this legacy but it is not a history that lies heavy on our shoulders; it is a history of reinvention, of evolution, of looking to the future and of change.

As we roll out our new strategy in the coming months, we look forward to welcoming you to Project to experience some of that inspiration. Be Brave! Come visit us at Project Arts Centre. Cian & the whole Project team.

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Our 50th anniversary in 2016 provided a catalyst to re-examine our purpose as a space for artists and audiences. As Ireland’s first arts centre we used this occasion to reflect, to re-imagine our future and to develop new ways to ensure that everything we do remains innovative and is delivered to the highest possible standards under the best possible conditions. Project’s independence and history has always been defined by three things, Artists, Location and Ambition – these will continue to play an important role in the Project of the future.

Visual Arts Programme 2018 As Project embarks on a new era, the Visual Arts programming for late 2017 and 2018 proposes to align areas of common interests. Though the first four exhibitions may seem rather different in character they all are part of the curatorial baggage I have brought with me to Ireland. The result of continued conversations with specific artists over years, are already shaping projects of Olav Westphalen, Szabolcs KissPál and Nicoline van Harskamp. Those in the pre-planning phase by Agnieszka Polska or Åsa Sonjasdotter share interconnecting interests such as the critical power of language, artist as archivist and collector, the museum format to interrogate and challenge canonic approaches and routines, or present scenarios of an alternate society. I plan to support new national and international commissions that take a research-oriented approach and reflect on how artists use a range of methods of inquiry to help construct knowledge in different disciplines, drawing attention to shared and often conflicting cultural trajectories in understandings of particular knowledge. The upcoming program also wishes to further contribute to the discourse on the viability of the exhibition format, the conditions of art production, the responsibilities of being a public institution and art as an alternative space for democratic operation.

Living through various turns, with its manifold history, or rather histories, Project has always offered a model space for negotiating the complexities of and catalysing discussions on the contemporary condition as well as investing in the arts to nurture social capital. Therefore one of the core parts of next year’s programming will be the preparation and launch of an analytical survey into Project’s history in order to gain a novel understanding about how its development reflects and connects to the wider institutional, cultural and socio-political histories nationally and internationally. The cycle will explore and work with selected episodes of Project’s history and will develop through temporary events, displays and hopefully longer-term off-site projects in collaboration with arts professionals and various communities, individuals, and parallel institutional research. The archive will become a “temporary institution” that can critically reflect on the current urgencies and the conditions of the often hijacked (by administration, market, politics, etc.) cultural operation and would welcome the contradictory and ambiguous to advance strategies and sustainable models formed on the basis of continuous uncertainty and political pressure. Lívia Páldi

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The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art (MoMCo) in the making. July 2017, Olav Westphalen and Curator Lívia Páldi.

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Dx2 Double Duets Presented by: Firkin Crane / Genre: Dance Dates: 9-11 November / Time: 7.30pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €14-€16 Description A double bill of dance from Firkin Crane on Tour. Dx2 presents TOST by Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre alongside You and Me, and You by Laura Murphy & Rob Heaslip in an exciting evening of new dance work. TOST explores the space between two noises, two happenings, two places and two people. With hundreds and thousands of people trapped in the space of nothingness, forced from one place but locked out of another, TOST questions the empty void between, where the screams of anguish are as deafening as the silence of action. A collaboration between Enniskillenbased choreographer Dylan Quinn, German dance artist Jenny Ecke, renowned Irish artist Paddy McCann, and UK composer and vocal artist Andy Garbi. In You and Me, and You, Laura Murphy and Rob Heaslip rekindle the fire in their performance through a series of misfires and misadventures, eventually discovering that persistence is the only inspiration they need. In an intimate setting, they invite you to become a witness as they search to redefine their existing relationship by opening up to everything that can be right or wrong. Now in its second year, Firkin Crane on Tour presents exciting and new independent dance to audiences across Ireland. Production Credits Producer: Firkin Crane TOST Produced by Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre Devised & performed by Dylan Quinn & Jenny Ecke Music composition by Andi Garbi Visuals and set design by Paddy McCann Lighting design by Tim Feehily

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You and Me, and You Choreographed by Laura Murphy & Rob Heaslip Performed by Rob Heaslip & Marion Cronin Sound score by Irene Buckley Lighting design by Tim Feehily

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The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art (MoMCo) – A Proposal Presented by: Olav Westphalen with Agnieszka Polska, Sally O’Reilly, Roee Rosen, Gernot Wieland / Genre: Visual Arts / Exhibitions / Space: Gallery / Price: Admission Free Dates: 1 September – 21 October 2017 / Time: 11am to 7.30pm Description The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art (MoMCo) – A Proposal is either an artwork in the guise of a speculative museum or a museum dressed up as a contemporary installation. Which of the above it will be, is yet to be seen.

