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PROGRAMME OCT—DEC 2014
Project Arts Centre
OCT—DEC 2014
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S WELCOME As the summer draws to a close and we look
to you by Canadian artists Hadley+Maxwell
forward to the autumn and winter, we have
as part of Dublin Theatre Festival and a solo
a superb programme of work to keep your
show by British artist Chris Evans, curated
mind off the chill outside!
by Kate Strain, Acting Curator of Visual Arts.
October is a special month for us;
with him to create extraordinary works of art
brings new artists and new audiences to
and we can’t wait to share his work with you.
the Big Blue Building. We have hosted some
Aerial dance company, Ether
extraordinary work from Dublin Theatre
Productions, are bringing their new show
Festival over the years and look forward
The Locked Room to us in October, after
to welcoming more Irish and international
the sell-out success of their previous work
companies and sharing their work with you.
Landfall. Choreographers Fiona Quilligan and
Since October 2013, Hilary
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Evans convinces unexpected people to work
the madness of the festival season always
Liz Roche will bring new works to the stage
O’Shaughnessy has been our Theatre
in November, a wonderful opportunity to see
Artist in Residence (in partnership with
the work of two of our most celebrated dance
Dublin City Council and supported by The
artists. We will round the year off with our
Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaíon). The
great friends ponydance, who are bringing
culmination of that residency is Prototype,
a new panto to Project; it has now become
a new festival of play and games. Keep an
a regular fixture in our season and I am
eye on our website for the full programme
delighted to welcome them back!
which will be announced soon. In our gallery, we have a packed programme, including The Queen still falls
We have new music with a series of concerts by the Irish Composers Collective, featuring performances and works by
David Adams, Kirkos Ensemble, ConTempo,
Looking for Work, Dan Bergin’s ultra-fun live
Rhombus, Elizabeth Hilliard & David Bremner,
video game FUSED and Devious Theatre’s
Máire Carroll, Ergodos and the Dublin Laptop
sparky and wonderfully funny War of Attrition.
Orchestra; it’s not to be missed. From Ionesco to Stuart Carolan, we
I am delighted to welcome THISISPOPBABY back with national treasure
have a fantastic line up of theatre for you.
Panti. 2014 was an incredible year for Panti
Romania’s Bulandra Theatre presents their
and I am so happy to be bringing her show
seminal production of The Chairs by Eugene
High Heels in Low Places back to Dublin for
Ionesco as part of the Romanian Culture Days
a limited run in December.
in Dublin. Belfast’s Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company has been here many times and
In 2016, Project Arts Centre will reach its 50 th anniversary. In January 2015, we will
Dave Duggan’s brilliant play Makaronik will
be making a major announcement about
be a unique experience for you. Decadent
the celebrations; it is an extraordinary
Theatre have been wowing audiences all over
opportunity for us to celebrate five decades
Ireland with their productions of modern Irish
of extraordinary art and to look to the future.
plays; I am thrilled to welcome them for the
I look forward to welcoming you here in
first time and with such a brilliant play, Stuart
the coming months. Come visit us at Project
Carolan’s Defender of the Faith.
Arts Centre.
In the Cube, through November and December, I am excited to be presenting work by some of the most interesting up-andcoming artists I have seen over the past year, including Martin Sharry’s beautifully written
Cian O’Brien, Artistic Director
OCT—DEC 2014
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OCT—DEC 2014
Project Artists Project Arts Centre is more than just this big blue building. It’s a gallery, two performance spaces and a meeting place for artists, makers and you, our audience! But did you know that Project is also a production house? It’s the home of our Project Artists programme. The programme exists to protect the careers and livelihoods of independent artists and makers
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and to support the development and presentation of their work. Project Artists helps to make things possible, to make their vision a reality.
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I’m so excited to share a little bit about
Louise White Performance Maker is in
what our artists have been up to…
development with a new site-responsive piece exploring issues of community.
As part of Tiger Dublin Fringe,
Commissioned by Project, THEATREclub
The Company presented The Rest
have begun the first development phase for
Is Action, a co-production with Project.
a new ambitious work which will premiere
They will go into development with
in 2016 as part of our 50th anniversary
a new piece before the year is out.
celebrations.
Project Artist and Theatre Artist in
And that’s not all! Project on Tour will
Residence Hilary O’Shaughnessy is in
bring Eva Ko’átková and Dominik Lang’s
preparation for Prototype, a weekend
exhibition Wasteland to five Irish galleries
festival of playful design. She will be
in 2015, from Wicklow to West Cork.
inviting you to take part in games, exhibits and playful interventions this October (more about that later in the brochure).
Last year, Project Artists supported 35 Irish productions, employing 243 actors, designers, technicians and staff, touring to
Brokentalkers are currently creating a new
16 national and 13 international venues –
piece called Frequency 783 which we can’t
and this year looks set to be even busier.
wait to see this October in the Cube as part of Dublin Theatre Festival. They have lots
There’s a lot going on … I’ll be keeping
to celebrate as the winners of the Grand
you updated and I’ll see you soon, ticket
Prix at Kontakt International Theatrical
in hand!
Festival in Torun, Poland for their show The Blue Boy. Brokentalkers continue to tour extensively; their next destinations are Melbourne, Australia for Have I No Mouth
Sarah Ling
and Cherbourg, France with The Blue Boy.
Producer
They become Project’s third Theatre Artists in Residence from next month.
Project People You can make a real contribution to supporting the next generation of independent Irish artists, have plenty of great experiences and know that at the same time your support is directly helping to make this work happen.
