ALL PERFORMANCES

Thursday 17th – Saturday 26th January 2019
Open daily 11am – 4pm (Excluding Sunday)

Free Admission

A National Exhibit of Design for Performance

Firkin Crane is one of 6 locations in 5 cities across the country hosting the exhibition. The exhibition in Firkin Crane focuses on Design for Dance Performance.

The exhibition throughout the country features work from some of Ireland’s most prolific and creative designers. The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the dramatic yet ephemeral nature of Design for Stage and Screen in Ireland.

You will learn how the physicality of this discipline exists for a short time and then is no more. The curtain falls, the collaboration ends; all that remains is the memory of the experience in the minds of the spectator. The exhibition seeks to explore this ephemerality, designers respond to the provocation of presenting process.

The experience of the exhibitions will expose the visitor to bursts of inspiration; snatches of sound, flashes of colour, rustles of fabric, an insight into the mind behind the design.

Exhibitors:

Ciarán Bagnall Set and Lighting Designer
Hard To Be Soft – A Belfast Prayer

Catherine Fay Costume Designer
Bastard Amber / Girl Song

Sabine Dargent Set and Costume Designer
Dusk Ahead / Soldier Still / The Bystander

Tim Feehily Lighting and Sound Designer
Dylan Quinn Dance

Sarah Foley Costume Designer
Junk Ensemble

Laura Perrem Costume Designer
Junk Ensemble

Sarah Jane Sheils Lighting Designer
Junk Ensemble

You can see a second exhibition at the Theatre Development Centre (TDC) focusing on Design for Theatre Performance. The exhibition runs from Thursday 17th – Saturday 26th January 12pm – 2pm and 4pm – 6pm, with an opening launch on Friday 18th January at 7pm.

Other venues are Project Arts Centre, Dublin; National Opera House, Wexford; Blue Raincoat, the Factory, Sligo and Lyric Theatre, Belfast.

isssd / design and destroy

Estime et Affirmation de Soi
Saturday 26th January 2019 1pm – 5pm
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Self Esteem and Assertiveness
Saturday 16th February 2019 1pm – 5pm
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Estime de Soi et Lâcher Prise
Saturday 16th March 2019 1pm – 5pm

Upcoming dates:
Saturday 30th March 2019 1pm – 5pm (English)
Saturday 20th April 2019 1pm – 5pm (French)
Saturday 11th May 2019 1pm – 5pm (English)
Saturday 22nd June 2019 1pm – 5pm (English)

 “Art therapy is self development through arts. It releases people’s expression and artistic creativity, freed from the usual patterns. In this workshop, our “right brain” will be the guest star! By the way, our left brain is not “wrong”, it is overstimulated and very talkative. Within the group, we will prioritise creation, expression and intuition. Control and judgement will be turned away at the door !  We will use photolanguage, arts and crafts, voice, creative writing and telling. This workshop is not about performing, it is about being YOU. So, come as you are. To all this, add interaction, listening and caring in the company of a safe and energising group.
Note: A minimum of 5 participants is required for  the workshop to go ahead.

This event will be run by Yasmine Krid, bilingual psychotherapist (english and french). Due to subtitles and expressiveness of one’s native language, there will be 2 versions of the workshop (french and english).

« Creativity is intelligence having fun », welcome and please share!

www.yasminekrid.com

ONLINE BOOKING

Saturday 26th January 2019 8pm

Sunday 27th January 2019 8pm

Prices:
€15 (€56 for 4)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

MAKING MOVES are delighted to return to FIRKIN CRANE this winter with WINTER MOVES! This is their 7th ‘MOVES’ show in just over 3 years and they have built up quite a reputation for themselves for creating shows with such entertainment value and diversity … a mixture of dance and acrobatics, uniquely blended together and interspersed with live music. Co-Directed by Maeve Kelleher and Ally Futto… 

The show features many genres of dance from Musical Theatre, Jazz and Contemporary to Ballet and African. Pieces vary widely from a new contemporary dance BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE to music by STORMZY, to a Jazz piece  to THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL by MICHAEL JACKSON to a BOB FOSSE inspired piece RICH MAN’S FRUG. There is a new energetic African dance HABA HABA.  Also an extract from FLAMES OF PARIS … a ballet rarely seen in Cork! 

