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CULTURE IRELAND CULTURE IRELAND EDINBURGH SHOWCASE 2021 Culture Ireland creates and supports opportunities for Irish Digital Networking Event on the Fringe Connect Platform artists and companies to present their work at international Meet the Irish artists presenting work at this year’s Fringe. festivals, venues, showcases and arts markets including Thursday 12 August, 4pm the Edinburgh Festivals, Celtic Connections (Glasgow), the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales, WOMEX World Music Further details and registration: Expo, South by Southwest (in partnership with First Music https://connect.edfringe.com/ Contact), Frankfurt Book Fair (in partnership with Literature Ireland), Tanzmesse and Classical: NEXT. Over the last 18 months, Culture Ireland has continued its promotion of Irish arts globally, mainly in the digital realm, supporting Irish artists to present virtually at international festivals and venues and through special initiatives such as Ireland Performs and SEODA.
As travel restrictions are lifted, Culture Ireland will return to providing grants for live touring opportunities as well as online performances, both in partnership with international promoters.
Full details of Culture Ireland’s grant schemes are available at: www.cultureireland.ie
Culture Ireland is a division of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Contact Culture Ireland Christine Sisk Director Department of Tourism, Ciarán Walsh Showcase Manager Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 TD30, Ireland [email protected] PAGE 5 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL THEATRE
Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival John Kane sits on a hospital trolley. Very shortly, a giant lobster, two women called Mary, a very old man and a jazz MEDICINE percussionist arrive. Then everything starts. Written and Directed by Enda Walsh Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist work that shatters the boundary between cast and audience. It is a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we have called ‘mentally ill’. Featuring a sensational cast – Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin and Domhnall Gleeson, with drummer, Seán Carpio – Enda Walsh once again shines a light on the darkest corners of our collective stories. Medicine is presented by Edinburgh International Festival in association with the Traverse Theatre. Developed with the support of the National Theatre, London.
Teho Teardo Composer 4 – 29 August Jamie Vartan Set Designer Traverse Theatre Adam Silverman Lighting Designer 10 Cambridge Street Helen Atkinson Sound Designer Edinburgh Joan O’Clery Costume Designer EH1 2ED Seán Carpio Live Drumming (Composition and Performance) 1 hour 30 minutes approximately Cast Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin, In person event Domhnall Gleeson Various Times Producers Check www.eif.co.uk for details Anne Clarke www.eif.co.uk/events/medicine [email protected] +353 87 649 3895 www.landmarkproductions.ie Paul Fahy [email protected] +353 87 246 9971 www.giaf.ie PHOTO: ALEX SAPIENZA ALEX PHOTO: PAGE 7 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Sunday’s Child The climate apocalypse has hit. Dublin is completely underwater. Best friends Bláthnaid and Debs are the sole AFLOAT survivors, living on the top floor of Liberty Hall. With only Created by Eva O’Connor and Hildegard Ryan seagulls for company, they spend their days sheltering from the storms and reminiscing over the last days of Dublin. Debs looks to the future, but Bláthnaid is tormented by guilt. Why were they blind to the wave that was coming? And can they salvage a future from the wreckage? Afloat explores loss, sisterhood, and climate anxiety.
