Edinburgh 2019 - full programme

Promoting Irish Arts Worldwide

Christine Sisk Director Ciarรกn Walsh Programme Manager Culture Ireland Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 TD30, Ireland T +353 1 631 3905 E info@cultureireland.gov.ie www.cultureireland.ie 2

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HARD TO BE SOFT: A BELFAST PRAYER

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BRENDAN GALILEO FOR EUROPE

Assembly Georges Square Studios 1.30pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 1.30p

Prime Cut Productions/Oona Doherty Fionn Foley Culture

Two PREVIEWfor PREVIEW Ireland creates andStudio supports opportunities Irish artists and companies to present their work at Edinburgh Sports Club 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30p SPLICED (Traverse Offsite) PREVIEW PREVIEW Chalk Itinternational Down Productions festivals, venues, showcases and arts markets Pleasance TwoCeltic – 3pm 3pm 3pm 3pm A HOLY SHOW including the Edinburgh Festivals, Connections Pleasance Courtyard PREVIEW PREVIEW PREVIEW Verdant Productions (Glasgow), the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales, Summerhall Demonstration 4.30pm 4.30pm 4.30p EVERYTHING I DO World Music Expo, WOMEX South by Southwest (in Room PREVIEW PREVIEW One Two One Two partnership with First Music Contact), Frankfurt Book Summerhall Anatomy Theatre 7.15pm 7.15pm 7.15p APPROPRIATE FairScott(in partnership with Literature Ireland), Tanzmesse PREVIEW PREVIEW Sarah-Jane and Classical:NEXT. Traverse Theatre 7pm 5.30p THE PATIENT GLORIA Gina Moxley and The Abbey Theatre

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Ireland runs a regular Dancefunding Base Venue 22scheme to support 8.45pm 8.45p PREVIEW PREVIE Fishamble: New Play Company presentation of work by Irish artists theThe international Dance Baseaccepted Venue 22 BODYand LANGUAGE companies. Applications are from both CoisCéim Dance Theatre participating artists and from international presenters.

Spark Theatre on George Street JOHNCulture BOYNE Ireland also operates See Here, a scheme to Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre SINEAD GLEESONthe with ALEXANDER CHEE to support inward travel Ireland of international Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre KEVINpresenters, BARRY curators and promoters to see new Irish work available for touring.

The Spiegeltent BILLY O’CALLAGHAN with JANET ELLIS NICOLE FLATTERY with In 2018, Culture SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN

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IAN MALENEY with DANIEL MENDELSOHN

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Ireland supported Irish artists to present their work in 55 countries, reaching liveStreet audience of Spark Theatre onaGeorge DIARMAID FERRITER & MALACHI O’DOHERTY 5.5million. This includes 500,000 live audiences reached The Newa York Times Main Theatre through Culture Ireland GB18, year-long focus of Irish RODDY DOYLE & BLINDBOY arts in Britain.

It is the aim of Culture Ireland The New York Times Main Theatreto build on DEREK LANDY the success of this programme, increasing audiences and Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre SARAH CROSSAN continuing to develop our connections with Britain.

SARAH DAVIS-GOFF with HANNA JAMESON Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre MARY ROBINSON

The New York Times Main Theatre

PAUL LYNCH with TOMMY WIERINGA

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WELCOME Each year, in August, Irish artists arrive in Edinburgh, ready for the opportunities that participation in the world’s largest performing arts market presents.

These artists follow in the footsteps of the many Irish who have travelled over many decades and who have achieved great successes, winning awards and critical acclaim and securing further international tours, growing new audiences and reaching new territories.

This year, Culture Ireland continues its Edinburgh Showcase and I am delighted to present details of this year’s programme. This programme includes many artists who are presenting in Edinburgh for the first time and many others who are returning, aware of the opportunities that a run in Edinburgh offers. I wish them all the very best of luck, sincerely hoping that all their hard work pays off with enthusiastic and numerous audiences and further invitations to perform elsewhere.