Production still of a model for The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art (MoMCo), 2017, courtesy Olav Westphalen

Production Credits Resuscitations has been jointly curated by Project Art Centre curator Lívia Páldi and MoMCo founder Olav Westphalen. The exhibition was commissioned by Project Arts Centre and supported by an IMMA Production Residency and Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

MoMCo is dedicated to highlighting, researching and mediating the hidden, comedic aspects of modern and contemporary art. The classical notion of reckless, avant-garde bravado has been largely debunked, not least for its implicit sexism and open Eurocentrism. But the underlying comedic mechanisms deserve re-examination. For this first exhibition, MoMCo is presented in the form of a tentative historical chart and a series of clay figurines depicting key-moments in bona fide art history. Furthermore, MoMCo is proud to present Resuscitations, its first temporary exhibition of contemporary art, comprising video works by Agnieszka Polska (PL), Roee Rosen (IL), Sally O'Reilly (UK), Gernot Wieland (AT/DE), and Olav Westphalen (DE/US). Olav Westphalen is a German-American artist whose work frequently takes the form of games, entertainment or cartoons. He exposes the cultural blind spots and hypocrisies of the social and cultural contexts he inhabits. He plays both sides of the high-low divide, producing mass-media comedy and cartoons while showing in museums and galleries.

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This is the Funeral of Your Life Presented by: Louise White / Genre: Performance Dates: (Previews: 3, 4 November €14) 6-11 November Time: 7.45pm / Space: Cube / Price: €16-€18 Description Leave behind the emails, the bills, the deadlines. The quest for recognition, fame and glory. We are here. Together. Now. Louise White, creator of Mother You, Way Back Home and From the Heart, invites you to consider the milestones of your lifespan in a whopper ceremony for the contemporary age. Watch us facilitate your funeral in real time, in this live event featuring an actor, a dancer and a mezzo soprano. Find out who you really are. No really. . . You. Right in front of you. Like never before. I mean we’re all dying anyway. Louise White is a Project Artist, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. Production Credits Conceived and directed by: Louise White Performed by: Philip Connaughton, Lucy Miller, Michelle O'Rouke Producer: Joanna Crawley Set Designer: Lian Bell Lighting Designer: Sarah Jane Shiels Costume Designer: Sarah Bacon Dramaturgy: Gary Keegan Sound Designer: Jack Cawley Production Manager: Rob Furey Stage Manager: Margaret Mulvey

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An Other Playboy of the Western World??? Presented by: Arambe Productions / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Previews: 13,14 November €10, Matinees: 18,19 November €10) 15-19 November / Time: 7.45pm Space: Cube / Price: €12-€14 Description Adapted from JM Synge's classic play, An Other Playboy of the Western World??? tells the story of Christy from the Mountains of Mourne who kills his dad with a hurley. Arambe Productions' aim is to afford members of Ireland’s African communities the unique opportunity to express themselves through the art of theatre. Striving to achieve this aim, Arambe produces classic and contemporary plays in the African tradition, as well as reinterpretation of relevant plays in the Irish canon. Production Credits Written and directed by Bisi Adigun

FESTABIT Presented by: Arambe Productions / Genre: Festival Dates: 16-19 November / Time: 10am – 6pm Space: Cube / Price: €10-€20 Description FESTABIT is a three-day festival of events, comprising keynote lectures on the history and current state of African/Irish theatre.

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The line-up will include a performance of a rehearsed reading of The Other War by Eritrean Tesfai Alemseged with an all-white cast directed by Cathy Leeney; a panel discussion with, among others, Sinead O'Reilly, Katrina Goldstone, Yemi Adenuga on the development, future and sustainability of African Irish theatre; intercultural dialogue; acting workshop by Terry McMahon; playwriting workshop by Gavin Kostick and much more.

