New show dates announced! Get those tickets 💙
‘Mourning is a Muscle’ coming to
@carlow_arts_festival
30 May - 1 June (3pm & 6pm each day). Info link in bio.
In still shock of the 2020 London lockdown, Barry began writing letters to their father. He had died four years earlier. A simple mourning ritual grew and allowed Barry to move again.
Mourning is a Muscle is the culmination of those letters, a denim-drenched journey through grief, connection, queerness, and lineage - part performance, part installation. Focusing on the relationship of a father and queer child, and a story of a derelict farm, it fuses movement, music, design and ritual. Playfully delving into gender, how we carry the landscape of home, and the joy of moving as our true selves.
From Annie Lennox to Neil Diamond, Carlow fields to London lockdown, line dancing to lip-syncing - it moves across time and place, landing in tender and electric moments. A call to witness mourning in all its forms: spectacular, ordinary, and everything in between.
Creator/Performer: Barry Fitzgerald
Set & Costume Designer: Rūta Irbīte
@_rutini__
Sound Designer: Tadhg Kinsella
@tk_lemonade_
Lighting Designer: John Gunning
@johnnesaispas
Movement: Barry Fitzgerald & Daniel Hay-Gordon from
@thicktightdance
Dramaturg: Ben Buratta
@benburatta
Costume Maker: Harry Whitham
@harrywhitham
Production Manager: Iris Liange
@irisliange
Producer: Anderson de Souza
@souzaandy
Project development team: Philip Connaughton, Jane Deasy, Alice Quinn Banville.
Funded by
@artscouncilireland Developed with the support of
@carlow_arts_festival @officialcarlowarts @dublinfringefest @outboxtheatre @panpantheatre @shoreditchth @visual_carlow
Image credit:
@donal.talbot 
