If you frequent this site you’ll know what They Never Froze Walt Disney is. If you don’t, it’s a play, written by the very talented Jody O’Neill, that was one of the highlights of the 2007 Midsummer Festival.

The big news I have for you today is that it will be part of the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival from the 8th to the 13th of September.

Jack Healy takes on the directing duties once more, but unfortunately John McCarthy was unable to do this run so his part is being played by Gavin Logue. Seeing what Gavin brings to the part is one of the main reasons I’ll be making the trip up to Dublin to see this run, having enjoyed his turn in O’Neill’s Breakfast during the first of the Project Brand New initiatives.

They Never Froze Walt Disney
Players Theatre, Trinity College

Preview 8th September 18:15 €10
9th-13th September 18:15 €12.50/€15
Matinee 12th 14:30 €10
1850 FRINGE (1850 374 643)
Book Online Here!

Dear fellow actors & actresses,

A very chunky bulletin this week, with loooooads of interesting stuff.
Have a look.

Best wishes,

Marcus

(more…)

NAYD’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream opens in the Peacock Theatre, Dublin next Monday. Among the cast is Cork actress Mary-Louise Mc Carthy, who you might remember was in Aifric last year. Mary-Louise is part of a cast of 20 young people from youth theatres all over Ireland - Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Sligo and Wicklow – who could be the theatre stars of the future.

Escaping the Athenian court to marry, Hermia and Lysander take refuge in a nearby wood. There too are Helena and Demetrius and the King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania. Oberon orchestrates a series of mischievous and magical tricks by which love is transformed, misplaced, deceived, revealed and finally, restored.

Starring: Lutz Biedinger, Kevin Corcoran, Alan Dalton, Brian Devaney, Barry Lenihan, Eoin Lennon, Mary-Louise McCarthy, Christina Matthews, Barry Morgan, Kiefer Moriarty-Short, Grainne Moriarty, Katherine Murphy, Luke Naessens, Roxanna Nic Liam, Jessica O’Driscoll-Breen, Mary-Rose Phipps, Paul Tansey, Roisin Watson, Barry Whelan, Darren Yorke

Director Gyorgy Vidovszky
Assistant director David Kelly
Set and costume design Diego Pitarch
Lighting design Eamon Fox
Sound design Samuel Gryllus

25 - 30 August
Preview Monday 25 August
Matinee Saturday 30 August
Peacock Theatre
Nightly at 8.15pm, Saturday matinee 2.45pm

Tickets: €18 (€14 concession Mon-Sat)
Preview/Matinee: €14
Youth Theatre members: €10
Booking: 01 87 87 222

Check out www.nayd.ie and www.abbeytheatre.ie for more information.

Blood+Bandage is a new festival designed to support and foster new plays and new forms of theatre emerging in Cork. Based in the Granary Theatre, this first annual festival features work by Meridian, Granary Theatre and Be Your Own Banana and showcases three Cork pieces developed in the city in the past two years.

In addition to the productions, the festival will also include workshops and readings of works in progress. These will continue after the festival with the intention of developing projects for future festivals.

Granary Theatre & Studio
8 September – 4 October 2008
Booking: 021 490 4275
Or in person at Granary Box Office
Ticket Prices: €15 & €10 conc.

Festival Special Offer: €20 for two shows, €30 for three shows - special offer tickets must be purchased in a single transaction.

This, and more, information available on the Blood and Bandage Facebook group. So if you’re on Facebook, go there and join the group! Or see the Granary website for more details.

This could be an exciting new project for Cork, with the festival including workshopping new pieces from up and coming talents with a view to developing them further.

Watch this festival closely, some exciting work could grow from it.

See below for details of the three main shows being put on in the Granary.

BE YOUR OWN BANANA in association with MERIDIAN PRESENTS:
THAILAND:What’s Love Got To Do With It?
By Máirtín de Cógáin & Brian Desmond
Directed by Brian Desmond.
Featuring: Máirtín de Cógáin in a knock-out, stand-up performance.

Granary Studio
10 - 20 September, 9.30pm nightly
Previews 8 & 9 Sept

Booking: 021 490 4275
Or in person at Granary Box Office

Ticket Prices: €15 & €10 conc. (All Previews €10)

GRANARY THEATRE PRESENTS:
BEATEN
by Ailis Ni Riain
Directed by Tony McCleane-Fay

Granary Theatre
10- 20 September, 8pm nightly
Previews 8 & 9 Sept

Booking: 021 490 4275
Or in person at Granary Box Office

Ticket Prices: €15 & €10 conc. (All Previews €10)

MERIDIAN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS:
THERE ARE LITTLE KINGDOMS by Kevin Barry
Directed By Brian Desmond

Granary Theatre
24 September – October 4, 8pm Nightly
Previews 22 & 23 Sept

Booking: 021 490 4275
Or in person at Granary Box Office

Ticket Prices: €15 & €10 conc. (All Previews €10)

Hello there,

I just got this email and I thought some people might be interested. So here it is:

————————————

Call for Extras for
Feature Film
The Eclipse

Being shot in Cobh in Sept. 2008
Directed by Conor McPherson

Men and Women

Aged 18 – 90

Please come to:

The Firkin Crane,
Shandon Street
Thursday August 21st
Between 4 – 7pm

Thank You!

——————————————————-