This Beach Presented by: Brokentalkers in association with Project Arts Centre Genre: Theatre / Dates: 16-18 November / Time: 7.30pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €16-€18 Description This Beach is a blistering satire of white western privilege made in response to the global refugee crisis. The family celebrate a wedding, a union between two sides; each of whom can offer something to the other. Security, prosperity, progeny. During the wedding celebration a stranger arrives on the shore of their beach. The family must decide how to deal with this stranger. A response to the current refugee crisis gripping Europe and the notion of sovereignty of one people over a piece of land; and the lengths people will go to bar entry to their dominion. This Beach was originally co-produced by Goethe Institut, Munich Kammerspiele before it’s sold out run at Dublin Fringe Festival 2016. National Tour 2017 is produced by Project Arts Centre

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Production Credits Written and directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan Movement Director: Eddie Kay Dramaturg: Bjarni Jónsson Set and Costume Design: Sabine Dargent Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels Cast includes: Pom Boyd, Daniel Reardon, Neimhin Robinson, Bryan Quinn

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From Fake Mountains to Faith Genre: Visual Arts / Exhibitions / Price: Admission Free Dates: 23 November 2017 - 13 January 2018 Time: 11am to 7.30pm / Space: Gallery Description From Fake Mountains to Faith investigates political communities as complicatedly constructed entities. Departing from the current authoritarian Hungarian state policy and the creation of ‘illiberal democracy’, the work aims to analyse the anatomy of the actual political and cultural philosophy. It examines institutional and historical narratives while looking at the shifting political and public perspective on trauma and memory. Turul2 Still from the video The Rise of the Fallen Feather, 2016 Image Credit: Courtesy the artist Credits The Rise of the Fallen Feather and The Chasm Records was commissioned and supported by Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg in 2016. Opening Thurs 23 November 6-8pm, All welcome Artist talk 23 November 5.30pm

The project consists of two large format docu-fiction videos (Amorous Geography, The Rise of the Fallen Feather) and an installation presented as a fictitious museum setting (The Chasm Records). They interconnect three major elements in a broader historical and cultural framework: the symbolism of ‘ethnic landscape’ and political geography, the romantic historiography of a nations myths of origin, and the ‘turanism’ as a reemerging form of political religion. Budapest-based artist and cultural activist Szabolcs KissPál works in the intersection of new media, visual arts and social issues. His work has a strong focus on the ideological manipulation of history and misused national symbolism in the public and political discourse. For more information about special events to accompany this exhibition please visit projectartscentre.ie

Project Pop Up Presented by: Project Arts Centre with Nyree Yergainharsian & Shaun Dunne / Genre: Performance / Dates: 15 December / Time: 7.30pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €15 (including a drink)

A taster of talent...

...a feast for the senses

For One Night Only.

Project Pop Up.

Description Take a leap of faith into the unknown with Project Arts Centre this December where, for one night only, Project Pop Up will present a feast of excerpts from the highest quality contemporary performances by Ireland’s leading artists. Pop up, chill out, have a drink and get acquainted with our past, present and future tense as we demo new work, glimpse old favourites and get you familiar with some of the amazing live artists that inspire our building. The aim of the game is to feast your eyes and get you chatting. We want to create a space where audience and artists can celebrate work and get to know each other. Project Pop Up is a night out that’s all about shaking hands, starting conversations and bridging the distance between the audience and the artist. For the price of only €15 (which includes a free drink!), you don’t want to miss this exciting event curated and lead by Project favourites, Nyree Yergainharsian and Shaun Dunne. This is an ideal event for theatre-goers and newbies alike, come sit back, talk back and get to know a little bit more about the creatives that get us excited. It’s theatre, but not as you know it!

Rough Magic SEEDS Showcase 2017 Presented by: Rough Magic SEEDS / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Previews: 30 November, 1,2 December €14) 4-9 December Time: 7.30pm / Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €16-€18 Description Rough Magic SEEDS is a two-year development programme for Ireland’s most exciting emerging theatre artists and has germinated some of the brightest innovators in Irish theatre. This year Rough Magic SEEDS 2017 presents Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn and a reading of a new play by Lee Coffey. Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play Every story ends on a dark and raging river. In the not too distant future a nuclear fallout has decimated modern America. A group of survivors band together in an attempt to hold on to what shred of normality they have left, in the only way they know how … by retelling the “Cape Feare” episode of The Simpsons. An exciting new production by a new generation of Irish theatre makers. This razor-sharp dark comedy imagines a future where, when all seems lost, America’s favourite family might just hold the key to our survival. Shadows to Light by Lee Coffey 8 & 9 Dec | Admission Free A rehearsed reading of a new play by Lee Coffey. Two hitmen, Max and Axel, are hiding out in an abandoned house after a job goes wrong. Surrounded and with no way out, they start to talk. As tensions run high both men begin to wonder, are they here by chance or did something bring them here? Shadows to Light blurs the line between this world and the next. Someone is going to have to answer for their sins, but who?

