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Maz and BricksBy Eva O'Connor
Maz and Bricks tells the story of two young people who meet over the course of a day in Dublin. Maz is attending a ‘Repeal the 8th’ demonstration, while Bricks is going to meet the mother of his young daughter. As the day unfolds, the two become unlikely friends, changing each other in ways they never thought possible. ‘tenderly crafted… cracking performances’ ★★★★ The Stage 'one of the best plays in the city this year’ ★★★★★ British Theatre Review 'almost perfect and unmissable piece of deeply moving drama’ Sunday Independent ‘particularly timely… excruciatingly funny… powerful’ Irish Independent #MazAndBricks |
Reviews
‘tenderly crafted…Jim Culleton’s production for Fishamble – Ireland’s leading new writing company – is soft and sensitive…two cracking performances…political bite and poignancy’
★★★★ The Stage ‘Marvellous theatre… as beautiful a piece of insight and writing as I’ve seen in a very long time… extraordinary… Stephen Jones [is] exquisite… Jim Culleton directs with magical invisibility in a sparely perfect set by Maree Kearns… almost perfect and unmissable piece of deeply moving drama’ Sunday Independent ‘The Fishamble imprimatur is usually a good sign of quality. That is certainly the case with this 80-minute tragicomedy set in Dublin and deftly directed…one of the best plays in the city this year’ ★★★★★ British Theatre Review ‘[O’Connor’s] original voice and theatrical perspective… an admirably unshowy production… inspired… an important, timely play but, crucially, it is also a really enjoyable one’ Sunday Business Post ‘a multi-layered masterpiece…well-crafted writing, brave and connected acting and intelligent staging…an absolute win’ ★★★★.5 The Reviews Hub ‘particularly timely… excruciatingly funny… powerful’ Irish Independent ‘a provocative comedy… a compelling story… spins our imagination… shines with stellar authenticity… immaculate comic timing… funny, sharp script’ Sunday Times |
‘an audacious and multi-layered script…fast, witty and spot-on’
★★★★★ Fringe Guru ‘Fishamble continues to promote new and innovative writing… The two actors are strong in their roles, and carry the piece with style.’ No More Workhorse ‘her dialogue is often wonderfully well written… realised with depth, finesse and precision… perfectly pitched pace… remarkable… utterly riveting and engaging… sparkling humour’ The Arts Review ‘Maree Kearns’ set… like the relationship, is nicely tiered and staggered, handsomely reshaped by Sinéad McKenna’s lights… [O’Connor’s] characters possess both rhyme and reason.’ Irish Times ‘a joyful and tearful experience…an exceedingly enjoyable piece of theatre’ ★★★★ One4Review ‘a keen ear for witty Dublin dialogue… phenomenally energised and authentic… compelling backstories and identities that make the play very watchable… an entertaining tour of Dublin city centre’ Phoenix Magazine ‘the wit and inner thoughts of the characters dexterously come to life…the writing and performances show signs of brilliance’ The List |
Production Shots
Photos by Patrick Redmond and Lunaria.
Previous Dates
2018: Irish and International Touring
9 - 10 Apr: Civic Theatre, Tallaght
11 Apr: Backstage Theatre, Longford
13 Apr: Glór, Ennis
17 - 19 Apr: The Everyman, Cork
24 Apr: Theatre Royal, Waterford
26 Apr: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
30 Apr: Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
3 May: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
5 May: Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
8 - 9 May: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
10 - 11 May: Axis, Ballymun
1 - 26 Aug: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain
2017:
23 Apr - 13 May: Project Arts Centre
17 - 20 May: Belltable, Limerick
9 - 10 Apr: Civic Theatre, Tallaght
11 Apr: Backstage Theatre, Longford
13 Apr: Glór, Ennis
17 - 19 Apr: The Everyman, Cork
24 Apr: Theatre Royal, Waterford
26 Apr: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
30 Apr: Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
3 May: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
5 May: Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
8 - 9 May: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
10 - 11 May: Axis, Ballymun
1 - 26 Aug: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain
2017:
23 Apr - 13 May: Project Arts Centre
17 - 20 May: Belltable, Limerick
Meet the Team
EVA O’CONNOR
Writer & Performer |
Eva O'Connor is a writer and performer from Ogonnelloe, Co. Clare.