OCT—DEC 2014
By becoming a Project Person, you will provide vital support to the work we do, helping our Project Artists realise their vision and make things happen. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Help us to make our future, and that of the artists we support, secure and bright. Join us today from as little as â‚Ź12.50 per month, and start enjoying the benefits of a closer association with
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OCT—DEC 2014
EVENTS AT A GLANCE
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IF THESE SPASMS COULD SPEAK Robert Softley / The Arches as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 25 – 27 September
BOOK BURNING
p20
Pieter De Buysser and Hans
Theatre
THE SEAGULL AND OTHER BIRDS
Op de Beeck as part of Dublin Theatre Festival Theatre 8 – 11 October p28
FESTIVAL+
Pan Pan Theatre as part of
Special Events as part of
Dublin Theatre Festival
Dublin Theatre Festival
Theatre
3 – 11 October
25 September – 5 October
p30
p22
ADISHATZ / ADIEU Jonathan Capdevielle as part of Dublin Theatre Festival Theatre 1 – 4 October
PROTOTYPE Hilary O’ Shaughnessy Games / Theatre / Talks / Workshops 17 – 18 October p34
Brokentalkers as part of
THE VAMPIRE WITH NO TEETH (AND OTHER STORIES)
Dublin Theatre Festival
Bram Stoker Festival
Theatre
Theatre
1 – 5 October
25 October
p26
p36
p24
FREQUENCY 783
NEITHER EITHER Liz Roche Company and Maiden Voyage Dance Dance
THE CHAIRS (SCAUNELE) The Bulandra Theatre in
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Bucharest as part of the Romanian Cultural Days in Dublin Theatre 25 October p38
THE LOCKED ROOM
p46
RECORDS NIGHT Young Hearts Run Free Music / Special Event 14 November & 19 December p48
ICC10 Irish Composers Collective Music
Ether Productions
19 – 20 November
Circus
p50
28 October – 1 November p40
CASTS AND CONVERSATIONS 14 / 15
11 – 15 November
Fiona Quilligan Dance 5 – 8 November p42
MAKARONIK Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company Theatre 11 – 15 November p44
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH Decadent Theatre Company Theatre 24 – 29 November p52
LOOKING FOR WORK Martin Sharry Theatre 25 – 29 November p54
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THE QUEEN STILL FALLS TO YOU Hadley+Maxwell Visual Arts 26 September – 11 October p66
HIGH HEELS IN LOW PLACES THISISPOPBABY and Panti Theatre 1 – 6 December p56
FUSED Dan Bergin Theatre 1 – 13 December p58
WAR OF ATTRITION Devious Theatre Company Theatre 15 – 20 December p60
PONY PANTO ponydance
Dance / Comedy 18 – 20 December p62
TV MUSEUM: THE MINISERIES #4 Maeve Connolly Visual Arts 15 – 25 October p68
CLERK OF MIND Chris Evans Visual Arts 5 November 2014 – 17 January 2015 p70
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PERFORMANCE
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OCT—DEC 2014
DUBL THEA FESTI
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They’re back – Dublin Theatre Festival takes over Project Arts Centre from 25 September to 12 October. A highlight of the city’s cultural calendar, the 2014 programme is packed with outstanding international work and exciting new productions from Ireland’s trailblazing theatremakers, including new work from
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Project Artists Brokentalkers.
Here’s what to expect…
Robert Softley / The Arches as
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part of Dublin Theatre Festival
IF THESE COULD SP
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We know you want to look, to stare even.
25 – 27 September
It’s OK. You’re allowed…
7.45pm €15 – €20
If These Spasms Could Speak is an
Matinee 27 September 2.45pm
outstanding solo performance based on a collection of funny, sad, touching and surprising stories about disabled people and their bodies.
All performances will be audio described
Created and performed by Robert Softley,
and captioned, and there will be a sign
it exposes a truth behind bodies that differ
language interpreted performance on
from the norm. His own narrative – told
27 September at 2.45pm
with wry humour, charm and sincerity – is woven through with video interviews
Contains strong language
and monologue in an engaging and highly charismatic way.
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH ROBERT SOFTLEY FOLLOWING THE
It is both a challenge to society’s
PERFORMANCE ON 27 SEPTEMBER AT 2.45PM
perceptions and desire for classifications, and a celebration of being alive.
Cast: Robert Softley Director: Sam Rowe
A sell-out hit at festivals and events across
Musical Director: Scott Twynholm
the UK, If These Spasms Could Speak is
Music: Scott Twynholm, Stuart David
a tender and uplifting theatre experience.
“…a strong, sexy sense of the sheer
Presented with the support of Arts &
value and beauty of life.”
Disability Ireland and the British Council.
The Scotsman
SPASMS PEAK
Pan Pan Theatre as part of
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Dublin Theatre Festival
THE SEAGULL AND OTHER BIRDS
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A roller coaster re-imagining of Anton
29 September – 5 October
Chekhov’s much-loved comic masterpiece.
(No performance 30 September – 1 October) Various times
The Seagull and Other Birds is centred
€15 – €20
around a concise new version of
Preview 25 – 28 September
The Seagull integrated with a number of
Matinee 4 – 5 October 2.30pm
specially commissioned works. Through the wormhole of the new work, Chekhov’s characters find themselves in extraordinarily different contexts: classic plays, TV shows, YouTube and stuff they’ve just made up. The result is playful and uncompromising –
Contains strong language and material
expect lots of talk about art, some action,
of an adult nature
and tons of love.
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-SHOW
Creators of The Rehearsal, Playing the
DISCUSSION WITH GAVIN QUINN AND MEMBERS OF THE
Dane and Everyone Is King Lear In His
COMPANY FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 4 OCTOBER
Own Home, Pan Pan Theatre continue
AT 2.30PM
to explore and document wholly original ways to experience and experiment
Director: Gavin Quinn
with theatre.
Cast: Andrew Bennett, Una McKevitt, Gina Moxley, Samantha Pearl,
Co-production: Dublin Theatre Festival
Daniel Reardon, Dick Walsh
and Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival
Design: Aedín Cosgrove
Groningen. Project co-produced by
Costumes: Grace O’Hara
NXTSTP, with the support of the Culture
Assistant Director: Zoe Ní Riordáin
Programme of the European Union.
“Magnificently stimulating and thoughtprovoking theatre in an equally devastating setting. Not to be missed.” Sunday Independent on Pan Pan Theatre’s The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane
Jonathan Capdevielle as part
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of Dublin Theatre Festival
ADISHATZ / ADIEU
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Jonathan Capdevielle spent his teenage
1 – 4 October
years learning to imitate pop icons and
7.30pm 1 October
singing the greatest hits from 1980s pop
9.30pm 2 – 4 October
culture – especially those by Madonna.
