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They Never Froze Walt Disney
The Granary Theatre, Cork
8th-12th January at 8pm (preview January 7th)
Bookings & Info: 021 490 4275
Theatre Makers, in association with The Granary Theatre, present this compelling, witty and often moving new play by Cork author Jody O’Neill.
Directed by Jack Healy this production of ‘They Never Froze Walt Disney’ premiered in the Cork Midsummer Festival where it was warmly received by audiences and critics alike during a week-long run.
This darkly comic piece traces the lives of Marie (Jody O’Neill) and Paudie (John McCarthy), from the 1960’s to present day, flashing between their first encounters and the highly suspicious circumstances that reunite them many years later.
“sparkling black comic dialogue…” - Irish Examiner
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Theatre Makers at Work.
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When it does, we know that the fixed designations into which we are born and grow; need not be prisons in which we are stuck but rather platforms from which we can view the full spectrum of cosmic possibility.
We think of theatre as a minority interest and yet, the essence of theatre art is innate to the human condition. We may live our lives broadly adhering to a consistency of name and face, but in truth we are constantly required to navigate the sometimes uncertain –but potentially very exciting-seas of personal transformation.
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Theatre Makers Ltd.
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Within existing theatre practice, directors and to a lesser extent, playwrights are the primary creative initiators.Actors are enlisted onto their projects through the casting system.
This has given rise to theatre making mechanisms which often leave actors feeling disempowered and alienated from the heart of the creative process.
The Working Actors Workshop is an initiative taken by Theatre Makers which is available to working actors It investigates the nature of the actors art and introduces the concept of empowerment through creative initiation to the actors involved.
The workshop has been up and running on a weekly basis since last October. It has already enjoyed success with its Fast Theatre Events at the Triskel Art Centre during the month of February of this year.
; They Never Froze Walt Disney by Jody O’Neill goes to the public as part of The Cork Midsummer Festival. (June 25th - 30th. 1pm. Unitarian Church. Princes St.)
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