MÁM
Teac Damsa
Dublin Theatre Festival
25th – 29th Sept & 1–5 Oct, 7.30pm
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Mám 1 : Mountain pass. Mám 2 : Yoke. Faoi mhám an pheaca, under the yoke of sin. 2. Lit: Obligation, duty, function. Mám 3 : Handful. ~ mhilseán, of sweets. Scaipeann sé ina mhámanna é, he throws it away in handfuls.
Bringing together the virtuoso, Irish traditional concertina player Cormac Begley, the European classical, contemporary collective, s t a r g a z e and twelve international dancers from the Teaċ Damsa company, MÁM is a meeting place between soloist and ensemble, classical and traditional, the local and universal.
Following the success of his acclaimed re-imagining of the world-famous ballet, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala (2016), Michael Keegan-Dolan and Teaċ Damsa, return to the festival with a new mythic yet timely production that acknowledges how life's polarities can on occasion come together and find resolution.
Co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival; Sadler's Wells London and Wellington Festival, with support from NOMAD and NASC touring network.
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This production is funded by an Arts Council Open Call Award.
1 Oct, post-show with Michael Keegan-Dolan and members of the company.
Dublin Theatre Festival
25th – 29th Sept & 1–5 Oct, 7.30pm
Buy Tickets HERE
Mám 1 : Mountain pass. Mám 2 : Yoke. Faoi mhám an pheaca, under the yoke of sin. 2. Lit: Obligation, duty, function. Mám 3 : Handful. ~ mhilseán, of sweets. Scaipeann sé ina mhámanna é, he throws it away in handfuls.
Bringing together the virtuoso, Irish traditional concertina player Cormac Begley, the European classical, contemporary collective, s t a r g a z e and twelve international dancers from the Teaċ Damsa company, MÁM is a meeting place between soloist and ensemble, classical and traditional, the local and universal.
Following the success of his acclaimed re-imagining of the world-famous ballet, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala (2016), Michael Keegan-Dolan and Teaċ Damsa, return to the festival with a new mythic yet timely production that acknowledges how life's polarities can on occasion come together and find resolution.
Co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival; Sadler's Wells London and Wellington Festival, with support from NOMAD and NASC touring network.
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This production is funded by an Arts Council Open Call Award.
1 Oct, post-show with Michael Keegan-Dolan and members of the company.
Sopro
Tiago Rodrigues/Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Portugal
Dublin Theatre Festival
11 & 12 Oct, 7.30pm
13 Oct, 3.30pm
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Cristina Vidal has been a prompter at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional D. Maria II for the past 40 years. Tonight, she reluctantly steps out of the shadows and shares stories from her decades of working in the theatre, not whispered from the prompt box, but on stage in full view of the audience for the first time. Stage action makes way for this usually unseen person to take the spotlight. Rather than prompting the actors for their lines, she prompts them for their memories.
Tiago Rodrigues, the theatre’s artistic director, explores the literal and metaphorical space the prompter inhabits, in between the stage and backstage. He weaves together excerpts from classic texts and anecdotes from backstage life to pay homage to the prompters who have become the embodiment of the memory of the theatre but are on the brink of extinction.
‘Sopro’ is the Portuguese word for breath. The production premiered at the Festival d’Avignon in 2017 and was acclaimed by critics and the public for its celebration of theatre, those who make it and those who watch it.
Performed in Portuguese with English surtitles.
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Co-production ExtraPôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre de la Bastille, La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille, Le Parvis Scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Festival Terres de Paroles Seine-Maritime – Normandie, Théâtre Garonne scène européenne, Teatro Viriato.
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Supported by Onda (Office National de Diffusion Artistique).
1h 45 mins. No interval.
12 Oct, post-show. With Tiago Rodrigues and members of the company.
Dublin Theatre Festival
11 & 12 Oct, 7.30pm
13 Oct, 3.30pm
Buy Tickets HERE
Cristina Vidal has been a prompter at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional D. Maria II for the past 40 years. Tonight, she reluctantly steps out of the shadows and shares stories from her decades of working in the theatre, not whispered from the prompt box, but on stage in full view of the audience for the first time. Stage action makes way for this usually unseen person to take the spotlight. Rather than prompting the actors for their lines, she prompts them for their memories.
Tiago Rodrigues, the theatre’s artistic director, explores the literal and metaphorical space the prompter inhabits, in between the stage and backstage. He weaves together excerpts from classic texts and anecdotes from backstage life to pay homage to the prompters who have become the embodiment of the memory of the theatre but are on the brink of extinction.
‘Sopro’ is the Portuguese word for breath. The production premiered at the Festival d’Avignon in 2017 and was acclaimed by critics and the public for its celebration of theatre, those who make it and those who watch it.
Performed in Portuguese with English surtitles.
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Co-production ExtraPôle Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre de la Bastille, La Criée Théâtre national de Marseille, Le Parvis Scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Festival Terres de Paroles Seine-Maritime – Normandie, Théâtre Garonne scène européenne, Teatro Viriato.
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Supported by Onda (Office National de Diffusion Artistique).
1h 45 mins. No interval.
12 Oct, post-show. With Tiago Rodrigues and members of the company.
Elizabeth Day: How to Fail - Live
Fane Productions
Friday 15th Novemeber, 7.30pm
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Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day’s latest book: part memoir, part manifesto, this is a book for anyone who has ever failed i.e. EVERYONE. Based on the simple premise that understanding why we fail ultimately makes us stronger, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals.
Join the award-winning author and journalist, and a very special guest (to be announced), for a brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of the things that haven’t gone quite right. Plus there’s the opportunity to ask Elizabeth your own questions: is ‘success’ a myth? How can we turn crisis into clarity? And does it really matter if you’re rubbish at tennis?
An uplifting and reassuring evening about learning from our mistakes and not being afraid. Because learning how to fail is actually learning how to succeed better. And everyone needs a bit of that.
Friday 15th Novemeber, 7.30pm
Buy Tickets HERE
Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day’s latest book: part memoir, part manifesto, this is a book for anyone who has ever failed i.e. EVERYONE. Based on the simple premise that understanding why we fail ultimately makes us stronger, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals.
Join the award-winning author and journalist, and a very special guest (to be announced), for a brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of the things that haven’t gone quite right. Plus there’s the opportunity to ask Elizabeth your own questions: is ‘success’ a myth? How can we turn crisis into clarity? And does it really matter if you’re rubbish at tennis?
An uplifting and reassuring evening about learning from our mistakes and not being afraid. Because learning how to fail is actually learning how to succeed better. And everyone needs a bit of that.
