Showcases outcome report Edinburgh Showcase 2013
Total 15 results.
| Art Form | Showcase Title | Applicant / Organisation | Amount Approved (€) | Finance Commited | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature | Irish Literature | Edinburgh International Book Festival | 3,900 | 02/09/2014 | |
| Description | The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the largest and most successful public celebration of the written word in the world. 700 events are held with authors from over 45 different countries. In addition, each night of the festival, we host Unbound: two hours of music, spoken word and poetry in the Spiegeltent, which has proved very successful in recent years. | ||||
| Theatre | Have I No Mouth by Brokentalkers | Brokentalkers | 26,000 | 02/09/2014 | |
| Description | Brokentalkers will present Have I No Mouth at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Have I No Mouth is a devised show performed by Brokentalkers' co artistic director Feidlim Cannon, Feidlim's Mother, Ann Cannon and their psychotherapist, Erich Keller. | ||||
| Theatre | These Halcyon Days by Deirdre Kinahan | Anne Clarke | 29,500 | 02/09/2014 | |
| Description | These Halcyon Days is a funny, touching, life-affirming new play by Deirdre Kinahan. It features remarkable performances by two of Ireland’s leading actors, Stephen Brennan and Anita Reeves. With the support of Culture Ireland, it will play for four weeks at the Irish Arts Center in New York in May/June 2013, and will then embark on an 8-week Irish tour, prior to its performances in Edinburgh. | ||||
| Theatre | Howie the Rookie by Mark O'Rowe | Anne Clarke | 20,000 | 02/09/2014 | |
| Description | Mark O’Rowe’s Howie the Rookie was first produced in 1999 and took the theatrical world by storm. Now this ‘thrilling new play’ (New York Times) has been re-imagined for a single actor. In this new production, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, star of RTÉ’s Love/Hate, will play both Howie and Rookie. The production will premiere at Project in June and play at Galway Arts Festival before touring to Edinburgh. | ||||
| Dance | Maria Nilsson Waller and Company and Aoife McAtamney | Dance Base Scotland | 25,000 | 02/09/2014 | |
| Description | Annual season of new dance from Ireland presented at Dance Base as part of its international programme for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. | ||||
| Literature | Edinburgh International Book Festival | Edinburgh International Book Festival | 5,000 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the largest and most successful public celebration of the written word in the world. 700 events are held with authors from over 45 different countries. In addition, each night of the festival, we host Unbound: two hours of music, spoken word and poetry in the Spiegeltent, which has proved very successful in recent years. | ||||
| Theatre | Here All Night | Gare St Lazare Ireland | 200 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | A performance of music, song and text from the work of Samuel Beckett as premiered at Brighton Festival 2013. | ||||
| Music | Jack Lukeman's 27 Club | Martin Clancy | 200 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | The work of Iconic artists such as Janis Joplin/Doors/RobertJohnson/RollingStones/AmyWinehouse/Bunnymen/Hendrix & Nirvana are interpreted by the Irish multi-platinum selling vocalist Jack Lukeman in his spellbinding new show "The 27 Club" Jack Lukeman interweaves their legacy not through a vale of tears but in a rip roaring musical celebration of life itself. | ||||
| Dance | John Scott Dance: Body Duet, Magnetic | John Scott Dance | 200 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | Body Duet:danced by two exceptional performers, Michelle Boulé/Philip Connaughton, attempt to create one body. Performed Tanzmesse, Dublin Dance Festival, IETM and APAP.MAGNETIC:An explosive work based on energy and ecstacy for five virtuosic dancers seeking to achieve levels of perfection, physical, technical and spiritual. MAGNETIC is part of a cycle begun with ACTIONS and BODY DUET | ||||
| Theatre | Donal O'Kelly's Brace:- Fionnuala and Skeffy | Donal O'Kelly | 200 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | Pair of new plays by Fringe First winning writer-actor Donal O’Kelly. Fionnuala - bog magic realism set in the murky world of the Mayo gas project ‘Cuts a swathe through Shell/State propaganda’ (Hot Press). Skeffy - quest for the lost ideals of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, pacifist, feminist, atheist friend of Joyce who called him ‘Hairy Jaysus’, executed Dublin Easter 1916. | ||||
| Dance | Dogs/ Emma Martin Dance | Emma Martin | 200 | 01/09/2014 | |
| Description | An award winning dance-theatre work exploring the pressures of social civility provoking those instincts in humans which draw us closer to the animal kingdom. Accompanied by pounding and beautiful live sound and song and featuring an international cast of 9 performers. Winner of Best production and best design at ABSOLUT Fringe 2012. | ||||
| Theatre | Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend | Solpadeine is My Boyfriend | 200 | 25/08/2014 | |
| Description | Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend first premiered at Dublin Fringe 2012 to sell out audiences and critical aclaim. Since then it has been booked for over 20 regional Irish venues and has visited The Write About You Festival, Bucharest, Romania. It has also been invited to World Theatre Festival, Brisbane 2014. The show makes it's UK premier at Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival. | ||||
| Theatre | Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend | Kate Ferris | 200 | 25/08/2014 | |
| Description | As a freelance Company Manager and Producer I am working on various productions in different capacities - Company Manager - Man of Valour (Corn Exchange), Company Manager / Publicist - riverrun (Emergency Room), Producer - Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend (With an F Productions). These 3 productions are all high quality examples of Irish work that have and will attract international interest. | ||||
| Dance | Hear me sing your song/With raised arms | Liv O'Donoghue | 200 | 25/08/2014 | |
| Description | 'Hear me sing your song' was presented in Italy and Austria earlier this year as part of the EU Presidency programme. 'With raised arms' was recently presented as part of Re-Presenting Ireland/the Dublin Dance Festival. Both pieces have been awarded Arts Council funding for continued development, and will be presented as a double-bill in Dublin & Cork in 2014, with the plan to tour further. | ||||
| Theatre | Quietly by Owen McCafferty | Derek Garland | 20,000 | 16/05/2013 | |
| Description | The Abbey Theatre will present the UK premiere of Quietly by the multi-award winning Owen McCafferty at the Traverse Theatre from August 1st to 25th by special invitation. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe provides the best international platform for this new play to feature in both the Culture Ireland Showcase. This maximises exposure to international presenters. | ||||