RECENT PROJECTS
EASTLAND
By Jocelyn Clarke
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
30th August- 3rd Sept 2023
Directed by Anne Bogart and written by Jocelyn Clarke, Eastland explores how we remember and why we forget some terrible events but not others. The Collective Theatre’s new show uses storytelling, found objects, and live performance to recreate the events before and after the sudden capsizing of the passenger ship SS Eastland in front of thousands of people in the middle Chicago. Performed by five actors and designed by Eugenia Genunchi and Stephen Dodd, The Collective Theatre’s world premiers of Eastland will open in the Samuel Beckett Centre on August 30th.
Directed by Anne Bogart
Produced by Aisling Ormonde
Performed by Rowan Finken, Mark Fitzgerald, Rebecca Grimes, Leah Minto and Nyree Yergainharsian
Production Manager Maisey Lorimer
Lighting Designer Stephen Dodd
Set Design Eugenia Genunchi
KITCHENSINKDRAMA
By Brian Bennett
21st Sept- 24th Sept 2022 as part of Dublin Fringe Festival
In KITCHENSINKDRAMA, Brian has not slept in days and sits in his kitchen waiting for the darkness to pass. One night he is visited by a talking fox who will not let him go to sleep. Brian invites the fox in for a coffee and a chat so he can figure out what he wants and go back to bed. But the fox has other plans…
Written and performed by Brian Bennett (Politik and As you are now so once were we) and directed by Ronan Phelan, KITCHENSINKDRAMA is an experimental new play with a lot of mystery and no plumbing
POP UP Cork
The Everyman
19th October 2022
Our much loved performance night for local artists and local audiences kicks off in Cork this October. Brought to you by The Collective, and presented by Nyree Yergainharsian and Shaun Dunne, this bite size tasting menu offers audiences a feast of local artists from a range of disciplines.
PAST PROJECTS
LOBSTERS
May 2021
There’s a common misconception that lobsters mate for life. But in fact, they don’t. They go through a sort of serial monogamy, not quite a one night stand but not quite a lifelong commitment either. It’s as if, like humans often do, they keep searching for the best one.
POP UP Mermaid
November 2021
Take a leap of faith into the unknown with Mermaid Arts Centre this November where, for one night only, POP UP MERMAID returns to present a line-up of delectable bite-sized performances across theatre, dance and comedy.