€20 – €25 Adishatz / Adieu is his self-portrait; a collection of songs that wanders between real life and fantasy. As his performance moves between music and conversation, he conjures up memories of his childhood Performed in English and French,
and a past that continues to inform his
with English surtitles
shifting identity.
Contains strong language and material
On a journey to capture as closely
which some may find disturbing
as possible the personas of others, Capdevielle strives to discover the most
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-SHOW
truthful version of himself. Sung a cappella
DISCUSSION WITH JONATHAN CAPDEVIELLE FOLLOWING
and featuring a male choir, Adishatz / Adieu
THE PERFORMANCE ON 1 OCTOBER AT 7.30PM
is a powerful study of the vulnerability of adolescence.
Creator and Performer: Jonathan Capdevielle
Co-production: Centre Chorégraphique
Lighting Design: Patrick Riou
National de Montpellier Languedoc
Choir: ECUME university choral
Roussillon dans le cadre de domaines,
group of Montpellier
Centre Chorégraphique National de Franche-
Musical Direction: Sylvie Golgevit
Comté à Belfort dans le cadre de l’accueil-
Executive Production: Bureau Cassiopée
studio and BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen.
“A larger-than-life solo show where Capdevielle confronts a massive and empty stage for a medley of disco and baroque music, brightening the corners with a collection of hits by Madonna and Francis Cabrel” Les Inrockuptibles
Brokentalkers as part of
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Dublin Theatre Festival
FREQUENCY 783
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A bold new production from Brokentalkers
2 – 5 October
which examines perspectives on health,
Various times
ageing and the future from the point of
€15 – €25
view of two very different generations.
Preview 1 October Matinee 4 October 3.45pm
On stage a teenage boy foresees his own death, while a woman in her sixties predicts that in the future robots will make better care-givers to the elderly, as they would never lose patience or become abusive.
Contains strong language Featuring an original soundtrack by POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-
Seán Millar (aka Doctor Millar) and
SHOW DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY
choreography by Jessica Kennedy (junk
FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 5 OCTOBER
ensemble), Frequency 783 explores the hopes and fears of people who imagine a
Writers and Directors:
future that they may never have a chance
Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan
to realise.
Music: Seán Millar Choreography: Jessica Kennedy
Frequency 783 is the latest play from
Set and Lighting Design:
Brokentalkers, the multi award-winning
Ciarán O’Melia
company whose previous festival
Sound Design: Jack Cawley
productions Have I No Mouth and The
Video Design: Kilian Waters
Blue Boy continue to tour internationally to widespread acclaim.
“Impressively honest. Profoundly engaging, riveting, utterly compelling.”
Co-production: Noorderzon Performing
The Irish Times on Have I No Mouth
Arts Festival Groningen Brokentalkers are Project Artists
Pieter De Buysser and Hans Op de Beeck as part
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of Dublin Theatre Festival
BOOK BURNI
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History is clogged.
8 – 11 October
There are no more revolutions.
7.30pm
What else can we add?
€20 – €25 In Book Burning, Pieter De Buysser tells the story of Sebastian, a man he met at an Occupy demonstration, whose life has become embroiled in a WikiLeaks scandal. POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-
He follows the man’s search to discover
SHOW DISCUSSION WITH PIETER DE BUYSSER FOLLOWING
the root of a genetic illness that took the
THE PERFORMANCE ON 11 OCTOBER AT 7.30PM
life of his wife and now threatens the life of his daughter, Tilda. She just wants to
Performer: Pieter De Buysser
forget it all.
Visual Artist: Hans Op de Beeck Lighting Design: Herman Sorgeloos
A play about forgetting and forgiving,
Dramaturgy: Marianne Van Kerkhoven
knowledge and riddles, secrets and the
(Kaaitheater)
lack of stories. A captivating fable, told
Production: Margarita Production
by a charming story-teller in the guise of Schrödinger’s cat, about personal histories,
“A truly original piece of theatre. Five stars hardly does it justice.”
globalisation and the beginnings of a new world.
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Staged alongside a beautiful, unfolding landscape created by visual artist Hans Op de Beeck, Book Burning testifies to the possibilities of language and the magical power of a radical imagination. Co-production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Festival Baltoscandal, Kaaitheater, Belluard Bollwerk International, Teater Avant Garden, BIT Teatergarasjen, Brut Wien. Project co-produced by NXTSTP, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.
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FESTIVAL+
www.projectartscentre.ie Get more from Dublin Theatre Festival
Young Critics’ Panel
with Festival+
1.00pm, 5 October The Young Critics’ Panel returns for an
Festival+ is a series of talks, critical events,
eleventh year. One of NAYD (National
exhibitions, tours and work-in-progress
Association for Youth Drama)’s most
showcases, designed to complement the
popular programmes, it is open to youth
shows in the programme.
theatre members who are interested in watching theatre and discovering how
Admission to Festival+ events at
and why theatre is made. During the
Project Arts Centre is free but ticketed.
festival sixteen Young Critics will see
Tickets cannot be booked online but
a number of national and international
are available to book through the Dublin
productions. You are invited to hear them
Theatre Festival Box Office over the phone
discuss their findings in a public forum
(+353 1 677 8899) or in person (Dublin
here at Project Arts Centre, chaired by
Theatre Festival Box Office, 44 East Essex
Dr Karen Fricker.
Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2). International Critics’ Forum Luck Just Kissed You Hello:
4.00pm, 6 October
In Development
In partnership with the NXTSTP network,
HotForTheatre
Irish Theatre Magazine and Dublin
4.15pm, 3 October
Theatre Festival, this event will advance
Men, manly men, are both demonised
our conversations about the making and
and celebrated. HotForTheatre, supported
reception of Irish and international work
by Project Arts Centre, are exploring
at home and abroad. Bringing together
masculine displacement – viewing the
international critics familiar with the
transitional period, the interim between
evolving ways of making theatre,
what it was to be a man and what it could
this forum will consider performance
be, with people who have been both.
from several angles.
I’m Your Man: In Development 11.30am, 4 October From the writer of Alice In Funderland and the songwriter with Life After Modelling, I’m Your Man is a love story told through music, charting a symbolic journey from death to new life.