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Culture Ireland’s activities are central to the Government of Ireland’s Global Ireland 2025 initiative. Global Ireland places an unprecedented emphasis on the importance of Ireland’s arts and culture on the world stage, recognising that culture enables us to connect with others. Culture Ireland’s Edinburgh Showcase allows Irish artists to reach not alone a Scottish audience but also the international visitors the highly regarded Edinburgh Festivals attract throughout the month of August.

This programme at Edinburgh would not be possible without the hospitality of our presenting partners and we are grateful to the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dance Base, Pleasance, Summerhall, Traverse, Assembly Festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival for their ongoing commitment to Irish artists and their work.

Whether you are an audience member, performer, writer or a presenter, I hope you have an enjoyable and successful Festival in 2019.

Josepha Madigan, TD minister for culture, heritage and the gaeltacht

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HARD TO BE SOFT: A BELFAST PRAYER Choreographed & Directed by Oona Doherty Music by David Holmes Aggression. Sensuality. Vulnerability. Hard to Be Soft is a dance prayer about – and for – the people of Belfast.

Created by Belfast-based choreographer and dancer Oona Doherty, with driving music by DJ David Holmes (Killing Eve, Ocean’s Eleven, Hunger), Hard to Be Soft looks behind the masks of violence and machismo to the inner lives of Belfast hard men and strong women.

Oona Doherty is a multi-award-winning choreographer who creates intense, compelling works that appeal for societal change. Hard to Be Soft is a physical prayer celebrating all that we have and an invocation for what we are missing.

Wednesday 21 August 8pm Thursday 22 & Friday 23 August 4pm Saturday 24 August 8pm 50 minutes – no interval The Lyceum Grindlay Street Edinburgh EH3 9AX Booking T +44 131 473 2000 www.eif.co.uk

Contact Una NicEoin Executive Producer Prime Cut Productions E una@primecutproductions.co.uk T +4428 9024 4004 7

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BRENDAN GALILEO FOR EUROPE Written and Performed by Fionn Foley Directed by Jeda de Brí Brendan Galileo is determined to join the ranks of the European Parliament. He decides to take drastic action to improve his public profile by representing his country in the most vicious diplomatic catfight on the continent, the Eurovision Song Contest. A hilarious multi award-winning new play about keeping your integrity at the world’s foremost convention of kitsch. Winner of the Best Performer and Little Gem Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2018.

‘Foley’s performance is irresistible’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘Sixty minutes of mental gymnastics and belly laughter’ BROADWAY WORLD

★★★★ ‘A joyous, celebration of a show.’ THE ARTS REVIEW Wednesday 31 July – Monday 26 August Previews 31 July & 1 August No performances on 12 August 1.30pm (60 minutes) Assembly George Square Studios Studio Five, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU Booking T +44 131 623 3030 E info@assemblyfestival.com https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ brendan-galileo-for-europe 9

Contact Fionn Foley Writer & Performer E fionnfoley9@gmail.com T +353 86 221 8663 www.fionnfoley.com

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SPLICED Written & Performed by Timmy Creed Directed by Gina Moxley Honest, brave and hard-hitting, Spliced is a visceral account of one man’s struggle to become an individual outside of the sporting institution that raised him. Timmy plays hurling, the fastest field sport in the world. He wants to talk about identity, masculinity and mental health in a sports club. From one of Ireland’s exciting up-and-coming writers comes a fun, fierce, site-specific show with thrilling music and video.

‘Timmy Creed’s explosive one-man show... this intense production fearlessly tackles Irish masculine stereotypes.’

