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- Apr 18, 12
The Company are VERY excited about the new plans confirmed for the year ahead. Two exciting new projects are underway, seeing The Company push further than ever before into the realm of the unknown. More news to follow, watch this space!
In the meantime, follow us on facebook and twitter to be first to hear the news! - Mar 28, 12
The Company are currently living it up in Copenhagen at IETM http://www.ietm.org/
Having just completed another development period for their new production, Politik, The Company have travelled to Denmark to see and experience work and stories from all over the globe. They are here with fellow Project Arts Centre regulars Cian, Niamh, THEATREclub and the oh so talented Alma Kelliher.
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Projects
- Organised chronologically. Scroll down to see older projects
2012 |
POLITIK
2010 |
AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WERE WE
- Premiered at ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2010
- Winner Best Production 2010 award
- Commissioned by the National Theatre of Ireland The Abbey, January 2011
- Part of Invisible Cities Festival, Portugal July 2011
- Part of RADAR L.A. Festival, U.S.A. June 2011
As you are now so once were we is a new kind of Ulysses. In it you won’t see Mr. Bloom and all of his mates walking through Dublin. You will see us. And you will see yourself in this imaginary country that is As you are now so once were we.
After almost a year of studying and departing and going back to Ulysses we finally reached the conclusion that we have set an impossible task for ourselves: we realised that it is simply impossible to stage what Ulysses really is about. Because it isn’t about Leopold Bloom; it isn’t about his cheating wife, or his deceased friend. And it isn’t about someone called Stephen Dedalus.
Ulysses, we discovered, is about all the things that make us believe and feel that we are in one place, one single place to which we belong. And this place does not necessarily relate to a geographical location but much more to the intangible feeling that you and I have in common much more that we think. It is a state, a hunch, or a belief. And that is an impossible story. That is not even a story but a feeling, an idea, a belief which is at the same time personal and universal.
As you are now so once were we is about nothing really. It’s about a day in which nothing special happens, a day that doesn’t exist beyond what each one of us sees and what you personally see. The 'dailiest of days'.
I feel now, when I see the show, that it is more about the experience of reading Ulysses than about the story of Ulysses itself.
It is about that unseeable and undefinable place where we are the same people living in the same place.
2009 |
WHO IS FERGUS KILPATRICK?
- Premiered at ABSOLUT Fringe Festival Sept 2009
- Winner Spirit of the Fringe award 2009
- Commissioned by Project Arts Centre and ABSOLUT Fringe, revived April 2010
- International guest 16th Bucharest National Theatre Festival, Romania November 2010
“Who is Fergus Kilpatrick” is the result of a year of investigation and loads of head wrecking thinking sessions around the concept of reality.
The base for our project was initially the works of contemporary philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean Baudrillard. From them, we took the desire and accuracy with which they question that which seems unquestionable. Their views on the interaction between real and illusory in contemporary societies created in us a new interest in theatre: we thought that the relationship between these two concepts relates to the very nature of theatre. We see theatre as the right medium to articulate the arguments between real and illusory since, without doubt, this is the base of any theatrical event.Our usual incapacity to even see said argumentation is what Baudrillard calls Simulation: not a lie, not representation, not a “faking” but a reproduction of the real to the point it becomes a reality in itself.“Who is Fergus Kilpatrick” is our attempt on simulation. To do this, we embarked on the task of making a non-theatre piece. It has been created repeatedly trying to avoid theatre. Is that possible? Have we succeeded?In it, technology and historic, new and old, improvisation and humming are mashed into a performance piece with its own signature.All of our efforts to avoid theatre produced a surprising result... or, perhaps, not surprising at all. But one that until now remained as a secret to us.
“Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?” is our way to tell you our secret.
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As you are now so once were we
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- “@roiseg: @companyireland @theatreclub look at the pair of ye on our new wall http://t.co/x4JdrYMz” love it love it love it!
- http://t.co/O5aG0tny we'll be dancing to this by the way.
- After rehearsals today the Company are going back to base for debriefing and cocktails...
- In full #IETMcph working mode. http://t.co/PllMnAFr
- It begins in Dublin: a plane loaded with @THEATREclub @ciangobrien @imniamhodonnell Alma kelliher and us. #IETMcph http://t.co/DBW63YXQ
- And not to mention his ability to withstand and conquer the natural elements.
- Oh and a recent poll conducted in Denmark lists Brian as the favorite company member for his strength, speed and agility.
- Good morning everyone! We are currently on our way to Copenhagen for IETM and to eat a lot of Danish pastries. Wish us luck!
- @projectarts is like home. It's Compton and we are NWA. Or they are Long beach and we're Snoop Dogg. Whatevs. We love it here.
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Wall
- The sexiest of the sexiest. Ponydance.
- An absolutely great album from an absolutely great human being. We love Dylan here at The Company and if you have lil gander and listen, we think you will too!
- THEATREclub WE LOVE YOU X
- This is important for all the theatre makers out there. Have a read!
- Opening night tonight and our very own token Northern Irish girl Tanya Wilson is in it! We can't wait to see it, go in and check it out if you can! Till June the 2nd. Break Legs!
- Us and THEATREclub are really, really excited! "Let's all watch" starting with this bad boy!
- What a beautiful day outside lads. Our next show will be set in a swimming pool. Free set. The country may have run out of a lot of things, but not water!
- So we are now making TWO BRAND NEW SHOWS THIS YEAR! More info to follow soon, watch this space :)
- THIS is what we're talkin about. Pack of beauties doing a workshop. I know we tell you many things are not to be missed but...if Carlsberg did workshops...
- These guys make whopper films. Check them out and help if you can.
- Nyree has started her donation page for her epic marathon adventure to raise funds for Project Arts Centre. Please donate if you can!
- What do we all think of this?
- Lots of exciting things these days in Project Arts Centre thanks to a nice little collaboration with ABSOLUT Fringe, two of our absolute favs! Check out the exciting programme that's on now at the link below.
- A lot of things may be closing down these days....but we found this whopper thing thats just opened!!! THEATREclub, check this out...
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3WMNumDvnc&feature=related we'll be dancing to this by the way.
- After rehearsals today the Company are going back to base for debriefing and cocktails...
- Good morning lovelies- Check out our latest interest in Project Arts Centre called The Fall by the beauty that isl Ella Clarke . There is a two for one deal tomorrow night which means it is a whopping €7.50 per person. We will be there, THEATREclub will be there... It is not to be missed. 4 DAYS ONLY!
- Question: How may artists does it take to fill the Dansehallerne? Answer: A lot. A hell of a lot. And they're all here. #IETMcph
- IETM has coke and cake for people to enjoy, just like these kids I met there
