PROGRAMME OF EVENTS APRIL – JUNE 2011 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
YOU CAN BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
HOW TO BOOK ONLINE: You can book online 24/7 at www.projectartscentre.ie Please note that a €0.65 booking fee applies to online bookings. BY PHONE: Call box office directly Monday to Saturday 11AM to 7PM on +353 1 8819 613 IN PERSON: At our box office Monday to Saturday 11AM to 7PM. GROUP BOOKINGS: Group rates are available for many of our performances for groups of 8 people or more. For more information call and ask for Melanie or email melanie@projectartscentre.ie. HOW TO FIND US: 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. ‹ O’CONNELL STREET
K
REET CAPEL ST
WAL OR’S HEL BAC FEY IF L R RIVE QUAY
LI RIVER
TON WELLING PARLIAME
AY ESSEX QU
X EAST ESSE
ST.
WEST MORELAND STREET
ORMOND
FFEY
RIVER LIFFEY
FLEET STREET QUAY
MEETING HOUSE SQUARE
TEMPLE BAR TEMPLE BAR SQUARE
NT STRE
TRINITY COLLEGE
ET
CENTRAL BANK PLAZA
COLLEGE GREEN DAME STREET
‹
GRAFTON STREET
‹
CHRISTCHURCH
SOUTH GREAT GEORGES ST.
DAME LANE
PARKING OFFER: A special €5 parking rate is available from Fleet Street car park, simply present your show ticket when paying.
COVER IMAGE: ROS KAVANAGH A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM 2
EVENTS AT A GLANCE
R
PG
SHOW
DATE(S)
GENRE
5
THINGS
10 MAR – 23 APR
VISUAL ARTS
6
THE PARTING GLASS
4 – 16 APR
THEATRE
7
I’M A HOME BIRD (IT’S VERY HARD)
6 – 16 APR
THEATRE
8
BLOOD WEDDING
18 – 30 APR
THEATRE
9
DUBLIN GAY THEATRE FESTIVAL
2 – 14 MAY
THEATRE
10
12 POINTS!
4 – 7 MAY
MUSIC
11
SARAH BROWNE
5 MAY – 25 JUN
VISUAL ARTS
12 & 13 DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL
17 – 28 MAY
DANCE
14
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
31 MAY – 18 JUN
THEATRE
15
BLOODKNOT
30 MAY – 11 JUN
THEATRE
16
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS
17 JUN – 2 JULY
THEATRE
17
FAST PORTRAITS
21 – 25 JUN
DANCE
18
TOXIC
27 JUN – 2 JUL
THEATRE
LOOKING FOR A BARGAIN? Then check out our REAL DEALS – specific nights and performances when all tickets are available at discounted prices. Look for the R symbol for details of this season’s REAL DEALS.
FEELING PECKISH? Want to grab a bite before or after the show? Let us take the hassle out of eating out. No queues and no need to even leave the building. The Italian Corner is now delivering to Project Arts Centre. Chose from a range of delicious made to order 12 inch pizza’s delivered right to you for just €10. Ask at the bar for more details.