Guest Artists will include Ireland’s Bella Voce AMANDA NERI while TERRY LINGWOOD will perform his own original music and JOANNA DUKKIPATI performs an Indian Folk Dance. The show will also feature singers SHELLEY MCSWEENEY and TANYA ADAMSON  and actor KEVIN N . POWER who return to perform  with MAKING MOVES.

So an entertaining night of DANCE, ACROBATICS and SONG to brighten up January!

Sunday 3rd February 2019 11am – 5.30pm

Fee: €70 ( Book by Jan 21st for Early Bird Rate €60)
Numbers will be strictly limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Prior booking essential.

E: freeyourvoice@outlook.com Ph: 086-3844527

Whether you are someone who has always been curious to give singing a try or a more experienced singer who is looking to polish their vocals, this workshop is for you!

Covering the basics of good vocal technique, this highly enjoyable and intensive workshop will show you how to get the most out of your voice. It is suitable for all styles of music from Popular to Operatic, Jazz, Traditional, Musical Theatre etc. and all levels of singer from beginner/ non-singer to professional. It will also benefit public speakers and actors in their projection and delivery. 

The work will be based on understanding the voice, how to place your voice, how to breath and how to support the voice with development of agility of the vocal chords and awakening of the resonators. Performance skills and an introduction to improvisation will also be covered. Participants will have the opportunity to work individually with Joan on the song of their choice.

Reviews:
Excellent workshop. Lots of helpful exercises and explanations of what happens in our bodies when we sing. Very relaxed atmosphere. Joan put even the most nervous of us completely at ease with her confident, composed manner. And most of all – it was FUN! Highly recommend it.
Daria Verjans

What a wonderful experience Joan’s workshop was. Her tips and techniques brought out the best in all who attended and was easy to hear the improvement in each participant. Such good fun, met lovely people and thoroughly enjoyed the day. My kids even told me they could notice the improvement in my singing, and that’s high praise 😂
Gillian Gibbs

I took Joan’s course last weekend and it was absolutely brilliant – I’ve been singing since 🙂 It was incredible to see the improvement in each person over the course of the day and, most notably, how much easier and freer singing felt once Joan had outlined the main principles of how to sing and brought us through various exercises.
If you would like to sing with more confidence, look after your voice, enjoy singing more and just have a fun day, I would highly recommend you sign up for the next workshop!
Martin O Neill

Learn how to:
*Develop and gain control over your voice
*Extend your pitch -range, improve your timbre, intonation and power.
*Sing in a healthy way for your voice
*Be a more versatile and expressive singer
*Communicate/interpret a song
*Perform with confidence

For ages 16 – 106!

Numbers will be strictly limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Prior booking essential.
Fee: €70 ( Book by Jan 21st for Early Bird Rate €60)

E: freeyourvoice@outlook.com Ph: 086-3844527

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 3rd February 12pm – 4pm

Price: €15

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

The Architecture and Playability of Theatre
Programmed by the Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane.

Mikel Murfi will lead a workshop for actors, dancers and scenographers to explore the core ideas in the theatre practice of Jacques Lecoq. The workshop will also explore Mikel’s current practice methods. An ideal opportunity to have your creative mind challenged and reinvigorated as Mikel brings the discipline of architecture to the work of the body in order to give the theatre maker a more complete compendium of physical expression. 

Mikel Murphy from Sligo trained at Ecole Jaques Lecoq, Paris.

His performances in theatre include Swan Lake (Teac Damsa); Dolores (Junk Ensemble), The Man in The Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice (Loco and Reckless Productions); The Last Hotel and Ballyturk (Galway Arts Festival/Landmark/Wide Open Opera); The New Electric Ballroom (Druid); The Chairs (Blue Raincoat Theatre); Morning After Optimism, Playboy of the Western World (Peacock Theatre);  The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest (Abbey Theatre) Giselle, Rite of Spring and Petrushka (Fabulous Beast), Desire Under The Elms (Lyric, Hammersmith).

