Project Arts Centre Programme of Events April to June 2011

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ONLINE:You can book online 24/7 at www.projectartscentre.iePlease 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 of8 people or more. For more information call and ask for Melanie oremail [email protected].

HOW TO FIND US:39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

PARKING OFFER:A special€5 parking rate is available from Fleet Street car park,simply present your show ticket when paying.

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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 BLOODWEDDING 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

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EVENTS AT A GLANCE

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WHAT ARE THE PROJECT CATALYSTSUP TO NOW…PROJECT CATALYST and Theatre Director in ResidenceAnnabelle Comyn is working with five young directors, TomCreed, Maeve Stone, Maisie Lee, Lianne O'Shea and EdwinaCasey, on The Power of Words, a workshop in directing.

So far they have taken part in a week long practical workshop ledby Annabelle. They spent day one around the table and the nextfour on their feet, working on contemporary classic Top Girls byCaryl 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 TheatreMachine Turns You On: Vol II and all found the experience of theworkshop really useful in developing their work.

It doesn’t stop there for them. Annabelle’s been visiting them inthe rehearsal room at dress rehearsal stage to engage with themon ways to further develop their work and directing style, as wellas arranging several theatre trips and engaging them indiscussion and debate. They’ll be involved in a series of postshow discussion with director’s and artists here at Project ArtsCentre over the coming months so keep an eye out for them.

The next stage of the workshop will involve each directordeveloping a twenty minute piece with professional actorsoffering them an opportunity, mentored by Annabelle, to exploretheir response to a text. Annabelle will start work on theseone-to-one workshops with them later in the year but for nowthey are working on finalising their script choices ahead ofcasting the pieces.

It will be a busy few months for Annabelle and the directors andwe look forward to seeing how they get on.

This opportunity is being offered through The Arts Council’sTheatre Artist in Residence Scheme in association with Dublin CityCouncil Arts Office and Project Arts Centre.

Annabelle Comyn is Artistic Director of HATCH Theatre Company andis part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre.

To find out how you can make a difference to artists and support the workof PROJECT CATALYST contact [email protected]

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GALLERY11AM-8PMUNTIL 23 APR 2011ADMISSION FREE

CURATED BY TESSA GIBLIN

The gallery is filled with a collection of identical plinths – awonderful 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, asthe word ‘thing’ sampled from a range of pop songs pings andchimes around the room.

Ceal Floyer became known in the mid-1990s for her ultraminimal multimedia works involving the humblest possiblematerial means: subtle experiments and interventions usingeveryday objects.

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SPACE UPSTAIRS8PM5–16 APR 2011MON-THURS: €18/14 (CONC) | FRI-SAT: €20/18 (CONC)

4 APR 2011, €169 & 16 APR 2011, 3PM, €15

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BY DERMOT BOLGER | DIRECTED BY MARK O’BRIENPERFORMED BY RAY YEATES

“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 182009. Reunited with Mick and Shane, the three amigos on thatfateful night...

After emigrating to Germany to find work during the 80s, Eoin madea 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 throughlove, friendship, family and Ireland's turbulent economic climate.

“A rare achievement” The Irish Times

“A remarkable piece of storytelling” Sunday Business Post

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WRITTEN BY SHAUN DUNNE | DIRECTED BY OONAGH MURPHYCAST: SHAUN DUNNE, EILEEN QUINN BANVILLE AND LISA WALSH

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 aHome Bird is about emigration, about not only deciding to leavebut also about choosing to stay in a place that other peoplehave lost faith in.

Contains some strong language.

THERE WILL BE A POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE ON 13 MAY.

TALKING SHOP ENSEMBLE AND SHAUN DUNNE

I AM A HOMEBIRD (IT’S VERY HARD)

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CUBE8.15PM19–30 APR 2011€15/12 (CONC)

18 APR 2011, €1023 APR 2011, 3PM, €12

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BY FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCADIRECTED BY RONNIE MCCANN

It’s 1928 and in the dusty heat of the Andalusian province ofAlmería, a young bride abandons her husband-to-be on themorning of her wedding to elope with her childhood sweetheart.

