ALL PERFORMANCES

ONLINE BOOKING

Friday 21st February 2020 8pm

Tickets:
€14 / €12 concession / €10 early bird (until 10th February 2020)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
€1 Firkin Crane restoration levy is included in the ticket price

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

“The camp is the space that is opened when the state of exception begins to become the rule” Giorgio Agamben, Philosopher

Inspired by the experience of making work with refugees and asylum seekers in Direct Provision, State of Exception is a powerful and raw multi-cultural interplay of dance, music and text. Featuring a cast of outstanding Irish and international performers this compelling and original dance work delves into the world of asylum seekers to understand, to connect, to challenge and tear down the walls and borders that divide us, finding home in the common that binds us all.

Catherine Young has been making and touring work to critical acclaim since 2011, creating powerful, percussive, physical, primal work that shows all shades of the human condition – its grit, edge, truth, honesty and beauty.

“This is Irish dance making at its best; political, urgent and intelligent.. go see it.” – RTÉ

Proudly funded by The Arts Council, supported by Backstage Theatre, Shawbrook, Siamsa Tire, Kerry County Council, Dance Limerick, Creative Ireland, Town Hall Theatre, Firkin Crane, glór, Pavilion Theatre and Lime Tree Theatre.

ONLINE BOOKING

Friday 6th March 2020 7.30pm

Saturday 7th March 2020 7.30pm

Sunday 8th March 2020 7.30pm

Tickets:
€16 / €13 concession

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
€1 Firkin Crane restoration levy is included in the ticket price

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

UCC Musical Theatre Society is proud to present Legally Blonde – The Musical.

Omigod You Guys, Legally Blonde – The Musical is coming to the Firkin Crane Theatre this spring! Legally Blonde – The Musical is an all-singing, all-dancing romantic comedy, a fun-filled, feel-good pink fest. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods, doesn’t take no for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

If you love the iconic film then you’ll adore this award-nominated score by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin teamed up with a stunning book by Heather Hach making this show So Much Better than before! Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture.

Don’t miss your chance to see the feel-good production of the season!

ONLINE BOOKING

Friday 13th March 2020 7pm

Tickets: €5

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
€1 Firkin Crane restoration levy is included in the ticket price

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane present a scratched together night of live performance, drinks and chat to bring us into the warmer days of Spring.

Scratch Night is a gathering for Cork artists and enthusiasts and a special opportunity to show informal presentations of movement and impromptu performances. The night is a celebration of artists taking risks in a safe, easy space and an opportunity to meet and drink with friends, colleagues and strangers.

All are welcome (16+) to participate on the night – just let us know if you are planning to get up on the night by sending an email to Andrea at dance@firkincrane.ie to give us an idea of numbers.

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 15th March 2020 12pm – 4pm

Price: €15

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Programmed by Junk Ensemble, Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane

OBJECT DANCE – A workshop with Emily Aoibheann

What challenges and opportunities do we experience when we introduce objects and textures to our physical performance practice? How do we create new choreographies that consider the object as a dancer, rather than as an inanimate frame containing a more primary idea. 

In this workshop, Emily Aoibheann will share methodologies and approaches for creating with objects (sculpture, music, texture, text and dance) as an integrative performance practice that challenges conventional approaches to performance design. 

Drawing inspiration from bio-technology and philosophies on microbial and ecological paradigms, the workshop uses aerial fabric to explore objects, textures and surfaces, in multiple dimensions and directions. This workshop is suitable for dancers, aerialists, visual artists, designers, philosophers and scientists. Considering our relationship with each other and the world, as semi-permeable and symbiotic, the workshop offers unconventional and creative ways of thinking, perceiving and making.

EMILY AOIBHEANN is an artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Although her expertise lies in circus and aerial, her varied background leads to a creative, collaborative and original integration of multiple art forms.

A pioneer of aerial dance in Ireland, Emily co-founded award winning PaperDolls Performance Company in 2010. She went on to produce Object Piggy in 2014/15 and presented internationally in Prague and Macedonia with Papaveracea. In 2017 she collaboarted with artist Liing Heaney on work in progress Smiling Devil as part of Dublin Theatre Festival’s In Development strand. Emily continued working with Liing to create a twin production project on civilisation and nature in 2019. Part one, Sorry Gold is an experimental design and aerial dance performance which premiered at Project Arts Centre, as part of Dublin Fringe Festival in September, followed by part two, Mother of Pearl, at Project Arts Centre in November. Mother of Pearl marked a change in Emily’s orientation on aerial as central to her work, instead focusing on aspects of music, dance and the art of handbalance for this production.

Emily is co-founder of Cat’s Paw Experimental Aerial Dance Meeting, the second of which is due to take place in Košice, Slovakia in January 2020. Emily is founder and director of Creation Aerial Research & Ideas Studio in Dublin.