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Collapsing Horse Radio Hour

Image Credits: Kate Ferris and Jody Barker-Rocket.

Presented by: Collapsing Horse / Genre: Radio Dates: 16 December / Time: 7pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €13-€16 Description The latest instalment of Collapsing Horse’s weird, speculative and kinda funny Science Fiction podcast. Each show is a recording of two stand-alone radio plays by different writers, each given license to speculate wildly about the other possible realities. Performed live by the Collapsing Horse ensemble with live music and foley sounds, then broadcast to the world, this is War of the Worlds meets Monty Python. A ticket to the show will ensure you entrance to the Collapsing Horse Christmas Box Social afterwards in the bar with special guests and drinks.

Presented by: Dead Cat Bounce / Genre: Comedy / Music / Dates: 18-22 December Time: 8pm / Space: Space Upstairs Price: €20-€22 Description Ten years after Dead Cat Bounce's first performance right here in Project… Three years after they quit forever…. Join us for a Christmas miracle as the comedy rock legends reunite for their second-ever last-ever show... But like, for reals this time.

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Dead Cat Bounce... Do Stop Believing

Part rock band, part international comedy sensation, part four guys who have spent an uncomfortable amount of time together. They are probably the only act in the world who have supported both Jason Manford and the Darkness. This is their first show since hanging up their leopard print pants in October of 2013. Don’t miss your chance to see them.

“These boys are without doubt destined to be huge.” - The Observer

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“On a glitter sprinkled rocket ship to global domination.” - Hot Press

January - May 2018

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

Presented by: One Duck and Project Arts Centre Genre: Theatre / Dates: (Previews: 16, 17 January €12, Matinees: 20,27 January 3 Feb €12) 18 January - 3 February Time: 7.45pm / Space: Cube / Price: €14-€16 Production Credits Written by John O'Donovan Directed by Tom Martin Set and costume design by Georgia de Grey Lighting design by Derek Anderson Sound design by Jon McLeod Cast: Alan Mahon and Ammar Duffus Produced by Alan Mahon

Description Ennis. Halloween. There's a party to get to and Mikey and Casey have everything they need.... Booze. Cash. Drugs. Each other. The only problem is they're stuck. Stuck on a roof. Stuck together. And as they wait for the guards to stop circling the house, they find out there are some truths you can't climb down from. One Duck presents the Irish premiere of John O'Donovan's acclaimed debut play.

The Approach by Mark O’Rowe Presented by: Landmark Productions / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Previews: 1,2,3 & 5 February €25, Matinee: 10, 17 & 24 February €25) 6 - 24 February / Time: 7.30pm / Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €25-€35 Description Listen carefully … Three women. Three conversations.

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As the details of what they share begin to diverge from each to the next, we realise that we are being compelled to decipher a subtle game of survival. The Approach is at once a psychological puzzle, and a quietly devastating tragedy. Following their previous collaboration with Howie the Rookie, which subsequently played at the Barbican in London and at BAM Next Wave in New York, Landmark returns to Project with the world premiere of Mark O’Rowe’s emotional depthcharge of a play, starring three of Ireland’s leading actors: Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan Mark O’Rowe is one of Ireland’s leading playwrights. His recent work includes the award-winning Our Few and Evil Days at the Abbey Theatre, and DruidShakespeare, his acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays for Druid Theatre Company. His feature film The Delinquent Season will be released early next year. Landmark’s recent work includes the world premieres of Woyzeck in Winter, adapted and directed by Conall Morrison, and Enda Walsh’s Arlington, Ballyturk and Misterman, all co-produced with Galway International Arts Festival; and The Second Violinist and The Last Hotel, two operas by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, co-produced with Wide Open Opera.