From the makers of Fringe First winner 2019 Mustard. Reviews for Mustard: HHHH The Scotsman HHHH The Irish Times HHHH Sunday Business Post
Producer 6 – 29 August 2021 Eva O’Connor On Demand [email protected] 1 hour +44 (755) 272 1743 www.sundayschildtheatre.com www.summerhall.co.uk/sh- event/afloat-by-eva-oconnor/ https://tickets.summerhall.co.uk/ event/26:4049/26:58196/ PHOTO: SIMON LAZEWSKI PHOTO: PAGE 9 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Axis Ballymun and Dublin Port Co. Charlie is a kleptomaniac – the doctor told her. Reckons it stems from childhood trauma. But she has the robbin’ CHARLIE’S completely under control these days. For real. She has a bit of a mouth on her, but she’s only trying to be funny, give everyone a laugh, not cause trouble, like. Not today, of all days. See, she A CLEPTO loves that little boy more than she ever thought it was possible Written and Performed by Clare Monnelly to love another human. There’s a lot riding on these 24 hours Directed by Aaron Monaghan and if she just keeps her head down, maybe she’ll get him back. HHHH “As writer Monnelly’s own lifts are so subtle that you barely notice how well she has raided the eternal vaults of good storytelling. Charlie’s odyssey is immediate and gripping, helped along by writing that is deftly comic and evocative” The Irish Times
“Charlie’s a Clepto is utterly absorbing, the underlying pathos pulling at your heart strings as you will the determined little protagonist on to win out. Clare Monnelly delivers her own play with heartfelt sincerity and a huge load of talent” The Independent
Presented as part of 6 – 30 August Assembly Festival On Demand On Demand Filmed by Media Coop 75 mins as part of Pumphouse Presents in association with Dublin Port Co. https://assemblyfestival.com/ whats-on Suzie Cummins Original Design
Producer Niamh Ní Chonchubhair [email protected] +353 86 163 0764 www.axisballymun.ie MEDIA COOP MEDIA PHOTO: PHOTO: PAGE 11 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
John McCarthy in association with the Everyman This is CITY. You know it. Maybe you live here, but you’ve probably never heard it before. CITY Performed from the inside out, using fourteen intersecting Written by John McCarthy streets, three time periods and a stretch of bog in the Directed by Niall Cleary midlands. With occasional nineteenth century ocean-liners. This is a show about the weight of a lifetime’s discarded stories and about keeping going, even when the shop lights are off and the last taxi’s long gone. “Overall CITY is a remarkable piece, inspired by the pandemic, stoic and lyrical, and well delivered by its author” Emer O’Kelly, The Sunday Independent
“Beautifully filmed, with commendable sound design by Fiona Sheil and a sensitively physical performance from McCarthy” Sara Keating, The Sunday Business Post
“McCarthy himself is a warm and subtle stage presence; he flits amongst accents and personae with ease. Director Niall Cleary enhances the show with elegant gestural touches” Katy Hayes, The Independent on Saturday
Hanan Sheedy Lighting Design 2 – 31 August Fiona Sheil Sound Design On Demand Deirdre Dwyer Costume 60 minutes Ais Brady Graphic Design www.mccarthyjohn.com/city Producer https://tickets.edfringe.com Naomi Daly [email protected] +353 87 900 0301 www.everymancork.com PHOTO: DARRAGH KANE DARRAGH PHOTO: PAGE 13 EDINBURGH FRINGE FILM/THEATRE
Little John Nee, DBJ Productions “I am not a hologram, I’m a beating heart. I’m a living thing.” Puck Tyrrell is waiting for a boat. He hasn’t gone to work today. DRONE He has probably lost his job anyway. Puck’s had a run of good luck lately; first the allotment, then the free ticket to Heebie BONE JETTY Jeebies and the new job; the newest recruit at the Academy of Holodramatic Arts, where algorithms do all the heavy thinking; Written and performed by Little John Nee those algorithms just can’t get enough in the Unity quest to Directed by Laura Sheeran create “art without artists”; studying the freaks, creating the data. Produced by Dani Gill An exciting new filmic/stage collaboration between Laura Sheeran and Little John Nee; Drone Bone Jetty, like their last collaboration Radio Rosario, is set in a not too distant dystopian future in the west of Ireland.
Mike O’Halloran Production Manager 6 – 30 August Ilaria Pellizzaro Costume Design On Demand 59 mins Production Partners: The Arts Council of Ireland https://filmfreeway.com/ Siamsa Tíre (Tralee) DroneBoneJetty Irish Theatre Institute www.edfringe.com/ Town Hall Theatre (Galway) An Grianán Theatre (Letterkenny) Donegal County Arts Service Galway County Arts Office Áras Éanna Inis Oirr