She studied English and German at Edinburgh University before completing an MA in theatre ensemble from Rose Bruford drama school in London. Her plays include My Best Friend Drowned in a Swimming Pool, Kiss me and You Will See How Important I Am, My Name is Saoirse, Overshadowed, The Friday Night Effect ( co written with Hildegard Ryan.) and Maz and Bricks. Eva's runs her own company Sunday's Child, with Hildegard Ryan. Eva has won various awards for her work including Best Emerging Artist Award 2012 (Edinburgh Fringe), First Fortnight Award 2014 (Dublin Fringe), Argus Angel Award 2015 (Brighton Fringe), Fishamble Award for Best New Writing 2015, Best Theatre Award 2017 (Adelaide Fringe ). Her play Overshadowed was recently adapted for television by BBC Three and Rollem productions, directed by Hildegard Ryan. Eva has also written for radio. Her play My Name is Saoirse was adapted for radio by RTÉ Radio 1 and Eva's short story The Midnight Sandwich was recently aired on BBC radio 4. Eva would like to thank Fishamble for their unwavering support in bringing Maz and Bricks to the stage. |
Ciaran O'Brien
Bricks (2018 - 2020) |
Ciaran’s credits include, The Plough And The Stars (Lyric Hammersmith, Gaiety Theatre, North American Tour, Abbey Theatre) The Playboy Of The Western World and Orson's Shadow (Southwark Playhouse), Of Mice And Men (Birmingham Rep); Translations (The Rose Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and ETT); Drum Belly, The Government Inspector, Curse Of The Starving Class, Arrah Na Pogue, Perve, Comedy of Errors, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Saved, Julius Caesar (Abbey Theatre Dublin), Travesties (Rough Magic); Between Foxrock and a Hard Place, The Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia Here I Come (Gaiety Theatre Dublin), Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme (Livin’ Dred), Elevator, This Is Our Youth, Fewer Emergencies, (Project Theatre Dublin), The Great Goat Bubble (Galway Arts Festival), The Magic Tree,(Edinburgh Fringe), White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Dublin Fringe) and Oliver Twist (Gate Theatre Dublin)
Film and Television credits include: Pursuit (An Post) Misfits (Channel 4), Ripper Street (BBC), The Last Security Man (RTE Storyland), The Tudors (Showtime), Fair City (RTE), |
STEPHEN JONES
Bricks (Irish Tour 2017 - 2018) |
Stephen is from Tallaght and is a graduate of UCD.
Notable theatre work includes: Class, Maz and Bricks, DruidMurphy – Plays by Tom Murphy, Signatories, Stones in his Pockets, From Eden, This Lime Tree Bower, Dubliners, Alone it Stands, Are you there Garth it’s me Margaret and the leading role of ‘Keano’ in I, Keano. Film + TV work includes: Dublin Oldschool, Between the Canals, King of the Travellers, Into the Badlands, Nowhere Fast, Ripper Street, Amber, Pheasant Island, Damo & Ivor, Love/Hate and Red Rock. Stephen is an award-winning Playwright. His play From Eden was the winner of The Stewart Parker Trust/BBC Northern Ireland Radio Drama Award. |
Jim Culleton
Director |
Jim Culleton is the artistic director of Fishamble: The New Play Company. For Fishamble, he has directed productions which have toured throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. His productions for Fishamble have won over a dozen Irish and international awards, including an Olivier Award for Silent by Pat Kinevane. Jim has also directed for companies including the Abbey Theatre, Woodpecker/the Gaiety, 7:84 (Scotland), Project Arts Centre, Amharclann de hIde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, The Ark, Second Age, RTE Radio 1, The Belgrade, TNL Canada, Dundee Rep Ensemble, TCD School of Drama, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTE lyric fm, Fighting Words, Origin (New York), Vessel (Australia), and Symphony Space Broadway/Irish Arts Center (New York). Jim has taught for NYU, NUIM, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, TCD and UCD.
