Productions

BOXES- 2009


“a visual feast..should raise the spirits of any fan of the theatre...a celebration of labour...”

-Colin Murphy, Irish Independent

 
Creators:
David Bolger
Music:
Jim Eadie, Ivan Birthistle and Vincent Doherty
Sound Designer:
Ivan Birthistle and Vincent Doherty
Costume Designer:
David Bolger
Original Cast:
Jason E. Bernard and Lee Clayden
Stage Manager:
Mags Mulvey
Premiere Date:
6 March 2009
Premiere Venue:
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
No of Perfs:
3
 
Other Perfs:

SIAMSA TÍRE, TRALEE :10 MARCH

DUNAMAISE ARTS CENTRE, PORTLAOISE

MERMAID ARTS CENTRE, BRAY : 14 MARCH

TOWN HALL THEATRE, GALWAY : 19 MARCH

PAVILION THEATRE, DUN LAOGHAIRE : 24 MARCH       

BACKSTAGE THEATRE, LONGFORD : 26 MARCH

SOURCE ARTS CENTRE, THURLES : 28 MARCH

HAWK’S WELL THEATRE, SLIGO : 28 APRIL

GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE, WATERFORD : 30 APRIL

DROGHEDA ARTS FESTIVAL AT DROICHEAD ARTS CENTRE : 02 MAY

Synopsis:
 

Following the spectacle of Dodgems at the Dublin Theatre Festival last year, CoisCéim returns with BOXES, a finely balanced magical and memorable comic dance theatre for all the family.

Choreographed and Directed by CoisCéim’s Artistic Director David Bolger, d ance, imagination and spectacle are packed away in this touching duet for two men. With a pulsating sound score, animation and opulent design, BOXES reaches out to the heart and brings you on a journey of discovery. Cardboard boxes build an environment that sets off a chain of events for the dancers to play within. Ideas and discoveries are collected and transformed when two factory workers start a day at work with a difference.

Broadway dancer Jason E. Bernard and Lee Clayden, twice voted Outstanding Male by the Critic's Choice Circle return to perform in BOXES 2009 to reveal just how fragile our house of cardboard can be.