2022-Present
Midsummer Parade
Cork Community Art Link
New opera presented at Cork Midsummer Festival 2024 from artist Amanda Coogan and composer Linda Buckley along with collaborators Alvean Jones, Lianne Quigley and the Cork Deaf Community Choir.
Based on a script from the deaf artist Teresa Deevy telling the story of An Táin through the eyes of Queen Medb, combining Irish Sign Language with experimental sonic and vocal composition, this immersive production explores one of Ireland’s foundational myths with a fresh perspective on diversity in storytelling, connecting our past with our future.
Following 2023’s Ode To Joy, this project continues Amanda's ongoing collaboration with Cork Deaf Community Choir. Amanda Coogan is an internationally recognised and critically acclaimed artist working across the medias of live art, performance, photography and video. She is one of the most dynamic and exciting contemporary visual artist’s practicing in the arena of performance.
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Created and Directed by Amanda Coogan
Composition and Performance by Linda Buckley
Cellist Kate Ellis
Vocalist Suzanne Savage
Libretto Teresa Deevy
Adaptation and Collaborating Artist Alvean Jones
Adaptation and Collaborating Artist Lianne Quigley
Cast Amanda Coogan, Liz Callanan, Ela Cichocka, Lorraine Coleman, Ghaliah Conroy, Angela Dennehy, Ana Hernanz Albendea, Alvean Jones, Orla O’Sullivan, Roisin Owens, Lianne Quigley, Sophie Rosenau, Olena Tolstenkova, Ruslan Tolstenkov, Karina Vanesa Conca, Anthony White
Producer Lynnette Moran
Line Producer Heather O’Sullivan
Production Manager Stephen Bourke
Set Design Amanda Coogan
Lighting Design Ciaran Bagnall
Costume Design Catherine Fay, Amanda Coogan
Costume Assistant Gillian Roberts
Costume Makers Caroline Butler, Breege Fahy, Cathy Connell
Chief LX Eoin Lennon
Sound Engineer Dan Smith
Stage Manager Barbara Hughes
Scenic Design Chris Hunter
Interpreters Ray Green Suzanne Carey
Developed as part of ART:2023 – a Decade of Centenaries. A collaboration between the Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. This collaboration and presentation is further supported by Cork City Council.