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MAREE KEARNS | Set & Costume Design
Maree previously designed Invitation to a Journey for CoisCéim, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble and Galway International Arts Festival.
Other work includes Agnes, Pageant & Faun/ As You Are for CoisCéim, Opera Briefs (RIAM), Monsters, Dinosaurs & Ghosts (Peacock), Moll (Gaiety Theatre), Desire Under The Elms (Corn Exchange), These Halcyon Days (Edinburgh Fringe First 2013), Moment (Landmark/Tall Tales), Far Away From Me and Zoe’s Play (The Ark), In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Troilus and Cressida (the Lir Academy), Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Dancing at Lughnasa (Second Age), Anglo the Musical (Verdant), The Factory Girls (Millennium Forum), FAITH & GODDESS OF LIBERTY (Gúna Nua), Plasticine (CorcaDorca), and The Dead School and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Irish Times Best Set Design 2009) (Nomad Network). Maree lectures in theatre design in the Drama Department of Trinity College and is the MFA Design Course Director in the Lir Academy of Dramatic Art in Dublin.
Maree previously designed Invitation to a Journey for CoisCéim, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble and Galway International Arts Festival.
Other work includes Agnes, Pageant & Faun/ As You Are for CoisCéim, Opera Briefs (RIAM), Monsters, Dinosaurs & Ghosts (Peacock), Moll (Gaiety Theatre), Desire Under The Elms (Corn Exchange), These Halcyon Days (Edinburgh Fringe First 2013), Moment (Landmark/Tall Tales), Far Away From Me and Zoe’s Play (The Ark), In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Troilus and Cressida (the Lir Academy), Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Dancing at Lughnasa (Second Age), Anglo the Musical (Verdant), The Factory Girls (Millennium Forum), FAITH & GODDESS OF LIBERTY (Gúna Nua), Plasticine (CorcaDorca), and The Dead School and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Irish Times Best Set Design 2009) (Nomad Network). Maree lectures in theatre design in the Drama Department of Trinity College and is the MFA Design Course Director in the Lir Academy of Dramatic Art in Dublin.
SINÉAD McKENNA | Lighting Design
Sinéad has previously designed The Gist of It for Fishamble and Invitation to a Journey for CoisCéim, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble and Galway International Arts Festival. Other recent designs include: Grace Jones – the Musical of My Life (Blinder Films); Prodijig (Cork Opera House); Agnes, Pageant, Swept (Cois Ceim); Private Lives (2017), Beckett/Pinter/Friel Festival, Juno and the Paycock, A Month in The Country, The Gigli Concert, The Mariner, The Price, An Ideal Husband and Private Lives (Gate Theatre); Uncle Vanya and Richard III at West Yorkshire Playhouse; The Wake, Othello, Aristocrats, Quietly, Alice in Funderland, The Plough and the Stars, 16 Possible Glimpses, The Burial at Thebes, Howie The Rookie, Finders Keepers (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); New Electric Ballroom (Druid Theatre Company/International tour); Howie The Rookie (Best Lighting Design Irish Theatre Awards), Greener, October, Last Days of The Celtic Tiger, Blackbird(Landmark Productions); Dubliners (Corn Exchange), Famished Castle, Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest, Improbable Frequency (New York Drama Desk Best Lighting Design for a Musical nomination 2009), The Parker Project, Life is a Dream, Attempts on her Life and Dream of Autumn (Rough Magic). She has also worked with Decadent, Gare St Lazare, Corn Exchange, THISISPOPBABY, Siren, The Lyric, Second Age, Performance Corporation, Semper Fi, Guna Nua. Operas include Don Giovanni (OTC), La Traviata (Malmo Opera House), The Rape of Lucretia(IYO), The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Theatre Company), Midsummers Night Dream (Opera Ireland).