In a society obsessed with reputation and honour the actions ofone person can divide a community. With the town in crisis theelopers are hunted down with terrifying consequences.

Blood Wedding is a true story set to an original score with a castof more than twenty actors, a translation which captures thefierce energy, dramatic tension and lyrical intensity of Lorca’soriginal drama.

Strobe lighting is used in this production.

CURAM THEATRE COMPANY

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CUBE2–14 MAY 2011€15 / MATINEES €10

They’re back, continuing to celebrate the contribution of gaypeople to theatre, past and present. The International Dublin GayTheatre Festival will present four plays at Project Arts Centre aspart of the 2011 festival programme:

THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED BY DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE2–7 MAY, 7.45PM & 7 MAY, 4.30PMThe Tony award winning Little Dog Laughed takes an acerbic andsharply funny jab at the entertainment industry and humannature in a tabloid obsessed society. (Contains brief nudity)

BETTE/CAVETT BY GRANT SMEATON2–7 MAY, 9.30PM & 7 MAY, 2.30PMThe dawn of the decade of trash. She’s the 63 year old Queen ofHollywood. He’s the host who gets the guests his rivals can’t getnear. Meet Bette Davis. Meet Dick Cavett. Bette/Cavettre-imagines one of the most candid TV meetings of all time.

ONE BY MICHAEL SCOTT9–14 MAY, 7.45PM & 14 MAY, 4.30PMThey say love is... what you make it… two hearts, two souls, twobodies merging to become one. Passion, trust, desire, longing - araging fire that just has to be quenched… a life's work.

RIGHTEOUS MONEY BY MICHAEL YATES CROWLEY9–14 MAY, 9.30PM & 14 MAY, 2.30PMDishing out advice on deal making, stock buying and sleepingwith your assistant, a sexually rapacious and insanely rich TVprovocateur takes on the tanking economy - all in a quest tomake Righteous Money.

INTERNATIONAL DUBLINGAY THEATRE FESTIVAL 2011

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SPACE UPSTAIRSDOORS 6.30PM4 -7 MAY 2011€20/16 (CONC)

12 Points! the critically acclaimed jazz festival showcase foremerging European talent, returns to Project Arts Centre forfour nights.

With its most diverse line up to date and this year twelve bandswill demonstrate that the wheels of European jazz keep onturning, offering exciting and personal musical perspectives fromemerging artists with plenty to say.

If 12 Points! were a road movie, it would cover all points on theEuropean map, have a young cast of talented newcomers aboutto make it big, and a panoramic soundtrack!

“12 Points showed just how diverse, vibrant and imaginative music has

become…” The Irish Times

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GALLERY11AM – 8PM5 MAY - 25 JUNE 2011ADMISSION FREE

YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THE OPENING ON THURSDAY 5 MAY AT 6PMOPENING

CURATED BY TESSA GIBLIN

Sarah Browne’s new film installation focuses on the smallFrench town of Le Blanc, where a coalition of local artisans andshopkeepers have created one of the last refuges forindigenous currencies.

Le Blanc is still accepting the franc as payment for goods andservices in certain shops, although it is technically no longer legaltender, 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 ona community story that becomes the lens through which toexamine the depth of emotional investment and resistance tochange, 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 commissionby Project Arts Centre is being co-produced in partnership with Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, andContemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, and will include a catalogue to be launched in 2012

SARAH BROWNE

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Dublin Dance Festival runs atProject Arts Centre from 17–28 Maywith the very best in internationaland Irish contemporary dance.

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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 hisworks that mix the latest technology with his own street-dance inspiredmovement 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 cyclesof the sun set amid a sea of candles, followed by Kabar Kabur in which heplayfully contorts himself on a tiny square of the stage, using his body as ametaphor 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, accompaniedby 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 classicaldance style Kathak with contemporary dance. Accompanied by an improvisedsound-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 Didoand Aeneas, while in –transire– two dancers and vocalists lose themselves invarious states of consciousness journeying from harmonious beginnings throughhigh 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 beincluded. We are all waiting for something to happen so, if you’re in ProjectBar, you’re in the right place. With a sound system, a handbag of tricks and alittle 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 choreographerand 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 forreal? 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 artistSarah Browne and a quintet of experienced performers, Tabernacle exploresthe Catholic Church and the making of the Irish Body to investigate authority,control and the search for purposeful living.