Producer Dani Gill [email protected] +353 (85) 760 4072 www.danigill.com OTO: LAURA SHEERAN SHEERAN LAURA OTO: PH PAGE 15 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Tadhg Hickey Acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part theatre, part stand-up comedy show, In IN ONE EYE, One Eye, Out The Other. The show tells the story of Feargal, the downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming an alcoholic. Using the Catholic calendar OUT THE as a roadmap, Feargal leads us on a surreal and hilarious journey with many poignant twists in the hope of arriving at a OTHER sort of light at the end of the tunnel for the ‘bright man’. Writer/Performer Tadhg Hickey The show is loosely based on Tadhg’s own journey with Director/Dramaturg John McCarthy alcoholism and has had Irish audiences – including many who’ve been affected by alcoholism – flocking to the show. In One Eye, Out the Other has had three sell out runs in Dublin. “Both funny and poignant; a brave, risky performance. This is exciting work” The Independent “Illuminating. Affecting in surprising ways. Feargal’s story will stay with you for days” Sunday Business Post “A vital catharsis. I laughed until I cried.” Sunday Independent
Claire O’Connell Producer/Stage Manager 6 – 30 August Eoin Winning Set & Lighting Design On Demand Brian Lane Music/Sound Design 60 minutes Ciara Coleman-Geaney Costume Design https://tickets. Producer edfringe.com/whats- Claire O’ Connell on/in-one-eye-out- [email protected] the-other +353 (86) 345 0504 PHOTO: CATHAL NOONAN CATHAL PHOTO: PAGE 17 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Once Off Productions in association with Mermaid Arts Centre In 2019, Fede and his 74 year old mother, set off on a quest through Havana to look for América. Shared memories, LOOKING conflicting recollections, and offline maps led them through their past. A past peopled with ghosts scattered among grand avenues, dark lanes and unnerving dead ends in the city that FOR AMÉRICA had taken them in more than 30 years before, when following Written by Federico Julián González and Janet Moran his Father’s arrest by a Military Junta, five year old Fede and Directed by Janet Moran his family were forced to flee the Salvadoran Civil war. Performed by Federico Julián González Looking for América charts two journeys. The journey of
that night in Havana looking for a Salvadoran ex-Guerilla fighter and the journey of escaping the catastrophe that had engulfed Fede’s country decades before. A catastrophe whose after effects still resonate today Sometimes the idea of home has to be remade. And remade. And remade. “effortlessly engaging performance … welcome, vital; González’s story may be a personal one but it has deep political resonance with our own time” The Irish Times
Colin Doran Lighting Design 6 – 30 August Kevin Michael Reed AV Design Assembly Rooms Ian Murphy Videographer On Demand Mark Jackson Sound Design 60 minutes
Producer 14 August 7pm : Maura O’Keeffe As Live Performance and Live [email protected] Post Show Discussion with Artists +353 87 2234201 www.onceoffproductions.com https://assemblyfestival.com/ whats-on/looking-for-america FEDERICO JULIÁN GONZÁLEZ JULIÁN FEDERICO PHOTO: PHOTO: PAGE 19 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Fishamble: The New Play Company and Sunday’s Child When E meets the man of her dreams, a professional cyclist, love hits her in the pubic bone like a train. But when it ends she MUSTARD plummets into a black hole of heartbreak at the speed of a Written and performed by Eva O’Connor doped up team on the Tour de France. Directed by Hildegard Ryan A one-woman show about heartbreak, madness and how condiments are the ultimate coping mechanism, by award- winning playwright and performer Eva O’Connor.
WINNER Scotsman Fringe First Award 2019 WINNER Lustrum Award, Edinburgh 2019 NOMINATED Scottish Mental Health Awards 2019 HHHH “Part Fleabag, part Marina Abramovic, it straddles the line between theatre and performance art. Eva O’Connor delivers a fiery performance that never wavers in its intensity … Her writing, too, is strong. The script is densely packed with jokes and rich metaphors and she explores the issue of mental health with sensitivity and aplomb.” Irish Times HHHH “A powerful metaphor for year of upheaval – Really deserves a wider audience.” Sunday Business Post
Marianne Nightingale 16 – 22 August Lighting Designer On Demand Suzie Cummins Relighter 55 minutes
Producer www.fishamble.com/mustard Eva Scanlan [email protected] +353 (0)1 670 4018 www.fishamble.com PHOTO: EIMEAR REILLY PHOTO: PAGE 21 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Fishamble: The New Play Company “Now we’ve lived together in contentment, more or less, for nigh on twenty year. Like turtle doves. – In prison, I mean, for ON fuck’s sake, the chances of that.” In Sebastian Barry’s unique style, On Blueberry Hill features BLUEBERRY best of friends and worst of enemies Christy and PJ, played by Niall Buggy and David Ganly. This play is bursting with humanity, as it explores murder, forgiveness, survival and, HILL ultimately, love in the prison of the human heart. By Sebastian Barry Directed by Jim Culleton “one of the most powerful theatrical experiences since that last stage-closing contagion 412 years ago” Mark Lawson, Standpoint Magazine
