DTF Brochure 2011
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INDIVIDUAL INDDEUPBLEIN NDENT INSELOPVEAS RABLE DRAMA Sept 29 – Oct 16 CHAIRMAN IRISH THEATRE TRUST BENEFIT NIGHT TITLE SPONSOR GRANT AIDED BY Declan Collier The Trust funds projects and initiatives Every year a group of corporate aimed at inspiring, cultivating and and individual patrons support the COUNCIL celebrating emerging and established Festival through their attendance at Bobbie Bergin artists and enhancing the vitality of Irish our BeneIt Night. We would like to Michael Colgan theatre. We would like to thank the thank all our patrons for their support. Michael Collins following patrons for their generous For more information, contact PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Peter Crowley support of the Trust: [email protected]. Garry Hynes Pauline McLynn Founding Patrons PRESENTING PARTNERS Terence O’Rourke Peter Crowley, FL Partners Abbey Theatre Gavin Quinn Denis Desmond Gate Theatre Dermot Desmond The Ark, A Culture Centre for Children OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND Moya Doherty & John McColgan CHIEF EXECUTIVE Denis O’Brien VOLUNTEERS Loughlin Deegan Rosaleen O’Kane Each year the Festival beneIts from the dedicated commitment of a large team of DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME Patrons enthusiastic volunteers who literally help AND PRODUCTION Declan Collier & Jan Winter us run the show. In exchange for their free OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER Stephen McManus Gay Moloney time we oHer a true and engaged Festival experience. Volunteers are required from GENERAL MANAGER FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL September and primarily for the duration Tríona Ní Dhuibhir Directors’ Circle of the Festival September 29 – October 16. Sarah Durcan (maternity cover) Dermot S. L. Butler For more information and an application Michael & Jane Collins form please contact the Festival oJce ONLINE MEDIA PARTNER MARKETING MANAGER Peter Crowley & Clodagh O’Brien on 01 677 8439, look up the website: Shauna Lyons Gay Moloney www.dublintheatrefestival.com or email Vincent O’Doherty [email protected]. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Andrew & Delyth Parkes Gemma Duke Darren Roddy SPECIAL THANKS 2011 Volunteers & Interns ADMINISTRATOR/BOX Producers’ Club Allan CoHey & David Harris OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER OFFICE MANAGER Aisling Daly Fusio Maeve Whelan Carmel Naughton Fresh Design Anthony Mourek & Dr Karole Schafer Graham White & Eoin McNulty Goodwin FAMILY SEASON PROGRAMMER Hudson Killeen Muireann Ahern Friends’ Council Jiawen Xu & Ling Xiao Ji Gabrielle Croke – Chair John Eastment NATIONAL RADIO PARTNER Dearbhail Shannon – Deputy Chair Leslie Cullinan & Przem Zajac Dympna Murray – Secretary Linda Lest & Maarja Vipp Ann-Marie Carroll Ross & Karl Dempsey Lilian Chambers Simon McWilliams & Olivia Ramao Deirdre Dunny Sweta Rani & Nehal Mehta Sharon McIntyre Matthew Thompson OFFICIAL VEHICLE PROVIDER Madeleine Nesbitt Vincent O’Doherty Andrew Parkes Darren Roddy Mary Stephenson OFFICIAL WINE SUPPLIER CONTENTS 4 DONKA 18 THE SPECKLED 34 OTHELLO C'EST QUI 45 WORLD’S END LANE Gaiety Theatre PEOPLE Smock Alley Theatre The LAB Gate Theatre 6 PEER GYNT 20 THE BLUE BOY 36 ITSOSENG 46 I n ALICE n I O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College The Lir axis: Ballymun Festival On Tour 8 THE WILD BRIDE 22 LA VOIX HUMAINE 38 LAUNDRY 48 HEROIN Gaiety Theatre Samuel Beckett Theatre The Magdalene Laundry Smock Alley Theatre 10 TESTAMENT 24 16 POSSIBLE 39 TRADE 49 FIGHT NIGHT Project Arts Centre GLIMPSES Meeting Point: O’Reilly Theatre The New Theatre Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock stage 12 RIAN 26 THE ANIMALS AND 40 THE LULU HOUSE 50 FAMILY SEASON Gaiety Theatre CHILDREN TOOK James Joyce House (The Dead), TO THE STREETS Project Arts Centre 14 JUNO AND THE 42 REQUEST 55 SPECIAL EVENTS PAYCOCK 30 SHE SHE POP & PROGRAMME Abbey Theatre, on the Abbey stage THEIR FATHERS... Meeting Point: Ambassador Theatre Samuel Beckett Theatre 16 GARDENIA 44 SLATTERY’S 72 TIMETABLE Gaiety Theatre 32 REVOLUTION NOW! SAGO SAGA Samuel Beckett Theatre Rathfarnham Castle 2 3 www.dublin theatre festival.com Switzerland/ Company Finzi Pasca and Chekhov International Theatre Festival Russia/ in association with Theatre de Vidy-Lausanne Canada ACROBATIC DONKA, PASSIONATE A letter to Chekhov ENTHRALLING Written and Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca TALKING THEATRE Step into a spellbinding and breathtaking world inspired by Anton Daniele Finzi Pasca and members Chekhov's plays and diaries, told with sublimely lyrical wit from one of of the company. the world’s most talented troupes of clowns, acrobats and musicians. Sept 30, Post-show 9.20pm (approx). Commissioned for the opening of the 2010 Chekhov International Theatre Festival, this dazzling feat of aerial acrobatics, multi-media illusion and circus magic, arrives in Dublin after captivating audiences around the world with its intoxicating marriage of surrealism and pure escapism. Directed by award-winning