Directing includes: Toraiocht (Fíbín); The Walworth Farce, Penelope (Druid); Trad, The Great Goat Bubble (Galway Arts Festival); The Country Girls (Red Kettle); Diamonds in the Soil (Macnas); Waiting for Godot (Theatre Du Pif, Hong Kong); The Far Off Hills (Nomad Theatre Network).

Film includes: The Ballad of Kid Kanturk, Intermission, Sweety Barrett, The Butcher Boy, Love and Rage, Guiltrip and most recently Jimmy’s Hall. As a director Druma and John Duffy’s Brother. 

Friday 8th February 2019 8pm

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Fat Blokes is a sort of dance show about flab, double chins and getting your kit off in public.

Fat Blokes uncovers why fat men are never sexy but are always funny, always the ‘before’ but never the ‘after’ shot. Made in collaboration with Lea Anderson and four fat blokes who’ve never done this sort of thing before. Prepare yourself for a show about pent up aggression, riot grrrl and the hokey cokey.

This is fat rebellion.“Angry, lovable and tender show…an act of theatrical consciousness-raising” ★★★★ Guardian

Scottee is an artist and writer, working across theatre, fine art and installation. In 2010, as an emerging artist he won the title of Time Out Performer of the Year, since then he has been creating provocative work for audiences across UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and the US. His debut solo tour The Worst of Scottee won the prestigious Total Theatre Award in 2014. In 2016 he was included on Independent’s Rainbow List as one of Britain’s most influential LGBTQI+ people. Scottee’s critically acclaimed Putting Words in Your Mouth uncovered a queer community turning to neo-nationalist groups and was named one of Matt Trueman’s top shows of 2017. This quickly followed sell-out tour and his first stage text Bravado exploring working class masculinity. Currently he is touring ‘a sort of dance show’ Fat Blokes across England, Scotland and Ireland.

Scottee is co-host on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends. His debut radio documentary My Big Fat Documentary was made BBC Radio 4’s Documentary of the Week. Scottee has since appeared on Front Row, BBC Radio 3’s The Verb & Free Thinking. In 2018 he made a short documentary for BBC Three on street abuse titled Fat & Fabulous and The Gamble for BBC Radio 4 on autobiographical art.

​Scottee is not easily definable, his work is brash, political and will often purposefully leave you a bit annoyed, overwhelmed but never impartial.

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Saturday 9th February 2019 8pm

An epic saga of two brothers and their destiny to Dance.

From the lads that brought you RELEASE THE FREAK. the boys that concord the street performance world, RAVED it up in alleys across the country, confused the f**k out of Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent, stars of THISISPOPBABY’s RIOT (don’t tell Panti) and through it all they are still working at TONY’S BISTRO.

A mythical memoir of how they came to be, A Pop Opera of daring, disappointments and delusions… a family feud finds the brothers in a secretive yet epic battle for the soul of the world!

The clothes are too tight, the dreams are too big and there might not be enough room in this double act for the two of them!

Yes there will be dance – Yes there will be drama – Yes there will be keytar!

Cork’s Lords of Strut have been ripping it up across the Irish and international festival scene since they first squeezed themselves into spandex. Their unique brand of comedy acrobatics and what the hell are they doing has been delighting and confusing audiences in more than 25 countries (26 counting Cork) for 10 years!

Cian Kinsella and Cormac Mohally perform and created the legend that is … LORDS OF STRUT

Contains moderate language, graphic scenes , Adult Content, Partial nudity, strobe and smoke
Age 15+

“TRULY SUBVERSIVE” New York Times

“I think I get it now….. stupidly funny” Simon Cowell

ONLINE BOOKING

Thursday 14th  February 2019 8pm
Doors open 7.30pm

Tickets: €15

Booking fee online €1.50 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening Hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Imagine two Shakespearean lovers from Verona based in modern day Cork. Or a womanizer comes face to face with one of the greatest female warriors in the seven kingdoms. Or a Disney Princess, bombarded with a hip gangster. What about two pirates of yesteryear meeting up in the modern world? Can someone who doesn’t understand sarcasm build a rapport with someone who’s second nature is wisecracks? When an Insta Queen meets a buff body builder, so sparks fly?