DO YOU WANT ACCESS TO ALL THE LATEST NEWS, SPECIAL OFFERS AND COMPETITIONS? Check out www.projectartscentre.ie and sign up for our monthly email newsletter or follow us on Facebook and on Twitter @projectarts Find out what our blogger has been up to. Read their news, reviews and interviews at projectartscentre.ie/blog
WHAT ARE THE PROJECT CATALYSTS UP TO NOW… PROJECT CATALYST and Theatre Director in Residence Annabelle Comyn is working with five young directors, Tom Creed, Maeve Stone, Maisie Lee, Lianne O'Shea and Edwina Casey, on The Power of Words, a workshop in directing. So far they have taken part in a week long practical workshop led by Annabelle. They spent day one around the table and the next four on their feet, working on contemporary classic Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and also Martin Crimp’s The City. The feedback from the participants has been really positive. Three of the participants presented work as part of The Theatre Machine Turns You On: Vol II and all found the experience of the workshop really useful in developing their work. It doesn’t stop there for them. Annabelle’s been visiting them in the rehearsal room at dress rehearsal stage to engage with them on ways to further develop their work and directing style, as well as arranging several theatre trips and engaging them in discussion and debate. They’ll be involved in a series of post show discussion with director’s and artists here at Project Arts Centre over the coming months so keep an eye out for them. The next stage of the workshop will involve each director developing a twenty minute piece with professional actors offering them an opportunity, mentored by Annabelle, to explore their response to a text. Annabelle will start work on these one-to-one workshops with them later in the year but for now they are working on finalising their script choices ahead of casting the pieces. It will be a busy few months for Annabelle and the directors and we look forward to seeing how they get on. This opportunity is being offered through The Arts Council’s Theatre Artist in Residence Scheme in association with Dublin City Council Arts Office and Project Arts Centre. Annabelle Comyn is Artistic Director of HATCH Theatre Company and is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. To find out how you can make a difference to artists and support the work of PROJECT CATALYST contact melanie@projectartscentre.ie
4
WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
VISUAL ARTS
CEAL FLOYER
THINGS The gallery is filled with a collection of identical plinths – a wonderful white, endless sculpture. But these structures, commonly used for the display of objects, stand unusually empty, starkly white in a starkly white room. The objects are replaced by a beguilingly simple soundscape, as the word ‘thing’ sampled from a range of pop songs pings and chimes around the room. Ceal Floyer became known in the mid-1990s for her ultra minimal multimedia works involving the humblest possible material means: subtle experiments and interventions using everyday objects.
CURATED BY TESSA GIBLIN
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
GALLERY 11AM-8PM UNTIL 23 APR 2011 ADMISSION FREE
WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
5
R
THEATRE
AXIS, BALLYMUN & DONAL SHIELS
THE PARTING GLASS “Thierry Henry is there to stretch out his hand for two illicit flicks of his wrist - one to stop the ball crossing the by-line, the second to tee it up for a flick across the box for Gallas to score.”
Where were you when our World Cup dreams were dashed? Eoin was at the heart of the drama in Stade de France, Nov 18 2009. Reunited with Mick and Shane, the three amigos on that fateful night... After emigrating to Germany to find work during the 80s, Eoin made a new life for himself with the help of his wife Frieda and son Dieter. Now he returns to an Ireland that has boomed and bust. The Parting Glass is a one-man show charting Eoin’s journey through love, friendship, family and Ireland's turbulent economic climate. “A rare achievement” The Irish Times “A remarkable piece of storytelling” Sunday Business Post
REAL DEAL – PREVIEW TICKETS 2 FOR €25 BY DERMOT BOLGER | DIRECTED BY MARK O’BRIEN PERFORMED BY RAY YEATES
6
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
SPACE UPSTAIRS 8PM 5–16 APR 2011 MON-THURS: €18/14 (CONC) | FRI-SAT: €20/18 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
4 APR 2011, €16 9 & 16 APR 2011, 3PM, €15 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
THEATRE
James McLoughlin
R
TALKING SHOP ENSEMBLE AND SHAUN DUNNE
I AM A HOMEBIRD (IT’S VERY HARD) We need to know; should we stay or should we go? A conversation with a city that feels empty. A post card from the ones who couldn't stay. Trapped between Terminal 2 and a very hard place. We feel like Nadine Coyle and are caught in a rat race. We need to know; should we stay or should we go? Born off the back of one too many going away parties I am a Home Bird is about emigration, about not only deciding to leave but also about choosing to stay in a place that other people have lost faith in. Contains some strong language. THERE WILL BE A POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 13 MAY.