Daniele Finzi Pasca (director of Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo and the Broadway hit Rain ), let this sumptuous theatrical extravaganza lift your spirits and draw you into the enigmatic mind of Russia’s most famous writer. “A riot of circus magic and mischief with a very modern idiom and sensibility.” The West Australian Proudly supported by Venue Gaiety Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2pm. Dates Sept 29-Oct 2 Oct 2, 2.30pm © V i v Matinée Oct 1 Price Range €20-€40 i a n a Duration 1hr 50mins (incl. interval) C a n g For full Festival timetable see page 72 i a l o s i 4 5 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Rough Magic PEER GYNT By Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Arthur Riordan Music by Tarab Directed by Lynne Parker Designed by John Comiskey and Alan Farquharson Costume Design by Joan O’Clery Musicians Kate Ellis, Robbie Harris, Emer Mayock, Nick Roth and Francesco Turrisi Cast Karen Ardib, Peter Daly, Sarah Greene, Fergal McElherron, Rory Nolan, Will O’Connell, Hilary O’Shaughnessy and Arthur Riordan TALKING THEATRE Peer Gynt: The boy who never grew up, the escapologist extraordinaire. Lynne Parker, Maureen White and Arthur Riordan in conversation. Rough Magic, who stormed the Festival last year with the remarkable Oct 8, Post-show 5pm (approx). Phaedra , has reunited with the author of their 2004 smash-hit Improbable Frequency , with this original new take on Ibsen’s epic study of delusion, self-evasion and wild imaginings. Caught between his angel and his demon, haunted by the women he loved, lost and betrayed, and catapulted through a life built on fantasy, Peer Gynt is cnally forced to face himself. Fast, funny and told with Rough Magic’s trademark theatrical wit, this classic tale is re-imagined in a spectacular and surreal interpretation with live music from the outstanding ensemble “Brilliant… an utterly compelling Tarab. Truly a story for our times. piece about today’s Ireland.” The Guardian on Phaedra ILLUSION FANTASY SPECTACLE Proudly supported by Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2pm. Belvedere College Oct 2, 9 & 16, 4pm Dates Sept 30-Oct 16 Price Range €20-€30 © R o Previews Sept 27-29 Duration 3hrs (approx. incl. interval) s K a v a Matinées Oct 1, 8 & 15 For full Festival timetable see page 72 n a g h 6 7 www.dublin theatre festival.com UK Kneehigh FIERCE ROMANTIC THE WILD BRIDE Directed by Emma Rice HEROIC TALKING THEATRE The Festival is delighted to welcome one of the most innovative Members of the company. and exhilarating theatre companies in the world, Kneehigh, to Oct 13, Post-show 9.30pm (approx). Dublin. A company famed for producing world-dominating theatrical spectacle from its base in Cornwall, Kneehigh has been presenting dark yet magical renderings of well known fairy tales for the last thirty years. The Wild Bride is the tale of what happens when a man accidentally sells his daughter to the devil. Betrayed by her witless father and rejecting the devil, she meets her prince. Fortune changes again as the war starts, and she is left alone in the wilderness to embark on an enchanted and epic voyage of discovery, healing and hope. An irreverent romance for all ages, this is a lyrical story with a brutal edge and a beating heart. Reuniting the creative team behind the worldwide smash-hit The Red Shoes and after astounding audiences in Broadway with the Tony Award-nominated Brief Encounter , this is a brand new show not to be missed. Expect “One of Britain’s most exciting instinctive storytelling and devilish humour laced with a heady theatre companies.” mix of live blues music. The Guardian Proudly supported by Venue Gaiety Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm Dates Oct 13-15 Price Range €15-€35 © Matinée Oct 15 Duration 2hrs (approx. incl. interval) S t e For full Festival timetable see page 72 v e T a n n e r 8 9 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and Landmark Productions FAITH TESTAMENT TRUTH By Colm Tóibín Directed by Garry Hynes DOUBT Designed by Francis O’Connor Lighting Design by Peter Mumford Sound Design by Gregory Clarke Cast Marie Mullen “Who do you say that I am?” Out of the mystery which involved silence and the slow spreading of news, one cgure remains both iconic and deeply human. In a thrilling imaginative leap, one of Ireland's greatest writers has given voice to a woman who was forced to bear an unimaginable burden in tumultuous times. Colm Tóibín's searingly honest, provocative play asks big questions about what we believe, who we believe, and why. Directed by the internationally renowned Irish theatre director Garry Hynes, and starring Marie Mullen, this is a play about extraordinary events that continue to shape our world to this day. Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and Landmark Productions are proud to present the world première of this astonishing piece of theatre. Testament is an Ulster Bank Dublin Venue Project Arts Centre Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm. Theatre Festival commission with (Space Upstairs) Oct 2, 9 & 16, 6pm the support of Irish Theatre Trust.