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Hysterically Shopping!to some sort of end…(WIP)
Work-in -progress presentation, Project Arts Centre 2024.
Composed by Aran O’Grady
Written by William Dunleavy with Grace Morgan and Laoise Murray
Directed by Grace Morgan
Musical Direction by Naoise Dack
Performed by Ned Dennehy, Andrew Gavin, Laoise Murray, Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada, and Alexandra Vostokova
Choreography by Jessie Thompson
Costume by Freya Gillespie
Lighting by Sophie Cassidy
Stage Management by Ruby Collin
Additional Music by Aubrey Lavender and Ábel M.G.E.
Produced by Michael Stone
Image by Patricio Cassinoni
You’re Needy (sounds frustrating)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024 at Summerhall as part of the Culture Ireland Showcase
Winner of the Hot Topic Award at Gothenburg Fringe 2024
Nominated for Best Production and First Fortnight Award Dublin Fringe 2023
Created by tasteinyourmouth
Directed by Grace Morgan
Performed by Laoise Murray and Heather O’Sullivan
Dramaturgy/Original Material by William Dunleavy
You’re Needy (sounds frustrating) is an unique off-site experience for one actor and one audience member set in the bathroom of a (real!) house. It centres on Carrie, a young woman, who has retreated to her bathroom in pursuit of peace, solitude and “wellness”. The piece interrogates how capitalism seeks to control women’s bodies through the “wellness” industry, touching on monotony, meditation, medication, and, of course, Gwenyth Paltrow.
Creative Team
Set and Costume: Freya Gillespie
Lighting Design: Sophie Cassidy
Movement Direction: Jessie Thompson
Sound design/composition: Lara Gallagher
Production and Stage Manager: Daire Ó Múirí
Assistant Director: Lara Coady
**** - The Stage "the piece has power beyond the novelty of the experience"
****- The Irish Times “An eerie, claustrophobic and thought-provoking show for an audience of one.”
***** - A Youngish Perspective “Achieves more in 35 minutes than any show could dream of in an hour"
****- The Skinny "One of the piece's greatest strengths is Murray's performance" "a wry tragedy of self-isolation with a grieving heart."
**** - The Wee Review "a show for everyone with a grim fascination about the extent to which popular culture is shaping (strangling) our youth"
**** - Corr Blimey The satire and commitment to the writing and performance make the show excel "
It Is Good We Are Dreaming
Written by Ultan Pringle
Directed by Julia Appleby
Performed by Laoise Murray and Luke Dalton
Presented by LemonSoap Productions
The New Theatre, 2022
Fionn arrives at his sister Fiadh's house unexpectedly one morning. He's come to ask has she heard from their mother. She hasn't. Yet as the morning progresses the two estranged siblings come to discuss the state of the world, their love lives, themselves, their childhood, the man made of rock their mother fell in love with once and the end one day of maybe everything we've known.
Creative Team
Lighting Design by Owen Clarke
Set and Costume Design by Eimear Hussey
Sound Design by HK Ní Shioradáin
Stage Management by Lora Hartin
Produced by Lisa Nally
Poster design by Allie Whelan
b(l)oom
Written by William Dunleavy
Directed by Grace Morgan
Performed by Laoise Murray and Heather O’Sullivan
presented by tasteinyourmouth
The New Theatre, January 2020.
A coffee cup smashes. A cigarette burns. A woman steps off a balcony.
B(l)oom is the tale of two women and a city at its end. It is set in
Powerscourt and GAA clubs and Donnybrook and on O’Connell
bridge and in the place your mind goes to when you let it drift.
It is all in your head.
Two women destroy Dublin. Dublin destroys two women.
Welcome to the worst commute of your life.
Video available on request.
Creative Team
Producer - Lisa Nally
Production/Stage Manager - Annachiara Vispi
Set Design - Rian Hamill
Sound Design - Sam Hardiman
Costume Design - Annachiara Vispi
Lighting Design - Matt McGowan
Lighting Assistant - Emily Long
Poster and Photography - Hannah McAteer