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(A)pollonia Staged Readings
Collapsing Horse
4.00pm, 10 October
1.00pm, 11 October
2.30pm, 11 October
They left a burning Troy to found
A two-day theatrical event bringing
Rome. In Virgil’s story, Aeneas and
together Polish dramaturgy and
his followers endure an arduous war
Irish theatre makers, (A)pollonia is a
on an epic journey for the future glory
presentation of new dramatic forms
of a great city. Collapsing Horse use
that tackle complex historical and
this foundational myth of the Roman
current issues.
people to interrogate storytelling and
On the first day, join the editors
its relationship to truth.
and authors of new anthology (A)pollonia – Twenty First Century
4 scenes from the life of jesus
Polish Drama and Texts for the Stage
Magician King
in a discussion about theatre’s political
6.00pm, 11 October
role and obligations.
4 scenes from the life of jesus
The discussion will be concluded
investigates the historical and social
with a stage reading of Sebastian
links between religion, mental illness
Majewski’s play Right Left with Heels,
and creativity by reimagining key
directed by Ronan Phelan, new Resident
scenes from the New Testament
Artistic Director at the Abbey Theatre.
as events in a modern context.
The second day of this event features a medley of topics, scenes and
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The Aeneid: In Development
and Q&A
questions based on (A)pollonia, directed by last year’s Irish Times Theatre Awards nominee, Rosemary McKenna.
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Hilary O’ Shaughnessy
PROTOTYPE
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Space Upstairs and Cube 17 – 18 October Various times From ₏10
Suitable ages 16+ What would it take to make Dublin a more playful city? Join us as we attempt to find out by transforming Project Arts Centre into a massive playground! Prototype is a brand new festival of play and interaction. This is your chance to experience the world from a new perspective with removable camera eyes, to jostle and joust to a Bach soundtrack whilst trying to disarm an opponent, to throw shapes and win glow sticks as you figure out who got an invite to the silent disco, to duel with foam pool noodles, and to play chase in the dark with flashlights. A unique festival that incites new types of social interaction, involving people technology and the city, Prototype is a series of performances, workshops, talks, and games that spill across the city, alongside an adult playground in the Space Upstairs. Play is for life, not just for Christmas! Photo credit: Andrus Mets
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Bram Stoker Festival
THE VAMPIRE WITH NO TEETH (AND OTHER STORIES)
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Cube
The Vampire with No Teeth (and Other
25 October
Stories) is a handful of tales inspired
11.00am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm, 4.00pm
by all things spooky, combining
€5 per person
interactive storytelling and live
€13.50 family ticket for three
illustration for children of ages 6 – 10.
€17 family ticket for four The first of three tales is the heartwarming story of Eric, a vampire born without the essential tools every bloodsucker needs: a set of Suitable ages 6 – 10
impressive incisors and a mouthful of teeth! Especially commissioned for the Bram Stoker Festival, these three short mini-stories will provide a welcome bolt-hole for any mum or dad wishing to give the kids a treat. Pull up a cushion, put your teeth in a glass and listen closely!
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Cultural Days in Dublin
THE CHAIRS (SCAUNELE) The Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest as part of the
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Romanian Cultural Days in Dublin
THE CHAIRS (SCAUNELE)
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Space Upstairs
The Bulandra Theatre Company has
25 October
been and is still the meeting point
8.00pm
of the most renowned creators of
€16 / 14
Romanian theatre. Founded in 1947 by the City of Bucharest, the new institution, called the City Theatre, started its activities with a group of nine actors under the direction of the
In Romanian with English surtitles
great Romanian actress Lucia Sturdza
EARLYBIRD – BOOK BEFORE 17 OCTOBER
opposition, the Bulandra faced severe
AND SAVE 25%
censorship during the Communist era
Writer: Eugène Ionesco
fall in 1989, the theatre has enjoyed
Director: Felix Alexa
success both at home and abroad.
Bulandra. Seen as a place of political
but survived and, since Ceausescu’s
Cast: Oana Pellea, Razvan Vasilescu, Gabriel Spahiu
Part of the Romanian Cultural
Set Design: Diana Ruxandra Ion
Days in Dublin.
Music: Ada Milea Presented by the Romanian Cultural An old man and an old woman
Institute and the Romanian Embassy
wait in their house for the town to
in Ireland, in association with the
arrive because tonight the old man
Bulandra Theatre Bucharest and
is about to reveal everything.
the Institut Français de Roumanie.
One of the longest-running plays on Bucharest’s stage, this is a rare opportunity to see one of Romania’s best loved theatre companies take on Ionesco’s classic absurd comedy. Photo credit: Mihaela Marin
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Ether Productions
THE LOCKED ROOM
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Can you find out who you are when
29 October – 1 November
you can’t remember who you’ve been?
8.00pm €16 / 14
Two circus performers wake up with
Preview 28 October €10
amnesia and find themselves in a locked
Matinee 1 November 3.00pm €14 / 12
room. They haven’t a clue who or where they are but they want to get out! The Locked Room is Waiting for Godot meets an explosion in a paint factory.
Suitable ages 5+
A mystery, wrapped in a comedy, with
REAL DEAL – ALL PREVIEW TICKETS JUST €10
dancing, balancing, eating, climbing,
circus, laughter, screams, acrobatics, EARLYBIRD – BOOK BEFORE 21 OCTOBER AND SAVE 25%
singing, fighting, a trapeze and the
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – 30 OCTOBER
accidental activation of a nuclear bomb.
Written, Directed, Choreographed
Will they escape or will they miss the way
and Performed by Niamh Creely
out that’s right under their very noses?
and Jonathan Walsh Produced by Lisa Fox
Ether Productions is a Dublin-based
Lighting and Set Design by Pauric Hackett
aerial circus theatre company, made up
Costumes by Shir Madness
of writer and performer Niamh Creely
Music Composed by Jonathan Walsh
and Jonathan Walsh, an award-winning
Dramaturgy by Dan Colley
burlesque performer and aerialist. Formed in 2012, the company is driven
“Mirror, Mirror is one to watch…” The Irish Times on Mirror on Mirror
by a desire to produce intriguing, exhilarating and engaging circus theatre. Their first show Mirror, Mirror (Dublin Fringe 2012) garnered five star reviews and they went on to produce LANDFALL presented at Project Arts Centre in 2013.
