Set in a rural homestead in Ireland in the 1980s, THE BRIGHTENING AIR is a haunting new play about longing, magic and the fates that tear us apart. Adult siblings, Billie and Stephen, share their family home in their own semi-functional way. Until their excommunicated uncle, Fr Pierre, and estranged brother, Dermot,...
The Catalpalyst is a theatrical quest that poses urgent questions for the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa humanitarian rescue of Irish prisoners from Fremantle. Donal O’Kelly’s new theatrical presentation, The Catalpalyst, is his creative re-exploration for the 150th anniversary of the 1876 Catalpa whaleship rescue of six Irish prisoners from Fremantle,...
“Oh, she’s born and she’ll leave you in smithereens” Mirandolina is inspired by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni’s masterpiece, La Locandiera. A 300-year-old story that claims to make its protagonist, Mirandolina, an example of the “barbaric cruelty” and “insulting contempt” of women who mock men’s love, the effect of La Locandiera is in fact a sincere exaltation of female intelligence. In this...