LET’S TRY SWINGIN’

Presented as part of The Dublin Fringe Festival

Meet Lily and Jim, Tadgh and Flora - two couples dipping their toes into swinging for the first time, though no one will admit it. Behind monogamy's closed doors, they navigate sexual frustration and the messy, unsexy reality of human relationships. This comedy explores the unwritten rules of swinging: talk first or dive in? Eat before or after? Why is there a pineapple on the door? With wine chilling, quiche in the oven, and Rennies at the ready, what could possibly go wrong?

Run Time: 70 minutes

Written by Leo Hanna
Directed by Finbarr Doyle
Cast Emma Dargan-Reid
Anne O’Riordan
Barry Simpson
Ben Waddell
Set & Lighting Design Iris Liange
Sound Design Andrew Kerr
Stage Manager Dee Finn
Producer Oonagh Wall

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Touring Dates: COMING SOON

Supported by The Lir Academy

Developed as part of Scene and Heard 2024

THE PRIDE

Presented as part of The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2024

Set in two times, the UK in the 1950s and the 2000s, The Pride charts the struggles and seismic changes in attitudes to sexuality that have taken place over 50 years in Britain. The Guardian says “Campbell's play is a work of art that juxtaposes scenes from the repressive 1950s with others from the more liberated, but still imperfect, present”. The past’s tortuous emotional triangle: ‘Philip’, an estate agent married to ‘Sylvia’ but is attracted to ‘Oliver’. In the present, the names are the same, but the characters are different.

Times change, attitudes change but do people really change?

Contains depiction of sexual assault and derogatory language.

Run Time: 2 hours with a 15 minute interval.

Written by Alexi Kaye Campbell
Directed by Emma Dargan-Reid
Cast Benedict Landsbert-Noon
Barry Simpson
Amy Kidd
Ben Waddell

Set & Lighting Design Iris Liange
Sound Design Chris Merton
Costume Design Fiona Ryan
Producer Oonagh Wall

Image by Cristhian Nelson
Image Design by Maebh McManus

VANISHING GRACE

For Grace, the World Irish Dancing Championships have been a life-long dream; a dream that’s about to become a reality. Join Grace as she bids goodbye to her Australian homeland and sets off to Dublin, Ireland to compete amongst the best of the best. Little does she know that her biggest competition… will be herself.

Written and performed by Emma Dargan-Reid
Directed by Amy Kidd

Dramaturg. Bryan Burroughs
Lighting Design Patrick Lehane
& Lucy Varley
Sound Design Laura Rainsford
Stage Manager Jennifer Aust
Lighting Operator Lucy Varley
Sound Operator John Norton
Producer Oonagh Wall

Images by Ste Murray

PALER, STILL

by Oonagh Wall

Set in a near-future Ireland where the Western World has eaten itself into anonymity and another Great Recession, Paler, Still is a new dramatic-comedy centered around two childhood friends. After Aisling suffers a mental breakdown, Liam brings her across the newly established border that separates the Greater Dublin Region from the rest of the country. In this abandoned hotel deep in Tipperary she can heal, convalesce and recuperate. However, old tensions simmer under the surface of this idealised place.

Paler, Still explores the nature of capitalist society, the value of culture, and the cost of the rural-urban divide.

Developed with support from Fishamble’s New Play Clinic and Tipperary County Council.

Written by Oonagh Wall
Directed by Eftychia Spyridaki
Cast: Amy Kidd and Éanna Grogan

Fight Co-ordinator Ciaran O’Grady
Set/Costume Designer Iris Liange
Lighting Designer Matthew McGowan
Sound Designer/Operator Katya Solomatina
Stage Manager Hazel Clifford
Lighting Operator Lucy Varley
Featuring the voice of: Liam Bixby

Images by Katya Solomatina and Maebh McManus

KEEPING VIGIL

by Oonagh Wall

Death is life’s inevitably fatal conclusion.

In the process of tearing us apart does death still possess the power to bring us back together?

Three old friends are reunited in their rural Irish hometown on the eve of a funeral.

Within the Irish Catholic tradition, the night before the funeral, selected members of the family must stay awake during the night to keep watch over the body.
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With self-conscious introspection and acerbic wit, Keeping Vigil explores the intertwined nature of death and tradition which still permeates rural Ireland today.

Starring: Adam Richardson

Amy Kidd

Éanna Grogan

Presented as part of Online@theSpaceUk
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“I’ve grown accustomed to the tricks and traps of theatre made for digital consumption, but I find anseo|anois‘s manipulation of the form particularly impressive.”

“Oonagh Wall’s script laces the bittersweet reunion of three childhood chums with poignant subtleties and familiar miscommunications.”

“Excellently cast. The comfort and chemistry between Amy Kidd, Éanna Grogan, and Adam Richardson sustain the magic of Keeping Vigil.”

WILD

Presented as part of The Brighton Fringe Festival 2021

Three sisters living entirely separate lives are united for their grandmother's funeral, where the disdain and distance between them become achingly apparent. In the sticky mess of grief, will they burn or rebuild their bridges?

WILD is an exciting new co-production from anseo|anois theatre and Rumble Theatre.

Written by Jenna Kamal
Directed by Erin Blackmore

Cast Felicity Green
Amy Kidd
Meadhbh Maxwell

Producer Oonagh Wall