OCT—DEC 2014
Fiona Quilligan
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CASTS AND CONVERSATIONS
Photo credit: Kevin McFeely
www.projectartscentre.ie
Space Upstairs
Choreographer Fiona Quilligan has spent the
6 – 8 November
past year talking to dancers about their lives
8.00pm
and making casts of their feet. As the feet
€16 / 12
multiplied in number, the richness of their
Preview 5 November
conversations echoed in her mind, and so Casts and Conversations was born. The dancers, in dynamic rhythm and whirl, let loose their bodies and fly in their imagination,
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and perform amidst Quilligan’s unique
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collection of foot casts to a live musical score.
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – THERE WILL BE A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 7 NOVEMBER.
Fiona Quilligan MA in Dance Performance,
FIONA QUILLIGAN WILL BE IN CONVERSATION WITH DR FINOLA
University of Limerick, trained at the London
CRONIN ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF THIS NEW WORK
School of Contemporary Dance. She performed with Dublin City Ballet and in 1986 she founded
Director and Choreographer: Fiona Quilligan
Rubato Ballet, winning the AIB Better Ireland
Composers and Musicians: Donal MacErlaine
Award and the Nijinsky Medal from the Polish
(guitar), Rory Pierce (cello)
Artists Agency, Warsaw. Most recently, she
Dancers: Katia Pagni, Dagmara Jerzak,
presented Paper Pylons at the historical site
James Hosty
of Wood Quay in 2011, inspired by archival
Lighting: Sarah Jane Shiels
photographs of the hydro-electric project, the Shannon Scheme, followed by Pas de Chat,
“The poetic Pas de Chat illustrates her
an autobiographical portrait which premiered
strengths as a choreographer … with sharp
at Project Arts Centre in 2013. More recently,
musicality, a strong visual sense and a rich
she presented Paper Pylons at the historical
stock pile of literary references.”
site of Wood Quay in 2011, inspired by archival
The Irish Times on Pas de Chat
photographs of the hydro-electric project the
A new dance work that invites you inside
an auto-biographical portrait which premiered
the mind of a dancer and examines the
at Project Arts Centre in 2013.
Shannon Scheme, followed by Pas de Chat,
powerful relationship that exists between music and dance.
Fiona Quilligan would like to acknowledge the support of the Arts Council and Dance Ireland.
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Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company
MAKARONIK
www.projectartscentre.ie Cube
A multi-lingual science-fiction drama in
11 – 15 November
Irish, English and Empirish*
8.15pm €15 / 13
It’s 2084 and a world where ‘The Empire’
Matinee 13 November 1.30pm
reigns supreme. Most European languages are forbidden and we are introduced to the menacing wilderness that was once Belfast. Makaronik, the last woman standing, has
Suitable ages 16+
been instructed by ‘The Empire’ to wrap up her archive and send back all remnants
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of the Irish language to ‘The Centre’ for ‘storage’. Two high level officials arrive
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to ensure that all goes smoothly …
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – FRIDAY 14 AND
but will it all go as smoothly as planned?
SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
Futuristic yet rooted in an ancient tradition Writer: Dave Duggan
(think of Beckett’s Endgame, Ridley Scott’s
Director: Bríd Ó Gallchoir
Bladerunner, with just a hint of The
Set Designer: David Craig
Matrix), Makaronik is a play that asks
Lighting Designer: James McFetridge
big questions about the relentless drive
Digital Designer: Oisín O’Brien
of technology and what we are losing as it makes our world seem smaller.
Makaronik: derived from the Latin macaronic, meaning the humourous or satirical intent to mix up languages.
Makaronik is a story about home, security,
Empirish: similar to George Orwell’s Newspeak or the Klingon
and the basic human need to create a
language in Star Trek; lie-down-lie-down is Empirish for sex!
community, even under the most alien
The Gist of the Irish language scenes will be displayed on a screen
of circumstances. Aisling Ghéar is the Irish Language Theatre Company in the North of Ireland. The company’s mission is to contribute to the development of Irish Language Theatre and the valuable contribution it can make in expanding and enriching the vibrant cultural experience of this country’s unique heritage.
OCT—DEC 2014
Liz Roche Company and
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Maiden Voyage Dance
NEITHER EITHER
www.projectartscentre.ie Space Upstairs
Identities, beliefs, emotions and aspirations are
12 – 15 November
put to the test in this poignant blend of dance,
8.00pm
poetry and music.
€18 / 14 Preview 11 November Matinee 15 November 2.00pm €14
“…the strain of being in two places at once, of needing to accommodate two opposing conditions of truthfulness simultaneously…” — Seamus Heaney Established in 1999, Liz Roche Company
Suitable ages 12+
(formerly known as Rex Levitates) is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary dance
The performance on 13 November will
companies. Based in Dublin and led by
be audio-described.
choreographer and artistic director Liz Roche,
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of dance productions and has toured to the UK,
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France, Germany, Cyprus, China and the USA.
the company produces a diverse programme
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION – A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH MEDBH MCGUCKIAN, PAULA MCFETRIDGE, LOUISE LOWE, CHOREOGRAPHER
Maiden Voyage Dance is Northern Ireland’s
LIZ ROCHE AND THE CAST, CHAIRED BY DR AOIFE MCGRATH,
commissioning company for contemporary
WILL BRING TOGETHER ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
dance. Led by Artistic Director Nicola Curry,
AND BACKGROUNDS, MIRRORING THE CHOREOGRAPHERS’
this Belfast-based company works with
EXPLORATION OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW IN THE PIECE
national and international choreographers
FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 13 NOVEMBER
and collaborators to create an innovative and flexible repertoire for theatres, installation
Choreographer: Liz Roche
and public space
Music: Neil Martin Cast: Philip Connaughton, David Ogle,
Liz Roche Company and Maiden Voyage Dance
Katherine O’Malley, Vasiliki Stasinaki
would like to acknowledge the support of the
Lighting and Set: Ciaran Bagnall
Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts
Costume: Catherine Fay
Council of Ireland, Belfast City Council, Dublin
Dramaturgy: Louise Lowe
City Council, Dance Ireland and Dance Limerick.
