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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 event 
16th November, 3 pm
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Open to all and free to attend

Registration details coming soon.             

“This theatre of the everyday is of operatic value.” 

International artists Maud Hendricks (Outlandish Theatre, Dublin), Iman Aoun (Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah, Palestine) and Haider Al Timimi (Theater Antigone Kortrijk, Belgium) and Dublin based chorus members David Ferreira Alves, Larissa Brigatti, Joan Somers Donnelly, Shiloh Duffy, Tony Fegan, James Hosty, Carolina Leiner and Janaína Senem collaborate on Outlandish Theatre’s ninth Open Theatre Practice performance, exploring the existential theme Freedom.

With each artist at a different proximity to Gaza, this experimental sound performance asks: how does an artist's contextual distance change their work in relation to Gaza and truth-speaking? The artists reflect on their ethical responsibilities and artistic drive, seeking an act of defiance inspired by Antigone - critiquing global systems, European complicity, and questioning both individual and collective accountability. Dublin-based performers respond as a chorus with guttural sound, collectively addressing Antigone [the archetypal artist] and the Kings [the global leaders] from a Global North and European perspective.

The performance will be followed by a panel discussion.

**Please note this event will be recorded**.

Funded by the Arts Council and DCC, kindly supported by the Department of Drama, School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin.

 

Creative Team
Narration co-created and performed by artists: Haider Al Timimi, Iman Aoun, Maud Hendricks

Chorus co-created and performed by: David Ferreira Alves, Larissa Brigatti, Joan Somers Donnelly, Shiloh Duffy, Tony Fegan, James Hosty, Carolina Leiner and Janaína Senem

Writers: Iman Aoun, Haider Al Timimi and Maud Hendricks

Sound recordings and editors: Haider Al Timimi and Brian Hogan

Outreach Artist: Fióna Bolger

Performance Director: Maud Hendricks

Concept directors: Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly

Facilitator of chorus ensemble: James Hosty

Costume: Tadashi Kato

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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