Quintessence Theatre

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Smock Alley

Droichead Arts Centre

An Táin Arts Centre

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Winner of Best New Play 2019 - Broadway World Ireland Regional Awards

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Photography by Genevieve Girling

 

In the echoing confines of a Victorian mental asylum an incarcerated man struggles to convince a watching gaggle of doctors of the extraordinary truth of an immortal shape-shifter – more monster than man – who lives through the consumption of human blood. As he desperately strives to piece his fragmented mind and rememberings together and make sense of the unthinkable horrors that befell him and his missing comrades, he comes to realise he is fighting not just for his sanity, but his very living soul…

Stylised and expressionistic in both performance and design, with a multi-rolling ensemble cast of five, Quintessence use their unique dazzling physical ensemble theatre techniques to breathe new life into old horror, marking the 120th anniversary of the novel's publication, and providing a slick visual feast and haunting atmosphere Stoker himself would envy.

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CAST
Keith Thompson/Colin Flynn
Aisling Madden/Roisin McAtamney
Fiona Keenan O’Brien
Anthony Kinahan
Leah Rossiter

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CREATIVES & CREW
Written and Directed by Anna Simpson (based on the novel by Bram Stoker)

Set and Costume Design by Sarah June Mills

Choreography by Anna Simpson
Technical Design by Anthony Quinn
Executive Producer Paul Hayes

Sound Design by Anna Simpson

Sound editing and Trailer by Steven Larkin

 

 

Reviews

 

“Outstanding physical and artistic performances from a stellar cast”

Louth Hour

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"A slick minimalist performance that was absolutely enthralling"

Campus.ie

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"A bright and inventive production"

No More Workhorse

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