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John O'Brien
Dances For The City (In Time Of Angst)
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A new piece of music for chamber orchestra by celebrated Cork composer, John O’Brien, commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival.
€20 / €18
A tender, disarming and unexpected new drama by Deirdre Kinahan (The Saviour, Tempesta).
A man sits by a body of water. His once good suit hangs loosely now on his bones. It is dawn. The early boat he has travelled on has just docked and his fellow bleary eyed passengers disembark, swarming towards the city. In this near empty place he sits, unwilling or unable to set proper foot on Irish soil.
Not just a play of what was, or what is, and wrapped in longing and separation, this is a meticulous and devastatingly vivid portrayal of a life lived in extraordinary circumstances.
As we sit with Joseph in an Irish ferry terminal, we sit with every refugee and every citizen of the world who is forced to flee in search of peace, happiness, love, home.
Festival favourite Deirdre Kinahan (The Saviour, 2022; Tempesta, 2024; Songs and Souls, 2025) reunites with leading theatre director Louise Lowe to explore the city’s cultural history as a port and place of departure in creating an evocation of place, memory and mind.
Funded by the Arts Council and Meath County Council
Supported by Dublin Port
Written by Deirdre Kinahan
Directed by Louise Lowe
Performed by Michael Glenn Murphy
Set Design by Owen Boss
Costume Design by Joan O’Clery
Lighting Design by Ciaran Bagnall
Sound Design by Carl Kennedy
Produced by Maura O'Keeffe & Kathleen Aleton
Production Management by Brendan McLoughlin & Mark Fennell
Stage Management by Gill Weston & Brendan Galvin
The Homecoming of Joseph Grace will tour to Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire from 16-19 July 2026. Find out more at paviliontheatre.ie.