ONLINE BOOKING

Saturday 28th March 2020 7pm

Sunday 29th March 2020 2pm

Tickets:
€20 (Group of 4 for €75)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
€1 Firkin Crane restoration levy is included in the ticket price

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Rainbow Performing Arts Academy are delighted to perform “City of Stars 2020”.

Join us for a performance of family entertainment, wonderful costumes, and dance styles such as tap, ballet, modern, jazz and cheerleading/acro dance. Our musical theatre and drama students will also perform some of the biggest hits from Broadway and Disney classics ranging from Oliver, Mamma Mia, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins Returns, Alice in Wonderland and much much more ……..

Monday 30th March 2020 7pm – 8.30pm

Join us for a fun and informative evening combining engineering research with dance and movement practice. No previous experience of either is required! This workshop will use gentle and creative movement exercises to explore different possible forms of renewable energy in Ireland. Visual tools and teamwork exercises will be used to encourage each participants creativity and understanding of the topic. Participants are advised to wear light comfortable clothing and bring their own water. While the event is aimed at adults, children are welcome if accompanied.

This workshop is being developed as a pilot format, to inform future workshops combining dance practice and research. The workshop leads will be observing participants, and evaluating the event with the aim of publishing. All participants will be asked to sign a consent form consenting to be included in this research, with the option to remove themselves at any time.

To book contact aoife.long@ucc.ie

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 15th March 2020 12pm – 4pm

Price: €15

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Programmed by Junk Ensemble, Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane, Lords of Strut, will teach a Dance Workshop.

DANCE OUT

A workout class from Lords of Strut as outgoing as their outfits.

Want to feel motivated, get fit and healthy, and have a bag of dance moves ready to take over the next dance floor that gets in your way?

Part dance class, part workout, part comedy show, Lords of Strut hold court keeping the DANCE OUT class moving while DJ’ing tunes to fit the mood – slowing it down for a deep stretch and speeding it up so our asses as toned as 1981 Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Most importantly, we’ll keep you entertained with some of their homegrown motivational phrases; ‘There’s no shame in sweat’, ‘Leave it on the dance floor’ and ‘Dance like you’re riding a lobster’.

Inspired by Jane Fonda and a recent meeting with Mr Motivator, Lords of Strut have made a workout class that has style, comedy and sexy dance moves that you get to take home.No dance experience needed – No exercise experience needed – Spandex encouraged

Whether you’re as fit as a 1995 Sonya O’Sullivan or as unfit as box of hedgehogs DANCE OUT will make you feel good!

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 26th April 2020 3pm

Tickets:

€20 (€75 for group of 4)

TICKETS ON SALE AT 1PM ON FRIDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 2020

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
€1 Firkin Crane restoration levy is included in the ticket price

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Ballet Theatre Ireland Present Coppélia

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 10th May 2020 12 – 4pm 

Price: €15

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Programmed by Junk Ensemble, Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane.

In this workshop Mary shares elements from her interdisciplinary practice bridging dance, film and visual arts. Exploring the relationship between dance and screen in cinema, stage and gallery settings, participants will be invited to consider their own artistic questions through a series of guided individual and group explorations. These will focus on visual languages for screen or stage, improvised and choreographed performance for the screen, and creative and technical tensions in crossing disciplines. The workshop is an opportunity to experiment with existing ideas you have or open up new questions, as well as sharing, viewing, playing back and reflecting on content. It is suitable for anyone working in dance or moving image with an interest in the crossovers between art forms. Participants are encouraged to wear comfy clothes and bring a camera/smart phone or pre-existing footage they may wish to experiment with.

For more on Mary’s work see: www.marywycherley.com

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 6th September 2020 12 – 4pm

Price: €15

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Programmed by Junk Ensemble, Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane

Flying Low Workshop with Lucia Kickham

Flying Low is a dance technique developed by Venezuelan dance artist David Zambrano. It’s main focus is the dancer’s relationship with the floor. Passing Through is a complex system of spontaneous composition based on collective leadership, interconnection and infinite possible pathways in space. In this workshop Lucia will introduce the participants to the key elements of these movement approaches. The workshop builds up from gentle exercises which examine the natural spiral patterns within the body and develops into more energetic and expansive sequences.

Groundedness, efficiency of movement, practicality, open awareness and group dynamics are important elements at play in this movement training. This is an energetic workshop exploring the mechanics of the body, group consciousness and decision making.

Lucia is a Dublin-based dance artist performing and collaborating internationally since 2011. Trained in The Netherlands, she has worked with companies and artists which include TRASH, Company Philip Connaughton, Junk Ensemble, Liz Roche Company, Maria Nilsson Waller.
Lucia frequently performs at festivals in Ireland and has toured throughout the UK, Sweden and The Netherlands. She has trained intensively with David Zambrano in Flying Low & Passing Through techniques, developing her interest in group dynamics within composition and teaching environments. 

In recent years Lucia has received awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland, Firkin Crane Cork and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. INIT: The Warm Up Project, Kickham’s latest work, premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival in September 2019.