Outstanding new dance show inspired by the writings of poet Seamus Heaney. Two dance companies, one from Belfast and one from Dublin, come together to perform a new dance work that looks at the predicament of living out two conflicting states of mind at once.
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Young Hearts Run Free
RECORDS NIGHT Illustration by Peter Kane
www.projectartscentre.ie Project Bar
Young Hearts Run Free was set up in
14 November & 19 December
2008 in order to help promote the creative
9.30pm
community in Ireland, as well as raise
Free admission – donations will be accepted
funds for the Dublin Simon Community.
on behalf of Dublin Simon Community Young Hearts Run Free create events in “Lives and breathes intimate warmth” State
unusual spaces, in order to reappreciate and reimagine the city, mingling emerging and established artists. They have put on
“Sublime” The Irish Times
events in churches, galleries, private homes, markets, hillsides in Howth and basements of office blocks, from Dublin to Reykjavík,
“This is how Dublin used to be” Le Cool
and have been part of festivals such as the Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin Writers Festival and Iceland Airwaves.
Join us in our bar on 14 November and 19 December as we welcome Young Hearts
Contributors to events have included
Run Free for more in our series
President Michael D. Higgins, John Grant,
of Record Nights.
JP Donleavy, Paul Muldoon, Villagers, Adrian Crowley, Mike Scott, Andy Irvine,
Resident DJs Siobhán Kane, Daragh
Katie Kim, Moonface, Alasdair Roberts,
O’Halloran and Peter Toomey plus special
David Thomas Broughton, Porcelain Raft,
guests will brighten up the bleak midwinter
Roddy Doyle, David O’Doherty, Kevin Barry,
and they promise a special treat for their
Woodpigeon, John Kelly, Dónal Lunny,
December night – we heard mention of
Lisa O’Neill, The Spook of the Thirteenth
a big hooley with cake!
Lock, Mossy Nolan, and many more.
Admission is free but donation buckets will be around the bar so dig deep and help us support the great work of Dublin Simon Community!
ICC10
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OCT—DEC 2014
Irish Composers Collective
2-day festival // 8 concerts // 40+ composers // 10 years of history //
www.projectartscentre.ie Space Upstairs
9.30pm | Rhombus Quintet, Tickets €10 / 7
19 – 20 November
The evening will close with jazz and a
Various times
collaborative composition from the amazing,
€5 – €10
jazzy Rhombus Quintet. Day 2 | 20 November 1.10pm | Elizabeth Hilliard and
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David Bremner, Tickets €5
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Day two of the festival will open with a recital from Elizabeth Hilliard and David Bremner,
“The ICC is a ready-made community of creators, performers, and listeners, and they are blazing
performing a mixture of new works and works by ICC members already in their repertoire.
a trail for 21st-century music in Ireland.” Tom Service, The Guardian
6.00pm | Máire Carroll, Tickets €10 / 7 Brilliant, young pianist Máire Carroll
The Irish Composers Collective celebrates
makes her ICC debut with a solo recital.
ten years of concerts with ICC10. 7.30pm | Ergodos, Tickets €10 / 7 Day 1 | 19 November
Project regulars Ergodos send us to another planet with their extraordinarily
1.10pm | David Adams, Tickets €5
atmospheric production I Call to You.
The festival will open with a solo piano concert from David Adams, who gave the ICC’s first
9.30pm | Dublin Laptop Orchestra,
recital almost ten years ago. This concert
Tickets €10 / 7
is divided equally between performances
The festival will close with an electrifying
of work by the earliest members of the ICC
set from Dublin Laptop Orchestra.
alongside those who have joined recently. The Irish Composers’ Collective (formerly the 6.00pm | Kirkos Ensemble, Tickets €10 / 7
Young Composers’ Collective) was founded
Kirkos, a trailblazing ensemble
in 2003. They are a non-profit organisation
founded by ICC members, will play
dedicated to providing Irish composers with
ten new works by ICC composers.
opportunities to create concerts of their music with professional musicians. The
7.30pm | ConTempo, Tickets €10 / 7
ICC has launched the careers of many of
The world class RTÉ ConTempo Quartet
the most successful emerging composers
will perform seven pieces in their first
of the last decade, providing them with
ever appearance with the ICC.
countless opportunities to develop both their artistic talents and their careers.
OCT—DEC 2014 52 / 53
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH
Decadent Theatre Company
www.projectartscentre.ie Space Upstairs
A gripping thriller from the writer of
24 – 29 November
RTÉ’s Love / Hate.
8.00pm €22 / 18
It’s 1986 and a visitor arrives to a small farm in Armagh with the job of rooting out a police informer. Paranoia grips as the farmer Joe, his son Thomas, and a long-serving farm hand, Barney, all fall
Suitable ages 16+
under suspicion.
Contains strong language and scenes
An electrifying exploration of a family,
of a violent nature
entrenched in paramilitarism under the constant watch of British forces. Defender of the Faith is a blackly comic
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and chillingly real exploration of a family
24 NOVEMBER JUST €15
tested by loyalty and love.
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Decadent Theatre Company has been Writer: Stuart Carolan
producing and touring Irish theatre since
Director: Andrew Flynn
2000 with an emphasis on classic works
Cast: Anthony Brophy, Diarmuid
from the Irish dramatic tradition as well as
De Faoite, Michael Ford-FitzGerald,
presenting new and contemporary work.
Peter Gowen, Lalor Roddy
The company has worked in collaboration
Lighting: Mike O’Halloran
with many arts organisations to produce
Set Design: Owen MacCarthaigh
work most recently embarking on extensive
Costume: Petra Breathnach
tours with Port Authority, The Seafarer,
Sound Design: Carl Kennedy
Faith Healer, The Quare Land, Here We Are Again Still, Country Music and A Skull in Connemara. In 2012, they were nominated for three Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Actress and Best Sound Design for Doubt, and Best Director for Port Authority.
OCT—DEC 2014 54 / 55
Martin Sharry
LOOKING FOR WORK
www.projectartscentre.ie
Cube
Neil has quit his job and taken to the
26 – 29 November
drink. His wife Sheila is having an affair
8.15pm
with their lodger Alan. Neil (helped by
€14 / 12
Youtube) has a revelation.
