Fishamble Theatre Company
Fishamble's Y2K Festival
Descriptions: Fishamble
celebrates its commitment to
exciting new work by presenting a season of new plays for the new millennium.
Six playwrights been specially commissioned to respond to the time in which we
live and the resulting in a varied, provocative and entertaining theatrical experience!
The event took place in Dublin at the beginning of 2000 and included the following
plays...
Director: Jim Culleton
Play 1: Consenting Adults by
Dermot Bolger
Following a contact ad in a magazine, a man and woman enter into a sexual adventure
of role-playing and risk-taking in a hotel bedroom where the lines between fantasy,
memory, reality and guilt become dangerously intertwined.
Play 2: Dreamframe by
Deirdre Hines
Under an orangemarchmoon, two women face the future by exploring apocalyptic
moments from the past.
Play 3: Moonlight and Music by
Jennifer Johnston
A series of memories and realisations are sparked off when Rosie loses her
job as a teacher but she pours herself a drink and decides to 'face the music
and dance...'
Play 4: The Great Jubilee by
Nicholas Kelly
As the New Year approaches, Malachy reveals some disturbing secrets about the
Pope, the Virgin Mary and the new millennium.
Play 5: Doom Raider by
Gavin Kostick
A computer-generated heroine embarks on a new adventure as she
comes to terms with the precarious nature of her existence.
Play 6: Tea Set by Gina Moxley
A young woman accepts a lucrative job minding an old lady for the millennium
but ends up getting more than she bargained for!
Press Quotes :
'Riveting…not to be missed'
Irish Times
'Exquisite…fine performances'
Sunday Independent
Fishamble Theatre Company - Shamrock Chambers - 1/2 Eustace Street - Dublin 2 - IrelandFishamble is grant-aided by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council.
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