REAL DEAL – 13 APRIL SHOW YOUR PASSPORT AND GET YOUR SEAT FOR JUST €10 WRITTEN BY SHAUN DUNNE | DIRECTED BY OONAGH MURPHY CAST: SHAUN DUNNE, EILEEN QUINN BANVILLE AND LISA WALSH
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
CUBE 8.15PM 11–16 APR 2011 €12/10 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
6, 7, 8 & 9 APR 2011, €8 16 APR 2011, 3.15PM, €8 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
7
R
THEATRE
CURAM THEATRE COMPANY
BLOOD WEDDING It’s 1928 and in the dusty heat of the Andalusian province of Almería, a young bride abandons her husband-to-be on the morning of her wedding to elope with her childhood sweetheart. In a society obsessed with reputation and honour the actions of one person can divide a community. With the town in crisis the elopers are hunted down with terrifying consequences. Blood Wedding is a true story set to an original score with a cast of more than twenty actors, a translation which captures the fierce energy, dramatic tension and lyrical intensity of Lorca’s original drama. Strobe lighting is used in this production.
REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 20 APR JUST €11! BY FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA DIRECTED BY RONNIE MCCANN
8
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
CUBE 8.15PM 19–30 APR 2011 €15/12 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
18 APR 2011, €10 23 APR 2011, 3PM, €12 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
THEATRE
INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN GAY THEATRE FESTIVAL 2011 They’re back, continuing to celebrate the contribution of gay people to theatre, past and present. The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival will present four plays at Project Arts Centre as part of the 2011 festival programme: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED BY DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE 2–7 MAY, 7.45PM & 7 MAY, 4.30PM The Tony award winning Little Dog Laughed takes an acerbic and sharply funny jab at the entertainment industry and human nature in a tabloid obsessed society. (Contains brief nudity) BETTE/CAVETT BY GRANT SMEATON 2–7 MAY, 9.30PM & 7 MAY, 2.30PM The dawn of the decade of trash. She’s the 63 year old Queen of Hollywood. He’s the host who gets the guests his rivals can’t get near. Meet Bette Davis. Meet Dick Cavett. Bette/Cavett re-imagines one of the most candid TV meetings of all time. ONE BY MICHAEL SCOTT 9–14 MAY, 7.45PM & 14 MAY, 4.30PM They say love is... what you make it… two hearts, two souls, two bodies merging to become one. Passion, trust, desire, longing - a raging fire that just has to be quenched… a life's work. RIGHTEOUS MONEY BY MICHAEL YATES CROWLEY 9–14 MAY, 9.30PM & 14 MAY, 2.30PM Dishing out advice on deal making, stock buying and sleeping with your assistant, a sexually rapacious and insanely rich TV provocateur takes on the tanking economy - all in a quest to make Righteous Money.
PLACE DATE TICKETS
CUBE 2–14 MAY 2011 €15 / MATINEES €10
WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
9
R
MUSIC
IMPROVISED MUSIC COMPANY
12 POINTS! 12 Points! the critically acclaimed jazz festival showcase for emerging European talent, returns to Project Arts Centre for four nights. With its most diverse line up to date and this year twelve bands will demonstrate that the wheels of European jazz keep on turning, offering exciting and personal musical perspectives from emerging artists with plenty to say. If 12 Points! were a road movie, it would cover all points on the European map, have a young cast of talented newcomers about to make it big, and a panoramic soundtrack! “12 Points showed just how diverse, vibrant and imaginative music has become…” The Irish Times
REAL DEAL – SEE ALL FOUR NIGHTS FOR JUST €60 WITH A 12 POINTS! FESTIVAL PASS – LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE.