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Wednesday 31 July – Sunday 25 August Previews 31 July & 1 August No performance 5, 12 or 19 August 2.30pm (1 hour) Presented by Traverse Theatre (offsite) Edinburgh Sports Club 7 Belford Place Edinburgh EH4 3DH

Contact Mags Keohane Producer E mags.keohane@gmail.com T +353 87 760 7298 www.spliced.ie

Booking T +44 131 228 1404 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/spliced

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Verdant Productions

A HOLY SHOW Written & Directed by Janet Moran With Caitriona Ennis & Patrick Moy Based on true events, A Holy Show tells the incredible story of the hijacking of Flight EI 164 from Dublin to London by an ex-Trappist monk, with a bottle of water as his weapon, the Pope as his nemesis, and a burning desire to know The Third Secret of Fatima. Following on from the success of Swing which she co-wrote and performed in, A Holy Show marks Janet Moran’s solo writing and directing debut. ‘lovingly made, giddily nostalgic comedy.’ THE IRISH TIMES ★★★★ ‘Only in Ireland could you get a hijacking this ridiculous…. Hilarious… this much fun.’ THE ARTS REVIEW ‘Not to be missed.’ NOMOREWORKHORSE.COM Wednesday 31 July – Monday 26 August Previews Wed 31 July, Thurs 1 and Fri 2 August No Performance Monday 19 August 3.00pm (60 minutes) Pleasance Two – Pleasance Courtyard 60 Pleasance Edinburgh. EH8 9TJ Booking T +44 20 7609 1800 www.pleasance.co.uk/via/list_prices/78786 13

Contact Donal Shiels Producer E donal@verdant.ie T +353 87 259 7106

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One Two One Two

EVERYTHING I DO Everything I Do is a music-driven theatre piece featuring original pop songs written and performed by musician Zoe Ní Riordáin. It tells a story of love, loneliness and the healing power of music. Everything I Do premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival in a sold out run at Project Arts Centre, where Zoe Ní Riordáin received the award for Best Performer at the Dublin Fringe Awards. ★★★★ ‘Anyone fresh from a bad breakup will recognise the sensations, oscillating between anguish and repudiation.’

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Wednesday 31 July – Sunday 25 August Previews 31 & 2 August No performance 1, 12 and 19 August 4.30pm (60 minutes) Summerhall – Demonstration Room 1 Summerhall Edinburgh EH9 1PL Booking T +44 131 560 1580 info@summerhall.co.uk https://festival19.summerhall.co.uk/ event/everything-i-do/

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Contact Gwen Van Spijk Producer E gwen@cueperformance.com T + 353 (0) 87 768 5267 www.onetwoonetwo.live

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Sarah-Jane Scott

APPROPRIATE Written and Performed by Sarah-Jane Scott Directed by Paul Meade A darkly funny tale of finding love in rural Ireland and a bride that flees her own reception...

Perched on the edge of her perfectly planned life after marrying the local GAA star catch, Sorcha is pure ragin’ at the dawning reality that she has never really listened to herself. Can she ever go back? Nominated for The Bewley’s Little Gem Award at Dublin Fringe Festival 2018. ★★★★ ‘An engrossing debut…winningly tongue in cheek.’

THE IRISH TIMES

★★★★ ‘In Scott’s sharply observed and supremely funny script, one woman’s wedding day opens up a Pandora’s box of existential doubt…a delightful mini-masterpiece.’

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Wednesday 31 July – Sunday 25 August Previews 31 July & 2 August No performance on 1, 12 and 19 August 7.15pm (60 minutes) Summerhall Anatomy Theatre 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL Booking T +44 131 560 1580 https://festival19.summerhall.co.uk/ event/appropriate-by-sarah-jane-scott/ 17

Contact Sarah-Jane Scott Writer/performer/producer E sarahjanescott@yahoo.com T +353 87 650 5084

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THE PATIENT GLORIA

By Gina Moxley Inspired by the 1965 films Three Approaches To Psychotherapy (The Gloria films), this provocative and upfront meditation on therapy and female desire in a new political context where misogyny is the winning ticket is a mash up of re-enactment, real footage, lived experience and a punk gig. An experimental extravaganza featuring ‘the bawdiest performance of the year’ (EXEUNT MAGAZINE), The Patient Gloria is ‘very funny, very explicit and very sobering’ (SUNDAY INDEPENDENT). And therapeutic. It’s very therapeutic.