Love Me Tinder is a light-hearted romantic comedy, describing a magical night of first dates. Eric, being a die-hard romantic believes that matches are made in heaven and love will always triumph in the end. Amanda, on the other hand, has gone through enough horrible dates to have given up on ever finding true love.

In the age of instant right or left swipes, is there still place for tingling in the stomach before meeting someone for the first time? Do nice guys have a chance in this world where you have 10 seconds to catch someone’s attention with a hip profile picture on a dating app? Is there someone for everyone? Will opposites attract or is this an experiment doomed to fail? Come, join us and be a part of a celebration of love and friendship.

Disclaimer: All popular TV / real life characters referenced are with due respect to the creators. No copyright infringement is intended.

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 3rd March 2019 12pm – 4pm

Tickets: €15

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

COME PREPARED
Please prepare a 5-minute performance with consideration of costume, props and action.
Wear flexible, warm and waterproof clothes (we will be outside for sometime)
Bring a handheld mirror
Bring 1 glass for water (no plastic)
Be prepared to perform, draw, photograph and video

Live performances are ever shifting, malleable artworks with four significant elements;
Site, Time, Audience and Performer(s). This workshop will focus on the individual artists
body as art material and explore, through simple exercises, methodologies of
communicating non-verbally with your body, materials and concepts. Using your body as
a material in your practice is a significant formal, emotional and conceptual step for an
artist. With this in mind, the broad discipline of performance studies can be of use in
equipping us with knowledge that crosses disciplines and enriches our practice.
Performance art is a wide and varied form. I outline the core of my practice here and
nodes of work I will be bringing to this workshop.

THE BODY
I am a Visual artist and the centrality of my work is live performance. My work is an
embodied practice, both in form and concept. The activities of the body are core to my live
performances and the body of the artist, my body, is ground zero. That body, it is
important to note, is female, is able-bodied and, in literal-visual terms, has white skin,
blond hair and blue eyes. The fact of presenting a live body publicly necessitates an
awareness of the literal visual reading of that body and the dynamics of perception. We
will begin the workshop considering the literal visual reading of our bodies, centering the
body and exploring where each artists site of embodied communication may be.

TIME/DURATION
My practice is process driven with live durational performance at its core. (Durational
performance, in this context, means so anything over 3 consecutive hours of publicly
presented performance.) The workshop will move on to a number of exercises that will
explore a sense of concentration on the present moment and assist in process of
developing ‘flow’ and deep concentration during performance. These exercises will also
draw our attention to the movement of our body and our control and precision of those
movements.

THE PRACTICAL
The exercises will also facilitate a process of stillness and distillation of ideas that, I
believe, assists in developing new work. Process-based working is an essential
methodology of developing new work. To this end I ask all the participants to prepare a 5
minute performance to show within the workshop. These performances will be the bases
from which we can explore possible structures of further development. I ask you to come
with an openness to re contextualising your performances throughout the workshop and
pushing yourself emotionally and conceptually.
I would like us to learn from each other without hierarchy, therefore the group dynamic of
sharing, exploring and safe risk taking is a key component of the workshop. We will focus
on exploring and experiencing with an eye towards sharpening our awareness and
communication skills. We will be each other’s audience, reflection and collaborators. I ask
everyone to honestly and critically feedback during the workshop with empathy, trust
and love for our fellow artists. The emphasis for this workshop is on process.

COME PREPARED
Please prepare a 5-minute performance with consideration of costume, props and action.
Wear flexible, warm and water proof clothes (we will be outside for sometime)
Bring a handheld mirror
Bring 1 glass for water (no plastic)
Be prepared to perform, draw, photograph and video.