HHHH “The Dublin-based Fishamble company is only rarely in New York, and when they are, you’ve got to go. On whatever hill they’re on, you’ll find a thrill. Time Out New York HHHH “It’s hard to find a word that captures it adequately. ‘Superb’ will have to do.” Irish Times #OnBlueberryHill
Sabine Dargent Set & Costume Design 10 – 16 August Mark Galione Lighting Design On Demand Denis Clohessy Sound Design 1 hour 40 minutes Gavin Kostick Dramaturgy Steph Ryan Stage Manager www.fishamble.com/on- Marie Tierney Production Manager blueberry-hill
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Landmark Productions There’s a new man in Máire’s life. But some people aren’t happy. On the morning of her 67th birthday, Máire sits up in bed enjoying THE SAVIOUR a cigarette. There is a man downstairs. She is blooming. Written by Deirdre Kinahan Fringe First winner (Halcyon Days) Deirdre Kinahan’s fierce Directed by Louise Lowe and funny new play features “blazing performances” (Irish Times) from Marie Mullen and Brian Gleeson. From the award-winning Landmark Productions, The Saviour charts an extraordinary shift in Ireland’s social, political and religious life, asking questions about responsibility, how we respond to trauma, and the tricky question of forgiveness. HHHH “This riveting play … explodes expectations” Sunday Times
HHHH “brilliant lines and gallows humour … Mullen is a tour de force” Irish Examiner HHHH “the performances are flawless” Irish Mail on Sunday “gripping and very, very powerful” RTÉ Arena
Starring 6 – 30 August Marie Mullen On Demand Brian Gleeson (Part of Assembly Showcatcher) Available to watch 24/7 Conor Mitchell Composer 70 minutes. Joan O’Clery Costume Designer There is no interval. Mary Tumelty Lighting Designer Cameron Macaulay Sound Designer www.landmarkproductions.ie/ production/the-saviour/ Producer Anne Clarke [email protected] +353 87 649 3895 www.landmarkproductions.ie PHOTO: PAT REDMOND PAT PHOTO: PAGE 25 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
Fishamble: The New Play Company Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all SILENT – including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds Written and performed by Pat Kinevane of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino. Directed by Jim Culleton Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave, bleak, beautiful production for which Fishamble and Pat Kinevane won an Olivier Award in 2016. This summer, Fishamble is proud to celebrate 10 years of producing Silent by Pat Kinevane, directed by Jim Culleton, by inviting audiences around the world to take a fresh look at this heart wrenching performance in a specially filmed version.
WINNER Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Performer – Visiting Production, 2020 WINNER Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Olivier Award 2016 WINNER Scotsman Fringe First and The Herald Angel, Edinburgh Festival 2011 WINNER Argus Angel, Brighton Festival 2012 HHHHH The List HHHHH The Herald HHHHH The Skinny HHHH The Scotsman
Music composed by Denis Clohessy 22 – 29 August Costume styled by Catherine Condell On Demand Photo by Pat Redmond 65 minutes Co-Producer (London, New York and Los Angeles) Georganne Aldrich Heller www.fishamble.com/silent
Producer Eva Scanlan [email protected] +353 (0)1 670 4018 MARIA FALCONER MARIA www.fishamble.com PHOTO: PHOTO: PAGE 27 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
SkelpieLimmer Remember when your religion teacher taught you about ridin’? TWO And the school nurse told you to shave your pits? Or here, discovering your clit for the first time? Wait you haven’t FINGERS UP yet? You don’t wank? Women don’t? My hole they don’t. Written and Directed by Seón Simpson and Gina Donnelly Stick two fingers up and come with us on a journey back to your teenage self, to being scundered, to self discovery, to abstinence only sex education, to Northern Ireland; a country of wankers. “a raucous and unapologetic celebration of female friendship and sexuality... One to watch” The Irish Times “probably cleverer and funnier than anything else you’ll see onstage” Alan In Belfast Seón Simpson is a Belfast based theatre maker. Her recent credits include David Ireland’s Sadie (BBC Lights Up), Eva O’Connor’s Operation Ottolenghi (No Touching Theatre) and Sharon Dempsey’s Skin and Bone (Young At Art). Gina Donnelly is a Belfast based writer and stage manager. Her recent writing credits include What If We’ d Stayed Angry starring Abigail McGibbon (Origins First Irish Festival/Listen At the Lyric) and Ice Cream for These Streets starring Adele Gribbon (Three’s Theatre Company).
Producers 6 – 29 August Gina Donnelly & Seón Simpson On Demand SkelpieLimmer Partners 55 minutes [email protected] +44 (7928) 498 227 www.summerhall.co.uk/sh- www.skelpielimmerproductions.com event/two-fingers-up/ PHOTO: NIALL MCALEER PHOTO: PAGE 28 EDINBURGH 2021 PAGE 29 EDINBURGH FRINGE THEATRE
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