Preview 25 November €10 Fast forward five years and Neil and Sheila are back together and have a five-year-old son. But a familiar face reappears and questions are raised. Suitable ages 12+ How will this love triangle play out? Contains strong language
What would you do to get by? And is what you see what you get?
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Martin Sharry is a writer, performer
SAVE 25%
and theatre maker. He comes from Inisheer, the Aran Islands and
Written and Directed by Martin Sharry
is based in Dublin. He has been
Lighting by Eoin Winning
involved in theatre since 2008 when
Cast includes Barry O’Connor
he attained a Masters in Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway.
“Not everyone will indulge him,
In 2010 he co-founded Side-Show
but outsiders don’t play by the rules.”
Productions with Dick Walsh and
Irish Times on Martin Sharry
Zita Monahan. Martin’s own show I Am Martin Sharry was presented
“…bravely inhabits the spaces between many worlds including those of theatre, poetry, prose and performance arts … its effect lingers long after you’ve left the theatre.” Irish Examiner on Martin Sharry
in Dublin Fringe in 2012.
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OCT—DEC 2014
THISISPOPBABY and Panti
HIGH HEELS IN LOW PLA Photo credit: Fiona Morgan
www.projectartscentre.ie Space Upstairs
Join national f*&^ing treasure,
1 – 6 December
performance legend and accidental
8.00pm
activist Panti in her hit comedy High
€22 / 18
Heels in Low Places, returning to Dublin this December following a sensational (and scandalous) national tour. Charting brushes with infamy, near
Suitable ages 16+
misses with fame, and adventures in the seedy underbelly, the ‘High Queen
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of Ireland’ invites you in to her ultra-
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padded, hyper-real, stiletto-shaped
AND SAVE 25%
world, as she swaps stories from the gutter and trades secrets of the stars.
Writer and Performer: Panti Director: Phillip McMahon
Come join Auntie Panti as she embraces
Producer: Jennifer Jennings
you in her over-inflated bosom and promises that you can ask her anything…
“Hilarious” Hotpress THISISPOPBABY is a dynamic and “Wickedly funny” The Independent
ground-breaking Irish theatre company, whose events have played to over 70,000
“Impeccable one-liners” The Herald
S ACES
people in the past seven years. In that time, the company has had fourteen sold-out theatre shows, won four major awards and been nominated for sixteen more; successfully toured to the UK and Australia; ran performance art club WERK and an alternative late-night arena at Electric Picnic Music Festival; and created Queer Notions, Ireland’s queer arts festival at Project Arts Centre.
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OCT—DEC 2014
Dan Bergin
FUSED
www.projectartscentre.ie
Cube
Have you ever wished that
1 – 13 December
theatre had the excitement of
8.15pm
a videogame? Would you like
€15 / 12
to be in control? A live performance gaming adventure in which audience members share the controls,
Suitable ages 16+
working together to guide our hero through a variety
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of mind-bending puzzles.
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MARVEL at stunning real-
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world graphics. SHRIEK with delight at new
“… achieves that which seems
challenges.
almost impossible – a show
CURSE your fellow players for
that relies almost entirely
completely missing the point.
on improvisation, audience participation and interactivity,
The clock is ticking … can you
but which is also completely
defeat the boss, save the
non-intimidating to even the
world, and maybe even get
least initiated theatre goer.”
the girl?
Irish Theatre Magazine
There’s only one way to find out!
Devious Theatre Company
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OCT—DEC 2014
WAR OF ATTRITION
www.projectartscentre.ie Cube
Daisy is an unwitting internet celebrity,
16 – 20 December
the ‘Psycho Chugger’ whose video currently
8.15pm
has 178,234 views on Youtube – it is ruining
€16 / 12
her life.
Preview 15 December Alan, a blogger by the name of Generalissimo Malaise who claims to target the ‘everyday arsehole’, is the one who made it. Suitable ages 15+
And Chris, well he just got caught in the crossfire.
Contains strong language and sexual references
There will be casualties when a nasty game of one-upmanship descends into a relentless
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war. War Of Attrition is a destructively comic thriller that takes you from parties on the streets of Dublin to the darkest parts of the
Writer: John Morton
internet where revolution is brewing.
Director: Niamh Moroney Producer: Ken McGuire
Devious Theatre Company was founded
Cast: John Doran, John Morton,
in Kilkenny in 2006. The company works
Roseanna Purcell
across a number of genres but stays rooted
Lighting: Gerry Taylor
in a style of comedy that it has developed
Sound Design: Ken McGuire
over the years. In 2011 they became the first
Set Design: Niamh Moyles
theatre artists in residence in Kilkenny Arts
Costume: Lucy McKenna
Office and have also won a PPI Award for
Composer: David Sheenan
Radio Drama. Their work has featured at Cork
Stage Manager: Aidan Doheny
Midsummer Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival,
Graphic Design: Paddy Dunne
Galway Theatre Festival among others and they previously presented work at Project
“…funny, sharp, relevant and delivered with panache” Una Mullally, The Irish Times “An Easter Rising / Wikileaks mash up … the bang-on zeitgeistsy script is backed up by excellent use of live technology, and a completely believable spiralling chain of events.” Susan Conley, Irish Theatre Magazine
Arts Centre as part of TEXT | Messages and The Theatre Machine Turns you On.
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ponydance
PONY P
OCT—DEC 2014
www.projectartscentre.ie
Space Upstairs
It just wouldn’t be Christmas at
18 – 20 December
Project Arts Centre without them!
8.00pm €16 / 14
This year, ponydance have toured from Africa to America with their work but don’t worry – it hasn’t changed them a bit. Still good looking, funny, charming and half-naked, the ponies are back
Suitable ages 16+
with a cracker of a Christmas show.
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Expect all the usual Pony Panto
PLUS A FREE MINCE PIE AND A KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE
treats plus unusual surprises and a
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live band featuring some of Belfast’s finest musicians.
Director: Leonie McDonagh Performers: ponydance and special guests
They’ll be waiting for you under
Lighting: Sean McCormack, Gareth Doran
the mistletoe!