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
10
SPACE UPSTAIRS DOORS 6.30PM 4 -7 MAY 2011 €20/16 (CONC)
WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
VISUAL ARTS
SARAH BROWNE Sarah Browne’s new film installation focuses on the small French town of Le Blanc, where a coalition of local artisans and shopkeepers have created one of the last refuges for indigenous currencies. Le Blanc is still accepting the franc as payment for goods and services in certain shops, although it is technically no longer legal tender, and will continue to accept it until 17 February 2012, a deadline imposed by the Banque de France. Produced against a backdrop of extreme economic vulnerability, both internationally and in Ireland, Browne’s project hones in on a community story that becomes the lens through which to examine the depth of emotional investment and resistance to change, in economic systems. Sarah Browne is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. Sarah Browne has been supported by a Project Award from the Arts Council. The new commission by Project Arts Centre is being co-produced in partnership with Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, and will include a catalogue to be launched in 2012 CURATED BY TESSA GIBLIN
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
GALLERY 11AM – 8PM 5 MAY - 25 JUNE 2011 ADMISSION FREE
OPENING
YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THE OPENING ON THURSDAY 5 MAY AT 6PM WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
11
Valerie Simmons
DANCE
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL
Gang a Tsui Theatre
Caroline Ablain
Anna V Kooij
Dublin Dance Festival runs at Project Arts Centre from 17–28 May with the very best in international and Irish contemporary dance.
PLACE DATE
12
SPACE UPSTAIRS, CUBE & BAR 17 – 28 MAY 2011
HAPTIC & ADAPTING FOR DISTORTION | HIROAKI UMEDA (JAPAN) 17 & 18 MAY, 9PM | €20/18 (CONC) Young Japanese choreographer and artist Hiroaki Umeda will present two of his works that mix the latest technology with his own street-dance inspired movement style. STROBE LIGHTING USED DURING PERFORMANCE BAGASPATI & KABAR KABUR | MUGIYONO KASIDO (INDONESIA) 19 & 20 MAY, 7PM | €15/12 (CONC) Mugiyono Kasido will present Bagaspati a spell-binding homage to the cycles of the sun set amid a sea of candles, followed by Kabar Kabur in which he playfully contorts himself on a tiny square of the stage, using his body as a metaphor for society at large. PERSONAE | JOSÉ NAVAS (QUÉBEC, CANADA) 20 MAY, 9PM & 21 MAY, 8PM | €20/18 (CONC) José Navas returns to Dublin Dance Festival with his newest work Personae, a journey through the soul of one character and his many facets, accompanied by a range of music from Vivaldi and Ravel to Patti Smith. CONTAINS NUDITY DECREASING INFINITY | BALBIR SINGH DANCE COMPANY (UK) 22 & 23 MAY, 6PM | €15/12 (CONC) Decreasing Infinity, is a duet for two men that unites the north Indian classical dance style Kathak with contemporary dance. Accompanied by an improvised sound-score performed live by a tabla player and a human beatboxer. FRACTALE & –transire– | COMPAGNIE SUI GENERIS (FRANCE) 23 & 24 MAY, 8PM | €20/18 (CONC) Fractale presents a mesmerising trio of complex patterns set to Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, while in –transire– two dancers and vocalists lose themselves in various states of consciousness journeying from harmonious beginnings through high energy trance-like states before a calm descends. ANYBODY WAITIN’? | PONYDANCE (IRELAND) 23, 24, 27 & 28 MAY, 10PM & 25 MAY, 9PM | €10/8 (CONC) Leonie is waiting for Paula, Paula is waiting for a man, Bryan is waiting to be included. We are all waiting for something to happen so, if you’re in Project Bar, you’re in the right place. With a sound system, a handbag of tricks and a little help from you, Paula might just find that man. FLOE | KONCENTRAT (POLAND) 27 & 28 MAY, 7PM | €15/12 (CONC) A man dressed for a rock gig begins to talk about his life as a choreographer and shows the results of years of making movement. Playing with our perceptions, provoking amusement and curiosity, we have to ask is he serious? Is he for real? Go with the Floe. TABERNACLE (WORLD PREMIERE) | FEARGHUS Ó CONCHÚIR (IRELAND) 27 & 28 MAY, 8PM | €20/18 (CONC) Created in collaboration with singer/composer Iarla Ó Lionáird, visual artist Sarah Browne and a quintet of experienced performers, Tabernacle explores the Catholic Church and the making of the Irish Body to investigate authority, control and the search for purposeful living.
WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
13
THEATRE Image: Ros Kavanagh
R
LOOSE CANON THEATRE COMPANY
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Is it about fairies and pixies and the course of true love not running smoothly? Or is it about getting off your face – so off your face that you end up f**king a donkey… ? Forget the romantic fairytale, Loose Canon is ripping A Midsummer Night’s Dream to shreds, exposing a sordid nightmare of lust, rejection, manipulation and self-denial a darkly comic re-imaging of Shakespeare’s classic tale for the 21st Century. Loose Canon is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre.
REAL DEAL – ALL TICKETS 3 JUN JUST €15! BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY JASON BYRNE CAST: GER KELLY, PHIL KINGSTON, LOUISE LEWIS, CAITRÍONA NÍ MHURCHÚ AND BARRY O’CONNOR
14
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
SPACE UPSTAIRS 8PM 2–18 JUN 2011 €20/16 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
31 MAY & 1 JUN 2011, €14 15 JUN, 2.30PM, €16/14 (CONC) WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
THEATRE
SHIVA PRODUCTIONS
BLOODKNOT Bloodknot tells the story of two half brothers trapped in the madness of South Africa’s apartheid. Morris is light-skinned enough to pass for white, unlike Zach who is unmistakably black. Living together in a tumbledown shack, after years of estrangement and betrayal, they wrestle with the terms of their fate and dreams — and long-simmering tensions explode over a woman. Bloodknot holds a mirror up to the soul-searing effects of racism while exploring the inextricable bond between brothers, and by extension, all humanity Suitable ages 14+
WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARD DIRECTED BY AOIBHINN MARIE GILROY
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
CUBE 8.15PM 1 – 11 JUN 2011 €18/16 (CONC)
PREVIEWS
30 & 31 MAY 2011, €12 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
15
R
THEATRE
CLASSIC STAGE IRELAND
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS When Helen, Queen of Sparta, abandons her husband for the Prince of Troy a thousand ships are launched on a mission to reclaim her and to punish Troy. When the fleet is becalmed at Aulis, goddess Artemis decrees if Agamemnon will sacrifice his daughter to her then she will send a wind to drive them on to war. His daughter, Iphigenia, is summoned but when her mother, Clytemnestra, uncovers the plan she resolves to halt the sacrifice at any cost. Following successful productions of The Bacchae and Oedipus the King, Classic Stage Ireland continues to explore the world of Ancient Greek drama with this most controversial and variously interpreted of Euripides’ great tragedies. There will be a post show discussion following the performances on Wednesday 22 and Monday 27 June.
REAL DEAL – 21 JUNE ALL TICKETS €14! BY EURIPIDES IN A NEW VERSION WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANDY HINDS
16
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
CUBE 8.15PM 20 JUN – 2 JUL 2011 €20/16 (CONC)
PREVIEWS
17 & 18 JUN 2011, €14 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
DANCE
Image: Philippe Mathys
R
REX LEVITATES DANCE COMPANY
FAST PORTRAITS A singular moment captured from diverse dancing perspectives. Inspired by the work of artists like Carravaggio and Bill Viola and their attempts to represent the true human experience, Rex Levitates take those observations one step further bringing them to life through movement. Fast Portraits peels back the layers of emotion and memory that exist within us all to explore what it is to be human and how this can connect us in ways previously unimagined. The latest work from choreographer Liz Roche. “Superb, haunting and addictive” Christine Madden on Rex Levitates, The Irish Times There will be a post-show discussion with choreographer Liz Roche following the performance on June 22.
