Productions
Mermaids - 2003
- Choreographer:
- David Bolger
- Music:
- Conor Linehan
- Lighting Designer:
- John Comiskey
- Sound Designer:
- Paul Groothuis
- Costume Designer:
- Jodie Fried
- Hair & Makeup Designer
- Val Sherlock
- Original Cast:
- Muirne Bloomer, Robert Jackson, Nanette Kincaid, Jonathan Mitchell, Emma O'Kane, Rebecca Reilly
- Additional Cast (China)
- Muirne Bloomer, Robert Jackson, Nanette Kincaid, Daryn Crosbie, Emma O'Kane, Aisling Doyle
- Musicians:
- Conor Linehan (Piano), Ellen Cranitch (Flute)
- Boy Soprano Voices: Andrew Hall, Sebastian O'Shea-Farren
- Line Producer:
- Jane Daly
- Production Manager:
- Marie Breen
- Stage Manager:
- Paula Tierney
- Premiere Date:
- 27 May 2003
- Premiere Venue:
- Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- No of Perfs:
- 12
- Other Perfs:
- Mini Theatre of Beijing's People's Arts Theatre, China (27-29 May 2004)
- Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (3-5 June 2004)
- Synopsis:
- MERMAIDS takes as its starting point Hans Christian Andersen's story The Little Mermaid'. 'She would have wept, but mermaids cannot weep, and therefore, when they are troubled, suffer infinitely more than humans do' - Andersen. Written in 1836 The Little Mermaid deals with themes of love, yearning, suffering, self-sacrifice and ultimately transformation. David Bolger's contemporary dance work explores man's increasingly destructive relationship with the sea and the myths surrounding those mysterious creatures…mermaids.
