Theatre Events
| 4-6 Oct 2013 | Ground and Floor | Toshiki Okada/chelfitsch - Dublin Theatre Festival |
| 5 October 2013 | Death By Fire Of Giordano Bruno | Roger Doyle - Dublin Theatre Festival |
| 22 October 2013 | Carmen | Opera Theatre Company |
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Ground and Floor
Date/Time:
Fri 4 & Sat 5 October 2013 at 7.30pm; Sun 6 Oct at 2.30pm
Talking Theatre (post-show talk) on Sat 5 Oct
Company:
Toshiki Okada/chelfitsch (Japan)
Details:
Ground and Floor is a moving metaphor for contemporary Japan from Toshiki Okada, one of the leading voices of his generation.
Deeply affected by the huge earthquake that struck the country in 2011, the economic crisis and the catastrophe at Fukushima, Okada uses art as a means to confront his apprehension about life, politics, and Japanese society. Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Noh and featuring original music by Tokyo musicians Sangatsu, this lyrical production from acclaimed Japanese collective chelfitsch sketches out a female character as she attempts to confront the silence around her. Taking up the relationship between the living and the dead so keenly felt in in the wake of disaster, Ground and Floor questions the possibility of thinking differently in a Japanese society paralysed by fear, distrust, and conformism.
Performed in Japanese with English surtitles.
Production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Executive production: chelfitsch. Associate production: precog. Co-production: Festival d'Automne a Paris, Les spectacles vivants du Centre Pompidou, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, La Batie - Festival de Geneve, KAAT (Kanagawa Arts Theater), Kyoto Experiment, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Dublin Theatre Festival, Theatre Garonne, Onassis Cultural Center. Special thanks to Steep Slope Studio, Nao Kusumi.
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan 2013
Duration:
90 minutes, no interval
Tickets:
Euro 30/27 conc
Box Office:
Advance booking for all Dublin Theatre Festival shows at the Samuel Beckett Theatre may be made at www.dublintheatrefestival.com or 01 677 8899 or at the Festival Box Office, 44 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Tickets may also be booked via the Samuel Beckett Theatre Box Office phoneline (01 - 896 2461) which is staffed from 3pm on days of performance.
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Death By Fire of Giordano Bruno
Date/Time:
Sat 5 October 2013 at 1pm, with post-show discussion
Company:
Roger Doyle, composer
Details:
Composer Roger Doyle’s first opera is based on the life of Giordano Bruno, a Renaissance genius whose heretical ideas foreshadowed the modern world and resulted in his being burned at the stake by the Church. Supported by an Arts Council Opera Project Award.
This opera is presented as part of the In Development programme by Dublin Theatre Festival. This programme offers theatre-makers a platform to present works-in-progress to Irish and international audiences and presenters. Audiences will have an opportunity to see pieces at a critical phase in their development, while artists, writers and directors will use the space to try out new ideas. Past In Development presentations have gone on to enjoy successful productions as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, and to receive critical and public acclaim at home and abroad.
Tickets:
Free admission, but booking is essential
Box Office:
Booking for this event is only via the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office, 44 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Tel. +353 1 677 8899.
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George Bizet
Carmen
Date/Time:
Tues 22 October at 7.30pm
Company:
Opera Theatre Company - Ireland's National Touring Company
Details:
Sultry and seductive, Opera Theatre Company's Carmen will mesmerise both young and old alike, with its instantly recognisable and irresistible score. Irish mezzo-soprano Imelda Drumm plays the bewitching temptress in this riveting tale of lust, obsession and betrayal. American tenor Michael Wade Lee is the ardent lover Don Jose, with Mairead Buicke as Micaela and Owen Gilhooly singing Escamillo.
Award winning director Gavin Quinn (Hamelin, Four Note Opera, Little Magic Flute) sets the action in a gritty urban landscape, stripping the tale back to the bare essentials. Sparks fly as Don Jose's fatal attraction to Carmen evolves from passionate love to intense murderous jealousy.
Sung in English, Carmen will feature a local children's chorus for each theatre on the tour. Music Director Andrew Synnott will conduct Opera Theatre Company's eight member chorus and the thirteen piece touring ensemble. Design is by Irish Times Theatre Awards winner Aedin Cosgrove (Pasquale, Hamelin).
Following on the success of Cosi fan tutte and Orfeo, OTC, Ireland's National touring opera company is delighted to tour throughout the country with Bizet's timeless masterpiece which has gripped audiences since its premiere and has lots of sizzling opera hits including the unforgettable Toreador's song.
Cast also includes: Michael Dewis, Maria Hughes (OTC YAA), Ciaran Kelly, Gerard O'Connor and Mary O'Sullivan.
Tickets:
Euro Euro 30/26 concession
Box Office:
Tickets may be booked online. Box Office Phoneline: 01 - 896 2461 (from 3pm on days of performance)