Production Credits Written and directed by Mark O'Rowe Lighting designed by Sinead McKenna Cast: Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan.

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MURDER OF CROWS Presented by: Theatre Upstairs, Bitter Like A Lemon and Project Arts Centre / Genre: Theatre Dates:(Preview: 5 February €14, Matinee: 10 February €14) 6 - 10 February / Time: 7.45pm Space: Cube / Price: €16-€18 Description Secrets that hide in darkness, once gazed upon, can never be lost. Painful, playful and poignant, MURDER OF CROWS explores extreme heartbreak and hope with vivid, poetic intensity. A compelling new drama which skilfully weaves numerous narratives into a single exploration of the connections formed between three young delinquents in a weekend that will change their lives forever. The creative team that brought you the sell-out success LEPER + CHIP proudly returns to Project Arts Centre with this new play by Lee Coffey.

“An utterly believable nightmare of abusive savagery, a cross between Apocalypse Now and Lord Of The Flies” - Sunday Independent “Stewart, Honan and O'Mara are impressive in Lee Coffey's sharply observed new play Murder Of Crows...” - The Sunday Times

Production Credits Lee Coffey / Writer Karl Shiels / Director Katie Honan / Cast Aisling O'Mara / Cast Amilia Stewart / Cast Naomi Faughnan / Set Design Laura Honan / Lighting Design Ste Murray / Photography + Marketing Design Laura Honan & Amilia Stewart / Producers T.V. Honan / Line Producer

Englishes Presented by: Nicoline van Harskamp / Genre: Visual Arts / Exhibitions / Space: Gallery / Dates: February - March Time: 11am to 7.30pm / Price: Admission Free Description Englishes (2013–ongoing) explores the widespread use and modification of the English language by its non-native speakers. The work depicts the development of the plurality of spoken English that displaces the perceived position occupied by dominant strains of the language. It also addresses the political import of this linguistic development, pointing out how our use of language is consistently entrenched in structures of class and power. Challenging these connotations, van Harskamp proposes a dissolution of English into "Englishes," co- opting it as a common and ever-growing linguistic resource. The exhibition consists of a series of episodic films comprising interview, performance, and scripted fiction that explore the myriad variations of English spoken between people who do not have any other shared tongue. Nicoline van Harskamp is an Amsterdam-based artist whose work considers acts of language and communication in relation to ideology and solidarity through video, installation, and scripted performance. Her previous projects and live works have been staged at Tate Modern, London; Kunst-Werke, Berlin; New Museum, New York; and elsewhere.

Nicoline Van Harskamp - Englishes, Single channel video, 2016 Set photograph by Javier Zuluaga Zilbermann Image Credit: Courtesy the artist

Scorch Presented by: Primecut Productions / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Preview 13 &14 February €14) 15 February – 3 March Time: 7.45pm / Space: Cube / Price: €16-€18 Description A story of first love through the eyes of a gender-curious teen Scorch examines how the human story often gets lost amidst the headlines. Kez is a troubled teenage girl struggling with her gender identity. Exploring her sexuality and gender by posing as a boy she embarks on an intimate relationship with another girl, with devastating effect. Inspired by recent court cases dealing with gender fraud and gender politics, this original play from Belfast playwright Stacey Gregg confronts ideological norms, which have for so long shaped our understanding and beliefs surrounding sexuality and gender.

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This awarding-winning production returns to Dublin following rave reviews, a Scotsman Fringe First award at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, an Adelaide Fringe Theatre Award and a Critics Circle Award. Production Credits Written by Stacey Gregg Directed by Emma Jordan Set and lighting design by Ciaran Bagnall Sound by Carl Kennedy Costume by Enda Kenny Choreography by Nicola Curry Produced by Una NicEoin and Stephen Coulter

"An incredible experience, unforgettable, beautifully written and flawlessly performed. " - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine "Mesmerising, an intimate and thrilling confession" - The Guardian

Shackleton Presented by: Blue Raincoat / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Preview: 26 February €16, Matinees: 3/10 March €16) 27 February - 10 March Time: 7.45pm / Space: Space Upstairs Price: €18-€20 Description “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold . . . safe return doubtful.”

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Following a sell-out run in 2017, Ireland’s longest running theatre ensemble, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, return to Project with Shackleton, a story of endurance on the Antarctic’s icy Weddell Sea. A visual feast and the tale of Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s escape from the Antarctic told by an ensemble cast, complemented by original footage and scaled puppetry.