The Patient Gloria wowed audiences at the Abbey Theatre during its sold-out world premiere at the 2018 Dublin Theatre Festival.

Thursday 1 – Sunday 25 August Previews Thursday 1 & Saturday 3 August No performance 2, 5, 12 & 19 August Various Times – See performance grid for full schedule (1 hour 25 minutes) Traverse Theatre 10 Cambridge Street Edinburgh EH1 2ED Booking T +44 131 228 1404 E boxoffice@traverse.co.uk www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/ the-patient-gloria#datesandtimes 19

Contact Jen Coppinger Producer, New Work, The Abbey Theatre E jen.coppinger@abbeytheatre.ie T +353 87 905 1511 www.abbeytheatre.ie

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FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY

BEFORE Written and Performed by Pat Kinevane Directed by Jim Culleton Triple Fringe First, Olivier and Herald Angel award winners Fishamble and Pat Kinevane return to Dance Base (Forgotten, Silent, Underneath, Swing, The Humours of Bandon) with Before, a new play with much music.

Pontius is trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour. Some folk are impossible to buy for… ★★★★ ‘Kinevane’s performance works like a spell… a real showstopper, heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.’ THE IRISH TIMES ★★★★ ‘extraordinary collaboration... soul-searching, achingly touching gem… [Kinevane is] a treasured force in Irish theatre.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES ★★★★ ‘a singular pleasure.’ SUNDAY BUSINESS POST Friday 2 – Sunday 25 August Previews 2 – 4 August No performance 5, 12 or 19 August 8.45pm (90 minutes) Dance Base Venue 22 14 – 16 Grassmarket Edinburgh, EH1 2JU Booking T +44 131 225 5525 E dance@dancebase.co.uk www.edfringe.com/whats-on/before 21

Contact Jim Culleton Artistic Director E jim@fishamble.com T +353 1 670 4018 www.fishamble.com

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COISCÉIM DANCE THEATRE

BODY LANGUAGE

By David Bolger and Christopher Ash Two-time Fringe First-winning CoisCéim Dance Theatre return to Dance Base with a multi-layered exploration of nonverbal communication. A spontaneous performance is created each day in real-time from live interviews, photography, video projection, music and choreography.

‘It shifts in the mind: a strange gameshow with social media stars; a high-tech new media gym; a 24-hour news channel broadcast with the sound turned down; a dream where all the characters are you’ CIRCAARTMAGAZINE.NET ★★★★ ‘Blurring the lines between dancing and body language.’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘Rich and intoxicating.’ CLICHES-MAGAZINE.COM Thursday 15 – Sunday 25 August No performance 19 August 2.40pm (50 minutes) Dance Base Venue 22 14 – 16 Grassmarket Edinburgh, EH1 2JU

Contact Bridget Webster Executive Producer/CEO E bridget@coisceim.com T +353 1 878 0558 www.coisceim.com

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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 10 – 26 August 2019 Charlotte Square Gardens BOOKING T +44 (0)345 373 5888 E boxoffice@edbookfest.co.uk Full Festival details are available here: www.edbookfest.co.uk Culture Ireland continues its support of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and its programme. The following is just a selection of the many events featuring Irish writers.

JOHN BOYNE: TRANSITIONS 11 August 5.30pm Spark Theatre on George Street (Children) In My Brother’s Name is Jessica, multi award-winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne tackles a big topic with warmth and humour.

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SINÉAD GLEESON & ALEXANDER CHEE 11 August 7pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre Lauded Irish writer Sinéad Gleeson takes us on an intimate journey through womanhood through her exquisite essay collection, Constellations.

KEVIN BARRY 11 August 8.30pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre In his early novels City of Bohane and Beatlebone as well as his short stories, Kevin Barry showed clear signs of his prodigious talent as a writer. But Night Boat to Tangier is his best book yet – a modest masterpiece of a novel dripping with tenderness, remorse and laconic humour.

