Quintessence Theatre

Droichead Arts Centre

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Photography: Clara Cronin

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Love, loss, patriarchy, & Women on the Frontline...but of which war? Inspired by true stories, & set in the Irish War of Independence, Quintessence Theatre bring a new, original, epic historical drama to vivid theatrical life.

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23rd of April 1921. Midnight. Three men, masked and heavily armed, break down the door of Mr. Padraic Carroll. But they're not there for him...They've come for his daughter. Peg Carroll: the fraterniser, the alleged 'horizontal collaborator' of the Crown Forces, about to be dragged from her bed, and scalped by her own people for charges never brought, and a crime never proven...

 

Devised by the company inspired by true stories, this stunningly stylised and expressionistic original drama sees Quintessence Theatre use their unique dazzling physical ensemble theatre techniques to explore love, loss and patriarchal violence throughout Irish history and today, all set against the dramatic backdrop of the Irish War of Independence.

 

Created and produced in association with Droichead Arts Centre.

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CAST

Leah Rossiter

Anthony Kinahan

Mark Anthony O'Reilly

Fiona Keenan O'Brien

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CREATIVES & CREW

Directed by Anna Simpson

Choreography by Anna Simpson & Fiona Keenan O'Brien

Lighting Design by Sophie Cassidy

Set, Costume and Soudn Design by Anna Simpson

Audio Recordings, editing, & trailer by Steven Larkin

Poster Design by Niall O'Brien

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