REAL DEAL – SEE IT FIRST! GET 2 TICKETS TO THE PREVIEW FOR JUST €20! CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE | DANCERS: JAZMIN CHIODI, PHILIP CONNAUGHTON, JUSTINE COOPER, ALEX ISELI, KAREN GLEESON, GRANT MCLAY, LIV O’DONOGHUE, KATHERINE O’MALLEY ORIGINAL SCORES BY DENIS ROCHE AND JOEL MELLIN
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
SPACE UPSTAIRS 8PM 22-25 JUN 2011 €18/14 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
21 JUN 2011, €14 25 JUN 2011, 3PM, €14 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
17
THEATRE Image: Futoshi Sakauchi
R
GAIETY SCHOOL OF ACTING GRADUATES, 2011
TOXIC In 2004 Britney sang Toxic and we blagged our way into clubs with fake IDs and sculled pints and Bacardi Breezers. The future was rosy, so we danced our arses off and sucked the faces off each other and worried about the kind of things that kids worry about. And then, while our backs were turned, it all went wrong. A fast-paced and wild-eyed production set in contemporary post-boom Dublin. Performed by an ensemble of eighteen young actors Toxic is a new play with a karaoke-style pop vibe, which examines betrayal and the interaction between public ethics and personal morality. Suitable ages 16+ contains some strong language and adult themes.
REAL DEAL – 29 JUN ALL TICKETS ONLY €12! BY MICHELLE READ DIRECTED BY LIAM HALLIGAN PERFORMED BY THE GAIETY SCHOOL OF ACTING GRADUATES, 2011
18
PLACE TIME DATE TICKETS
SPACE UPSTAIRS 8PM 28 JUN – 2 JUL 2011 €15/12 (CONC)
PREVIEWS MATINÉES
27 JUN 2011, €12 2 JULY, 2.30PM, €10 WWW.PROJECTARTSCENTRE.IE
Take a bow! The arts really matter to us in Ireland; they are a big part of people’s lives, the country’s single most popular pursuit. Our artists interpret our past, define who we are today, and imagine our future. We can all take pride in the enormous reputation our artists have earned around the world. The arts play a vital role in our economy, and smart investment of taxpayers’ money in the arts is repaid many times over. The dividends come in the form of a high value, creative economy driven by a flexible, educated, innovative work force, and in a cultural tourism industry worth A2.4 billion directly a year. The Arts Council is the Irish Government agency for funding and developing the arts. Arts Council funding from the taxpayer, through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, for 2011 is A65.2 million, that’s around 80 cents a week for every household.
So, at the end of your next inspirational encounter with the arts, don’t forget the role you played and take a bow yourself! Find out what’s on at
www.events.artscouncil.ie You can find out more about the arts here:
www.artscouncil.ie
SHOW US SOME LOVE SIGN UP HERE AND REAP THE REWARDS If you want more… THEATRE MUSIC DANCE ARTS TALKS NEWS VALUE PARTIES & FUN, FUN, FUN Then becoming a PROJECT FAN is the thing for you. For just €5 a month (that’s about 1 pint, depending on where you drink and less than a Big Mac meal) you can be part of an exclusive club of SUPERFANS, fans with benefits. You’ll get: • Your own SUPERFAN badge (this will cause your friends serious badge envy) • Your own membership card – doesn’t work in the ATM • Save some bucks with 10% off at our bookshop • Save some serious bucks with exclusive extra value fan offers • Be the first to check out our exhibitions with invitations to all gallery openings • Get the scoop first with our quarterly PROJECT FAN enewsletter • Get up close and personal to the artists at exclusive artists talks • Enjoy the perks of having a bar in your favourite venue at SUPERFAN party nights • Stuff your face with 20% off at Milano Restaurant Temple Bar So, what are you waiting for?
DESIGN–LITTLESEAL
Sign up today at Box Office or email box-office@projectartscentre.ie for more information. Go on – you know you want to!