BILLY O’CALLAGHAN & JANET ELLIS 13 August 10.15am. The Spiegeltent In My Coney Island Baby, masterful Irish storyteller Billy O’Callaghan weaves a similarly moving tale of love, set over a single day. For this sessions he is joined by former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis whose second novel How It Was is a haunting exploration of a woman’s interior life.

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NICOLE FLATTERY & SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN 13 August 8.30pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre Despite geographical differences, there are intriguing similarities between the short stories of Irish writer Nicole Flattery and Samanta Schweblin. Flattery’s Show Them A Good Time marks her as a bright star in the luminous galaxy of Irish literature.

DIARMAID FERRITER & MALACHI O’DOHERTY 15 August 10:30am Spark Theatre on George Street With the contentious issue of the Irish border becoming critical to the Brexit crisis, two leading thinkers discuss a century of Anglo-Irish politics.

RODDY DOYLE WITH BLINDBOY 16 August 11.45am The New York Times Main Theatre In Charlie Savage, Roddy Doyle collects a year of rich snapshots of everyday Dublin life in all its strangeness. Join Doyle in lively conversation on Irish life with the masked podcaster Blindboy, half of The Rubberbandits.

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BEDLAM & BLOODSHED WITH DEREK LANDY 17 August 1.30pm The New York Times Main Theatre (Children) Derek Landy introduces his bestselling series to fans old and new, with readings and activities perfect for ghoulish young readers with a taste for all things undead.

SARAH CROSSAN: CHEWING ON TRICKY TOPICS 17 August 2pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre (Children) Sarah Crossan is a multi award-winning master of free verse novels and Laureate na nÓg, the Irish Children’s Laureate. In her latest novel Toffee, Allison runs away from home and finds herself sheltering with an old lady with dementia.

IAN MALENEY & DANIEL MENDELSOHN 23 August 2.15pm Garden Theatre In his collection Minor Monuments, Irish writer and editor Ian Maleney maps his journey as an artist alongside his grandfather’s descent into Alzheimer’s.

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SARAH DAVIS-GOFF & HANNA JAMESON 23 August 8.30pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre Last Ones Left Alive, the first novel by Tramp Press co-founder Sarah Davis-Goff, is a gripping dystopian fable about a fierce heroine, Orpen, on a terrifying journey. Joining her is author Hanna Jameson, whose page-turning murder mystery The Last imagines an equally bleak post-apocalyptic world.

MARY ROBINSON 25 August 11.45am The New York Times Main Theatre In Climate Justice, former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, describes the people working to overcome the threat of climate change.

PAUL LYNCH & TOMMY WIERINGA 26 August 7pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre Winner of the 2018 Irish Novel of the Year, Paul Lynch, joined by Tommy Wieringa, is back with Beyond the Sea, a gripping survival story of two South American fishermen who are cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

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DELEGATES SIOBHÁN BOURKE & JANE DALY Co-directors, Irish Theatre Institute T +353 1 670 4906 E sbourke@irishtheatreinstitute.ie E jdaly@irishtheatreinstitute.ie www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie

Irish Theatre Institute (ITI) is a resource organisation for the professional theatre sector in Ireland whose mission is to create opportunities abroad and strengthen supports at home for theatre artists, companies, venues and festivals. ITI provides mentoring, training and continuing professional development for theatre makers across all stages of their careers.

In partnership with Culture Ireland, ITI presents Information Toolbox (Dublin Fringe) and International Theatre eXchange (Dublin Theatre Festival) to enable international presenters, producers and programmers to come to see Irish work and engage with Irish artists and companies.

ITI has been involved in Culture Ireland’s annual Edinburgh event as a co-organiser and as a delegate since 2006.

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ANNE CLARKE Producer, Landmark Productions T +353 87 649 3895 E anneclarke@landmarkproductions.ie www.landmarkproductions.ie

Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers. Recent work includes the European premiere of Theatre for One (featuring new short plays by Marina Carr, Stacey Gregg, Emmet Kirwan, Louise Lowe, Mark O’Rowe and Enda Walsh); the stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s Asking for It, coproduced by the Everyman in association with the Abbey; and Mark O’Rowe’s The Approach. With its regular co-producing partner Galway International Arts Festival, it has a long association with the work of Enda Walsh. Together with GIAF, it is currently developing a new musical, Breakfast on Pluto, which will premiere in July 2020.