CONSIDER
I will ask you to consider your performance actions under different lenses;
To locate the urgency in your action.
To deconstruct the action and rebuild it.
To be alert to the controlled instability of live action.
To become aware of site and context.
To consider technique, natural and formal, and be prepared to test out different methods.

BIOGRAPHY
Amanda is an internationally recognised and critically acclaimed artist working
across the medias of live art, performance, sculpture and installation. The Irish
Times have said, ‘Coogan, whose work usually entails ritual, endurance and
cultural iconography, is the leading practitioner of performance in the country’.
Her extraordinary work is challenging, provocative and always visually
stimulating. Using gesture and context she makes allegorical and poetic works
that are multi-faceted, and challenge expected contexts. She is one of the most
dynamic contemporary artists practising in live art.
The body, as a site of resistance, is the centrality of Coogan’s work. She
encompass a multitude of media; Objects, Text, moving and still image, all
circulating around her live performances. Her expertise lies in her ability to
condense an idea to its very essence and communicate it through her body.
Time is a key material in Coogan’s practice, building controlled instability into
the fabric of her work. The long durational aspect of her live presentations
invites elements of chaos with the unknown and unpredicted erupting
dynamically through her live artworks. Artforum described her 2015 live
exhibition; I’ll sing you a song from around the town, as ‘performance art at its
best’.
www.amandacoogan.com

Saturday 6th April 2019 3pm – 6pm

Price:
€55 / €45 students / OAP, please use discount code STUDENT

max 10 participants

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Somatic Solutions for your neck, jaw and shoulders
Walk with ease and comfort

A two part workshop for all levels

• Releasing tension around the neck, shoulders and jaw

We will work with movements that help us connect the neck to the centre of the body to regain freedom and clarity of movement. Better breathing and easier head movements resurface using rib-freeing pandiculations. Jaw movements will give you a sense of control over tension creeping in with stress

• Walk with ease and comfort

Exploration of hip and spinal movements that make us feel grounded and light on our feet at the same time. Easier rotation, smoother gait and movements simple enough to practice on your own.

You will receive recordings for your home practice.

One scholarship place available – email Katrin at katrin@somadublin.com.

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 26th May 2019 12pm – 4pm

Price: €15

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

Natural Body Movement and Trained Body Movement

Natural Body Movement may incorporate some of the very early infant movements in the womb and later on as we learn to work with gravity and come to standing. Whatever we may call it; there are natural and spontaneous movements that we all know from very early in our lives. As we grow and learn, these early movements get overlaid or enhanced by the many movement techniques available to us now. This workshop will explore seeing where the natural and more learned dance or movement techniques meet, partially meet or even conflict with each other.

Joan Davis has been exploring the nature of creativity, particularly from a body based perspective, for over 40 years. She pioneered contemporary dance in Ireland in the 70s & 80s and has experimented with collaborative art as a professional artist and therapist.

From 1996, when she moved to Wicklow, she developed the arts practice and performance offerings of Maya Lila which was based on bringing Authentic Movement into performance. She published two books on this process in 2007.

Joan is a Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner, has studied Authentic Movement with Janet Adler, and Voice Work with Chloe Goodchild and Rajeswar Bhattacharya. She is a Hakomi Sensorimotor Trauma Psychotherapist.

She continues to study developmental processes as well as embryology and early infant trauma. Joan has undertaken trainings in Dynamic Attachment Repair Experiences (DARE) with Dr. Diane Poole Heller in Europe. She continues her studies with trainings in HANDLE an holistic approach to neuro developmental healing and repatterning.

In 2012 Joan offered a four year somatic training called ORIGINS which covered the journey from preconception to standing.

In 2013 Mary Wycherley, a dance filmmaker based in Limerick, Ireland, was funded to make a film of the work of Maya Lila. This film, called ‘In the Bell’s Shadow’ has been screened nationally and internationally since it premiered in 2015.

Joan offers ongoing one to one somatic therapy sessions as well as her group work and solo retreats. Her most recent publication (2018) is the journey of ORIGINS, a journey from preconception to standing. www.gorsehill.net