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Open Theatre Practice Season IX Freedom

Outlandish Theatre is a platform for artists and local communities to create inter-disciplinary theatre and inter-media projects in Dublin and beyond, exploring who we are within perceived cultural, national and global narratives.

F r e e d o m
A performance intervention inspired by Antigone

F r e e d o m is an artistic act of solidarity with those the Kings don’t care about.

Inspired by Antigone, this one-off experimental performance intervention explores what an act of defiance against the Kings looks like today.

Three international artists, Iman Aoun (Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah, Palestine), Haider Al Timimi (Theater Antigone, Kortrijk, Belgium), and Maud Hendricks (Outlandish Theatre, Dublin, Ireland), each working at a different proximity to Gaza, ask how does an artist’s contextual distance shape their work in relation to Gaza, freedom, and truth-speaking?

An original chorus of nine Ireland-based performers are joined by new chorus members who meet and perform in a single afternoon. Together they respond to Antigone [the archetypal artist] and The Kings [the global powers] from a Global North and European perspective, creating a loud response to current violence. 

The intervention will be followed by a post-show response.

This event, supported by The Department of Drama, School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin continues Outlandish Theatre’s nine-month exploration of the existential theme Freedom, as part of Open Theatre Practice Season IX.

 

Open Theatre Practice An innovative performance making platform for anyone interested in creating new, experimental theatre in a supportive and professional environment. Each season culminates in an ensemble performance co-created with an inter-disciplinary creative team. Arts is Health The integration arts practices in healthcare environments with a focus on co-creation processes that give space for artists, staff and patients/clients to engage in the development of inter-media material for new performances which connect to the wider community. Participatory and inter-disciplinary Long-term performance projects created in arts, health and community contexts connecting artists, participants and audiences from the local to the global within the framework of the Sublime and Anthropocene.

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