‘A striking feat of theatre’ - Irish Times ‘Deeply moving theatre’ - Irish Examiner

Production Credits Director: Niall Henry Designer: Jamie Vartan Sound: Joe Hunt Lighting: Barry McKinney Cast: John Carty, Barry Cullen, Sandra O’Malley and Brian F Devaney

John's Query Presented by: Angie Smalis and Colin Gee Genre: Dance / Dates: 6 March Time: 7.45pm / Space: Cube Price: €12-€14 Description A new dance work for three historical figures set in Limerick’s St. John’s Square. Image Credit: Angie Pappas Constable / "Lenore"

The public square in John’s Query is both a place and a network, where, through mistranslations and the pursuit of shared perspective, three time periods are merged in the pursuit of common ground. As the lives of the characters intertwine in a dramatic narrative involving expectation, faith, betrayal, and misunderstanding, the question is posed: Will people always betray others for the sake of their own interests?

Production Credits Choreographer/Director: Angie Smalis and Colin Gee Performers: Mark Carberry, Colin Gee, Angie Smalis Composer: Jennifer Walshe Lighting Designer: Gearoid O'Hallmhurain Costume Designer: Giordana Giache Set Designer: Martin Shannon Audio Designer: Colin Gee Video Designer: Patrick Kelley

Refuge Presented by: Catherine Young Dance / Genre: Dance Dates: (Preview: 22 March €12) 23-24 March / Time: 7.30pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €14-€16 Description Refuge takes us on a quest to find our place in the world, somewhere to belong, a home. What is 'community' and how do we rebuild it, once shattered? Following sold out runs at Project with Woman Stood Regardless (2014) and Ultima Thule (2018), Catherine Young Dance returns with this brand new dance show that is not to be missed. Catherine Young creates highly physical, visceral work that shows the human condition in all its shades - it's grit, edge, truth, honesty, beauty. Her constant ques-tioning of life and humanity drives her work.

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FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse Presented by: Rob Heaslip / Genre: Dance Dates: March / Time: 7.30pm Space: Space Upstairs / Price: €14-€16 Description FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse is a colourful and playful performance exploring the identity of the one amongst the many. The Blurred Expanse is a land awash with electric pinks, acid greens and chilly hues of blue; a land where the inhabitants conjure their play of causeand-effect. They seek the new, toying with the unfamiliar and then cast it aside. Their play is not always playful, where at times they test their environment and the capabilities of their comrades. With slick choreography, a live and original music score accompanied by a beautiful lighting design, the viewer is invited to look to the Expanse and its performers and witness them experience harmony and isolation, unity and conflict.

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Production Credits Choreography & direction by Rob Heaslip Original music by Ross Whyte Dramaturgy by Brigid McCarthy Lighting design by Rob Moloney Costume by Aaron Jeffrey Management by Jennifer Phillips

Catherine has created work for the Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, Coisceim Dance Theatre, Shawbrook Touring Company, The Big Bang Festival of Rhythm, Féile Fáilte, the University of Limerick and the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, Palestine. Refuge is supported by The Arts Council, PAC, Backstage Theatre, Shawbrook, Siamsa Tire, Kerry County Council, Firkin Crane, Dance Limerick and Dance Ireland.

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TRYST Presented by: Davey Kelleher and Sickle Moon Productions / Genre: Theatre Dates: (Preview: 3 April €12) 4-14 April Time: 7.45pm / Space: Cube Price: €14-€16

Description Matt and Steph are hungover. Their wedding is in a week. Things are under control. Mostly. But when their best friend Rachel arrives unannounced, she reveals a secret that threatens to unravel everything. Now they must deal with the consequences of their messy nights and bad decisions. Who do you blame when your life is derailed? And how far will you go to get it back on track? Production Credits Directed by Jeda de Brí. Written by Finbarr Doyle and Jeda de Brí. Produced by Davey Kelleher Performed by Katie McCann, Clodagh Mooney Duggan and Finbarr Doyle Lighting design by Dara Hoban. Set design by Katie Foley Costume design by Nicola Burke. Photography by Ste Murray

A blistering new play written by Finbarr Doyle and Jeda de Brí; TRYST explores the price of curiosity, the limits of friendship and the complications of sex.

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