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31 MAY & 1 JUN 2011, €1415 JUN, 2.30PM, €16/14 (CONC)

PREVIEWSMATINÉES

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDIRECTED BY JASON BYRNECAST: GER KELLY, PHIL KINGSTON, LOUISE LEWIS, CAITRÍONA NÍ MHURCHÚ AND BARRY O’CONNOR

Is it about fairies and pixies and the course of true love notrunning smoothly?

Or is it about getting off your face – so off your face that you endup f**king a donkey… ?

Forget the romantic fairytale, Loose Canon is rippingA Midsummer Night’s Dream to shreds, exposing a sordidnightmare of lust, rejection, manipulation and self-denial -a darkly comic re-imaging of Shakespeare’s classic tale for the21st Century.

Loose Canon is part of PROJECT CATALYST,

an initiative of Project Arts Centre.

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CUBE8.15PM1 – 11 JUN 2011€18/16 (CONC)

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WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARDDIRECTED BY AOIBHINN MARIE GILROY

Bloodknot tells the story of two half brothers trapped in themadness of South Africa’s apartheid. Morris is light-skinnedenough to pass for white, unlike Zach who is unmistakably black.Living together in a tumbledown shack, after years of estrangementand 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 racismwhile exploring the inextricable bond between brothers, and byextension, all humanity

Suitable ages 14+

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CUBE8.15PM20 JUN – 2 JUL 2011€20/16 (CONC)

BY EURIPIDESIN A NEW VERSION WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANDY HINDS

When Helen, Queen of Sparta, abandons her husband for thePrince of Troy a thousand ships are launched on a mission toreclaim her and to punish Troy.

When the fleet is becalmed at Aulis, goddess Artemis decrees ifAgamemnon will sacrifice his daughter to her then she will senda wind to drive them on to war. His daughter, Iphigenia, issummoned but when her mother, Clytemnestra, uncovers theplan she resolves to halt the sacrifice at any cost.

Following successful productions of The Bacchae and Oedipusthe King, Classic Stage Ireland continues to explore the world ofAncient Greek drama with this most controversial and variouslyinterpreted of Euripides’ great tragedies.

There will be a post show discussion following the performances on

Wednesday 22 and Monday 27 June.

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CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE | DANCERS: JAZMIN CHIODI, PHILIP CONNAUGHTON, JUSTINE COOPER,ALEX ISELI, KAREN GLEESON, GRANT MCLAY, LIV O’DONOGHUE, KATHERINE O’MALLEYORIGINAL SCORES BY DENIS ROCHE AND JOEL MELLIN

A singular moment captured from diverse dancing perspectives.

Inspired by the work of artists like Carravaggio and Bill Viola andtheir attempts to represent the true human experience, RexLevitates take those observations one step further bringing themto life through movement. Fast Portraits peels back the layers ofemotion and memory that exist within us all to explore what it isto be human and how this can connect us in ways previouslyunimagined.

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.

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SPACE UPSTAIRS8PM28 JUN – 2 JUL 2011€15/12 (CONC)

BY MICHELLE READDIRECTED BY LIAM HALLIGANPERFORMED BY THE GAIETY SCHOOL OF ACTING GRADUATES, 2011

In 2004 Britney sang Toxic and we blagged our way into clubswith fake IDs and sculled pints and Bacardi Breezers. The futurewas rosy, so we danced our arses off and sucked the faces offeach other and worried about the kind of things that kids worryabout. And then, while our backs were turned, it all went wrong.

A fast-paced and wild-eyed production set in contemporarypost-boom Dublin. Performed by an ensemble of eighteen youngactors Toxic is a new play with a karaoke-style pop vibe, whichexamines betrayal and the interaction between public ethics andpersonal morality.

Suitable ages 16+ contains some strong language and adult themes.

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