Music: Donal Scullion, Katie Richardson On the go since 2005, ponydance “Truly has to be seen to be believed” Pastiebap
have been honing their craft, playing to audiences large and small globally, and are one of Ireland’s quirkiest exports as well as being one of the country’s local favourites.
PANTO
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OCT—DEC 2014
Visual Arts
www.projectartscentre.ie
66 / 67
OCT—DEC 2014
Hadley+Maxwell
THE QUEEN STILL FALLS TO YOU
www.projectartscentre.ie Gallery
The Queen still falls to you is an exhibition
26 September – 11 October
informed by the dual contexts of theatre
11.00am – 8.00pm
and imperial history.
Free admission Developed from a work commissioned by the 19th Biennale of Sydney, the exhibition celebrates the relationship between Project Arts Centre and Dublin Theatre Festival. Canadian artists Hadley+Maxwell are working with Project Arts Centre to create an
Hadley+Maxwell’s installations, performances
installation in our gallery, as part of Dublin
and writings employ diverse media to rework
Theatre Festival, curated by Tessa Giblin.
iconic images and traditional forms as they are expressed in pop-cultural, artistic and
Ireland has a complex relationship with
political movements. They cut into reified
monuments and public sculptures, with
narratives via direct touch, transposition and
destruction, decommissioning and even
re-figuration, putting into play the absences
burial continuing to reinforce our belief in the
cast in relief. Hadley+Maxwell have been
power they hold. In this installation, the echo
collaborating since they met in Vancouver,
of a tale of imperialism is traced through the
Canada, in 1997. Public presentations of
history of a 1908 Dublin monument to Queen
their work have included solo exhibitions
Victoria. Moved from Leinster House to the
at Artspeak (Vancouver), Contemporary Art
Royal Hospital Kilmainham in 1948, it was
Gallery (Vancouver), Künstlerhaus Bethanien
later abandoned in an Offaly reformatory
(Berlin), Kunstverein Göttingen (Germany)
school before finally being gifted to the city
and Smart Project Space (Amsterdam),
of Sydney, becoming the crowning partner to
and group exhibitions at galleries and
the recently restored Queen Victoria Building.
festivals including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Kunstraum München, the Power Plant
Hadley+Maxwell have used sheets of
(Toronto), the National Gallery of Canada,
Cinefoil — a material used in theatre lighting
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Seattle Art
design — to make imprints of the monument’s
Museum, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse (France)
most communicative attributes. They have
and Witte de With (Rotterdam). They are
captured Victoria’s gestures, power and
represented by Jessica Bradley Gallery,
physical appearance and re-organised them
Toronto, and live and work in Berlin, Germany.
into a symphony of shapes and shadows.
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OCT—DEC 2014
Maeve Connolly
TV MUSEUM: THE MINISERIES #4
www.projectartscentre.ie
Gallery
Please contact Box Office on 01 8819 613
15 – 25 October
or by email at box-office@projectartscentre.ie
11.00am – 8.00pm
to book your place.
Free admission Maeve Connolly is a writer, lecturer and researcher whose work centres on concepts and forms of publicness in contemporary art, media and culture. Her publications include The final instalment of this four-part series
TV Museum: Contemporary Art and the Age
of lectures and screenings curated by writer,
of Television (Intellect / University of Chicago
lecturer and researcher Maeve Connolly.
Press, 2014), The Place of Artists’ Cinema: Space, Site and Screen (Intellect / University
TV Museum: The Mini-Series #4 consists
of Chicago Press, 2009) and The Glass Eye:
of a screening of Shana Moulton’s Feeling
Artists and Television (co-edited with Orla Ryan
Free with 3D Magic Eye Poster Remix, 2004,
and published by Project Press, Dublin, 2000).
which runs continuously in the gallery. The screening is accompanied by The Artist
Project Arts Centre is delighted to collaborate
and the Actor, a lecture by Connolly on 22
with IADT, Dun Laoghaire to present this
October, which examines several scenarios
exceptional body of work throughout 2014.
involving artists and TV actors, forming
TV Museum: Contemporary Art and the Age
the basis for a discussion on labour, affect
of Television has been kindly supported by
and agency.
an Arts Council of Ireland Project Award.
The series explores and extends ideas central
TV Museum: Contemporary Art and
to her ongoing research on contemporary art
the Age of Television is on sale from
and media.
the Project bookshop.
Screening 15 – 25 October, 11.00am – 8.00pm, Free admission Shana Moulton, Feeling Free with 3D Magic Eye Poster Remix, 2004 Lecture 22 October, 5.30pm – 7.00pm, Free admission The Artist and the Actor, Maeve Connolly Tickets for lectures are free but limited; booking opens 8 October.
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OCT—DEC 2014
Chris Evans
CLERK OF MIND
www.projectartscentre.ie
Gallery
Chris Evans (born 1967, Eastrington)
5 November 2014 –
lives and works in London. Recent
17 January 2015
solo exhibitions include Morning
11.00am – 8.00pm
Star Rebranded, Piper Keys, London
Free admission
(2014); Chris Evans, The Gardens, Vilnius (2014); CLODS, Diplomatic Letters, Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam (2012); Goofy Audit, Luettgenmeijer, Berlin (2011); The Cell That Doesn’t
A newly commissioned presentation
Believe In The Mind That It’s Part Of,
of works by British artist Chris Evans
Marres, Maastricht (2010); I Don’t
reconfigured specially for Project
Know If I’ve Explained Myself, Mala
Arts Centre, curated by Kate Strain.
Galerija, Ljubljana (2010); Take A Bureaucratic Bow, Objectif Exhibitions,
Evans engages in conversations
Antwerp (2009).
with people from a broad range of professions, who he selects
You are welcome to join us for the
because of their symbolic or
opening of this exhibition on Tuesday
public roles. Those selected receive
4 November from 6.00pm – 8.00pm.
unsolicited projects from him, and his work is created through their
Chris Evans, A Needle Walks into a Haystack, 2014.
realisation of these assignments.
Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial 2014. Photo credit: Mark McNulty
Recently, this has included the directors of a luxury jewellery company, the editors of Morning Star newspaper, an anonymous philanthropist and members of the international diplomatic community. Their collaboration becomes entangled along invisible paths of consultation and negotiation, encased in the resulting art objects they produce.
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