Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival Rathfarnham Castle 12 Performances only from Oct 6 – 16 First performed in 2010, Slattery’s Sago Saga is one part carnival, one part surreal satire on modern Ireland. This hit comedy was acclaimed universally by critics and audiences and completely sold out its run in the historic halls of Rathfarnham [...]
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I’m up on the ninth floor of an ultra-modern office block on Washington’s Massachusetts Avenue and I can really feel Swampoodle coming together. To those of you who know anything about this project, this may seem a strange. After all, Swampoodle is a play inspired by the stories of DC’s forgotten Irish ghetto and staged [...]
In flight entertainment has ceased, baggage has been reclaimed, weather climate has changed dramatically and five hours have disappeared! The Performance Corporation have touched down in Washington DC for their next theatrical adventure to begin! With wardrobe and producers to arrive on Monday and Tuesday there is an overwhelming sense of excitement about the world [...]
IN WHICH THE SWAMPOODLE ACTORS ARE AWESOME We’ve reached the midway point of our week-long process, and morning has flown into afternoon into evening into the next morning in a gigantic blur. I thought today was an outstanding day in terms of creative work, and the group’s chemistry and trust is coalescing into a rare [...]
I’ve been dreading this moment for a while now, my goodbye to The Performance Corporation. I have now tied up the Swampoodle development week, set up the tax sheet for the rest of the year, tidied up the server as well as my desk, shed a few tears and was very touched when Jo, Tom [...]
