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  • Whats On

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    Rupert Bevan (writer and performer of
    Rupert Bevan presents

    Darling Boy

    Wed 18 - Thu 19 Sep at 7.15pm
    Direct from acclaimed, sold-out shows in Edinburgh, Dublin, Melbourne and Sydney. A hilarious and heartbreaking ode to first love, sweaty clubs, family and growing up (whenever that happens...)
    Alexis, the performer, wears a white tank top and poses with their arms above their head, their hair draped in all directions, in front of a white wall, their head tilted and a bright smile on their face.

    Alexis Sakellaris: A STAN IS BORN!

    Thu 26 - Sat 28 Sep at 9pm
    If you can't be the star... be the STAN! Fresh off the Edinburgh Fringe, this queer musical comedy with 10 original songs is bound to dazzle you!
    The head of a young man on a black backdrop covering his mouth with a handkerchief.

    Vanya is Alive

    Thu 3 - Fri 4 Oct at 7.15pm
    A powerful new play from today’s Russia gives a look at the country grappling with the reality of war and repressions. Presented by artists in exile.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Bert at the picket line holding a banner which says

    Who Cares

    Fri 11 - Sat 12 Oct at 9pm
    Bert is a Queer Belgian nurse. He likes connecting with people. But recently, everything has become difficult. Post-pandemic, fighting to claim better rights and pay his profession is turned upside-down.
    Black graphic of a balaclava on a green & orange background. In the left of eye of the balaclava is a Virgin Mary Statue, in the right the floating head of Gerry Adams. In the mouth, there are small blue ghost shaped pills made to look like teeth.

    The Spectacular

    Tue 12 - Sat 16 Nov at 9pm
    The Spectacular is an experiment in the performance of (Irish)nationalism, interrogating how to engage with contentious history when the descendants of colonised and coloniser, are together in a theatre.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A black and white photograph of someone's neck, from the collarbone to the chin; with a skeleton skull drawn on the surface of the throat area, in black marker
    Popsie Theatre presents

    The Triumph of Death

    Tue 12 - Wed 13 Nov at 7.15pm
    A bunch of artists with no funding, the ultra-wealthy, and one very sexy Death present to you a show about the healthy relationship between Art and Money.
    A black and white drawing of a human figure, staring at its' shadow, drawn on a book page.
    Anya Ostrovskaia presents

    The World of Yesterday

    Tue 19 - Wed 20 Nov at 7pm
    Culture, chaos, cabaret! Step into the memories of Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, where an increasingly fractured 20th century mirrors the world of today.
    A woman, wearing a white veil, alluding to the Virgin Mary, smiling, standing behind a table. On top of the table, a bible and an opened bag of crisps.
    Maria Machado presents

    Now, and at the Hour of Our Death, Amen

    Tue 19 - Wed 20 Nov at 9pm
    Maria’s Catholic, homophobic, sweet grandmother is about to pass. During a night spent at the hospital, Maria, a very guilty lesbian, wonders if she should to come out to gran.
    A statue of a huge soldier bust wearing a high viz jacket, emergiubg from a pile of rubble. Two builders in high viz vests in the forground: one with his back to us, the second facing us with his face hidden in his hands.

    The Monument

    Thu 21 - Fri 22 Nov at 9pm
    A one-woman performance with audience participation using drag, spoken word and comedy. A story of Bogdan - an Eastern European builder working on a mysterious construction site.
    A woman and a man smile at the audience. On the man's t-shirt are the words 'Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought'.

    The Writing of Stones

    Thu 21 - Fri 22 Nov at 7.15pm
    A reverie on the reality-altering nature of attention, the limits of language, and humanity’s place in the natural world inspired by the ideas and stones of Roger Caillois.
    A commemorative plate for princess Diana with an Irish blessing written on it.

    Don’t Tell Dad About Diana

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 7pm
    Dublin, 1997. Two friends worship Princess Diana under the nose of their nationalist families. A show that asks, Can a republican rock a revenge dress?
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An illustration of an East Asian older woman resembling a grandmother riding a moped with Chinese dim sum stacked neatly on the back. She is riding through a rural town with generic traditional Chinese housing and onlookers.

    Ancestral Time Travel Agency

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 8:45pm
    Using parkour and clowning to take apart the constructs of an honourable Chinese lady, this work-in-progress explores the artists' identities and memories within both East and West cultures.