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JENNIFER JENNINGS Co-Director, THISISPOPBABY T +353 86 394 0952 E jenny@thisispopbaby.com www.thisispopbaby.com

Jennifer Jennings is co-founder and codirector of acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY. Recent highlights include RIOT (Co-Director, World Tour/Winner Best Production – Dublin Fringe 2016), Absolute Legends (Director, Irish, UK & Australian Tour 2018/19), Panti’s High Heels in Low Places (Producer, World Tour 2015–2017 / Soho Live films 2018) and Where We Live Festival (Co-Director, as part of St Patrick’s Festival 2018).

Jennifer was also co-creator and co-curator of THISISPOPBABY’s Queer Notions Arts Festival, POPTENT at Electric Picnic Music Festival and twelve editions of their notorious WERK club. Current projects include: Alice in Funderland (musical movie with Treasure Films), Sure Look It, Fuck It

by Clare Dunne (International Tour 2020) and Conversations After Sex by Mark O’Halloran (World Premiere 2020).

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LOUIS LOVETT Joint Artistic Director, Theatre Lovett T + 353 86 240 9397 E louis@theatrelovett.com www.theatrelovett.com

Theatre Lovett produce theatre for all ages.

They tour extensively both nationally and internationally. Joint Artistic Directors are Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett. They have recently returned from a tour of North America with They Called her Vivaldi by Louis Lovett, after a sold out run at The Peacock Theatre, Dublin.

Upcoming tours include FRNKNSTN by Michael West in 2020 and The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly by Finegan Kruckemeyer in 2021. Past international touring incl. The Kennedy Center Washington DC, The Wallis Annenberg LA, The New Victory Theater NY, The Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Arts Centre, Southbank Centre London, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and others.

Upcoming: The Memory Bank based on The Book of Memory Gaps by Cecilia Ruiz. In early 2020, they will direct Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in a co-production with the Irish National Opera and The Abbey Theatre.

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CLARE MONNELLY Writer, Performer T +353 86 1630764 E niamh.nic@axisballymun.ie www.axisballymun.ie

Clare is an actor and theatre maker. Recent theatre credits include The Unmanageable Sisters (Abbey Theatre), Bailegangaire (Livin Dred & Nomad) (Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee Best Supporting Actress), Big Maggie (Druid), A Month in the Country (Gate Theatre) and Ride On! (Livin Dred).

Her own one-woman show Charlie’s a Clepto premiered at Axis Ballymun in 2017 to public and critical acclaim. The show was nominated for Best New Play and Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and undertook a national tour in 2019 produced by Axis.

Her second play Minefield will premiere at the 2019 Dublin Fringe Festival and her third play The Sheds will premiere in 2020.

Clare was recently awarded a special development bursary at the Stewart Parker Awards for Charlie’s a Clepto.

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CARLA ROGERS Associate Producer, MALAPROP T +353 86 073 6523 E malaproptheatre@gmail.com www.malaproptheatre.com

MALAPROP is an award-winning collective of individually accomplished, emerging Irish theatre-makers. Since forming in 2015, MALAPROP has produced four theatre shows: LOVE+, BlackCatfishMusketeer (written by Dylan Coburn Gray), JERICHO, and Everything Not Saved.

All four shows have been presented at Edinburgh and the company has participated in the Culture Ireland’s Edinburgh Showcase Programme in 2017 and 2018.

The company has won Spirit of Fringe at Dublin Fringe 2015, Melbourne Fringe Award 2018, the Romilly Walton Masters Award 2018, and the Georganne Aldrich Heller Award at Dublin Fringe Festival 2017.

This autumn, MALAPROP will be touring work to Australia, Beijing and Belfast.

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