ABOUT
Galway Theatre Festival proudly presents a curated selection of works-in-progress from some of Galway’s finest theatre artists. Join us for four unique, early stage showings where you, the audience, get to experience new work in the making and share feedback with artists through curated post-showing talk backs.
We are delighted to present excerpts from;
ACROSS FROM ME PEOPLE ARE WATCHING
by Rena Bryson (Eva’s Echo Theatre)
Dramaturg Maisie Lee
Director Jenni Nikinmaa
WIFE (WORKING TITLE)
by Eimear Finan
Dramaturg George Jibson
Director Amy Reade
AN CEILPEADÓIR
by Brídín Nic Dhonncha
Dramaturg and Director Muireann Kelly
Musician and Composer Malachy Arnold
PUPA
by Chloe Naomi•Ciaróg Productions
Choreographer Ari Bhatti
Composer Barra McMahon
DATES & TIMES
Venue: O'Donoghue Centre
Tickets: €12/€10*
Date: Saturday May 11
Time: 2pm
Rena Bryson
Rena Bryson is a theatre artist and cofounder of Eva’s Echo Theatre whose work seeks innovative ways of staging modern Ireland, focusing on mental health and sexuality.
Her new work in progress Across From Me People Are Watching explores
the relationship between play and trauma.
Eimear Finan
Eimear Finan is a Galway based artist who trained as an actor at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York and in more recent years has started a career as a playwright. In 2022 she debuted Tart at the Galway Theatre Festival to rave reviews and full houses. Lived experience fuels her work which explores feminist issues. She strives to create art that can open, excite and even change minds.Most recently, with the support of The Galway Theatre Festival and guidance of dramaturg George Jibson and director Amy Reade, her newest play, Wife (working title) has been brought to draft stage and is workshop ready. Wife (working title) is a devastatingly dark comedy that looks at the current war on women and the ravaging effect the patriarchy has on all genders.
Brídín Nic Dhonncha
Brídín Nic Dhonncha is a theatre maker from Connemara.
Her piece An Ceilpeadóir is currently in development and it explores memory, grief, ableism and biodiversity collapse. The work includes performance and music. This piece will be performed in Irish.
Chloe Naomi
Chloe Naomi is the writer & director of an original dance theatre project that follows the story of two lovers, Loveen and Maggot, who are navigating their relationship whilst being trapped inside their damp and moldy apartment.
This fragmented dark comedy is rooted in relationship psychology research and speaks to the multigenerational loneliness that is experienced within the Irish zeitgeist.
Pupa is being presented by Ciaróg Productions and was written/directed by Chloe Naomi, choreographed by Ari Bhatti and composed by Barra MacMahon.