Sinéad has previously designed The Gist of It for Fishamble and Invitation to a Journey for CoisCéim, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble and Galway International Arts Festival. Other recent designs include: Grace Jones – the Musical of My Life (Blinder Films); Prodijig (Cork Opera House); Agnes, Pageant, Swept (Cois Ceim); Private Lives (2017), Beckett/Pinter/Friel Festival, Juno and the Paycock, A Month in The Country, The Gigli Concert, The Mariner, The Price, An Ideal Husband and Private Lives (Gate Theatre); Uncle Vanya and Richard III at West Yorkshire Playhouse; The Wake, Othello, Aristocrats, Quietly, Alice in Funderland, The Plough and the Stars, 16 Possible Glimpses, The Burial at Thebes, Howie The Rookie, Finders Keepers (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); New Electric Ballroom (Druid Theatre Company/International tour); Howie The Rookie (Best Lighting Design Irish Theatre Awards), Greener, October, Last Days of The Celtic Tiger, Blackbird(Landmark Productions); Dubliners (Corn Exchange), Famished Castle, Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest, Improbable Frequency (New York Drama Desk Best Lighting Design for a Musical nomination 2009), The Parker Project, Life is a Dream, Attempts on her Life and Dream of Autumn (Rough Magic). She has also worked with Decadent, Gare St Lazare, Corn Exchange, THISISPOPBABY, Siren, The Lyric, Second Age, Performance Corporation, Semper Fi, Guna Nua. Operas include Don Giovanni (OTC), La Traviata (Malmo Opera House), The Rape of Lucretia(IYO), The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Theatre Company), Midsummers Night Dream (Opera Ireland).
CARL KENNEDY | Sound Design & Music Composition
Carl trained at Academy of Sound in Dublin. He has previously worked with Fishamble: The New Play Company on Inside The GPO by Colin Murphy and Little Thing Big Thing by Donal O’Kelly, both directed by Jim Culleton. He has worked as a composer/sound designer with venues and companies including The Abbey, The Gaiety, Decadent, ANU Productions, HOME Manchester, Prime Cut, Theatre Lovett, HotForTheatre, Rough Magic, The Lyric Theatre Belfast, Guna Nua, Loose Canon, Peer to Peer, Siren, Broken Crow, Randolf SD and Theatre Makers. He has been nominated three times for the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design. He also composes music and sound design for TV and video games. Game titles include Curious George, Curious about Shapes and Colors, Jelly Jumble, Too Many Teddies, Dino Dog and Leonardo and His Cat. TV credits include sound design for 16 Letters (Independent Pictures/RTE) and SFX editing and foley recording for Centenary (RTE).
Carl trained at Academy of Sound in Dublin. He has previously worked with Fishamble: The New Play Company on Inside The GPO by Colin Murphy and Little Thing Big Thing by Donal O’Kelly, both directed by Jim Culleton. He has worked as a composer/sound designer with venues and companies including The Abbey, The Gaiety, Decadent, ANU Productions, HOME Manchester, Prime Cut, Theatre Lovett, HotForTheatre, Rough Magic, The Lyric Theatre Belfast, Guna Nua, Loose Canon, Peer to Peer, Siren, Broken Crow, Randolf SD and Theatre Makers. He has been nominated three times for the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design. He also composes music and sound design for TV and video games. Game titles include Curious George, Curious about Shapes and Colors, Jelly Jumble, Too Many Teddies, Dino Dog and Leonardo and His Cat. TV credits include sound design for 16 Letters (Independent Pictures/RTE) and SFX editing and foley recording for Centenary (RTE).