Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives
The Celtic Tiger era witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of transnational migrants entering Ireland. By the 2011 Census, 17% of the population was born outside Ireland and much of what had been assumed about Irish identity (and theatre) could no longer hold.



This groundbreaking anthology brings together six interviews and eight plays by migrant and Irish-born theatre artists who probe the impact of inward-migration and interculturalism in post-1990s Ireland. The interviews and plays collected here, all available in print for the first time, model a range of devising strategies, dramaturgical frameworks, and literary forms. To date, the work documented here has been produced at a wide range of venues from the Abbey Theatre and New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre to mid-sized theatre companies, community centers, street theatres, and even refugee accommodation centers throughout Ireland. This book represents established as well as emerging theatre artists and includes work by Donal O'Kelly, Bisi Adigun, Charlie O'Neill, Rosaleen McDonagh, Paul Meade, Nicola McCartney, Ursula Rani Sarma, and Mirjana Rendulic. Additionally, there are interviews with Bairbre Ni Chaoimh, Anna Wolf, Kasia Lech, John Currivan, Alicja Ayres, Jose Miguel Jimenez, Declan Gorman, Declan Mallon, and John Scott. Staging Intercultural Ireland offers a snapshot of Ireland's long-term intercultural process in its early stages and contributes to transnational migration studies and intercultural theatre research in a global context.
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Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives
The Celtic Tiger era witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of transnational migrants entering Ireland. By the 2011 Census, 17% of the population was born outside Ireland and much of what had been assumed about Irish identity (and theatre) could no longer hold.



This groundbreaking anthology brings together six interviews and eight plays by migrant and Irish-born theatre artists who probe the impact of inward-migration and interculturalism in post-1990s Ireland. The interviews and plays collected here, all available in print for the first time, model a range of devising strategies, dramaturgical frameworks, and literary forms. To date, the work documented here has been produced at a wide range of venues from the Abbey Theatre and New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre to mid-sized theatre companies, community centers, street theatres, and even refugee accommodation centers throughout Ireland. This book represents established as well as emerging theatre artists and includes work by Donal O'Kelly, Bisi Adigun, Charlie O'Neill, Rosaleen McDonagh, Paul Meade, Nicola McCartney, Ursula Rani Sarma, and Mirjana Rendulic. Additionally, there are interviews with Bairbre Ni Chaoimh, Anna Wolf, Kasia Lech, John Currivan, Alicja Ayres, Jose Miguel Jimenez, Declan Gorman, Declan Mallon, and John Scott. Staging Intercultural Ireland offers a snapshot of Ireland's long-term intercultural process in its early stages and contributes to transnational migration studies and intercultural theatre research in a global context.
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Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives

Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives

by Charlotte McIvor
Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives

Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives

by Charlotte McIvor

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The Celtic Tiger era witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of transnational migrants entering Ireland. By the 2011 Census, 17% of the population was born outside Ireland and much of what had been assumed about Irish identity (and theatre) could no longer hold.



This groundbreaking anthology brings together six interviews and eight plays by migrant and Irish-born theatre artists who probe the impact of inward-migration and interculturalism in post-1990s Ireland. The interviews and plays collected here, all available in print for the first time, model a range of devising strategies, dramaturgical frameworks, and literary forms. To date, the work documented here has been produced at a wide range of venues from the Abbey Theatre and New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre to mid-sized theatre companies, community centers, street theatres, and even refugee accommodation centers throughout Ireland. This book represents established as well as emerging theatre artists and includes work by Donal O'Kelly, Bisi Adigun, Charlie O'Neill, Rosaleen McDonagh, Paul Meade, Nicola McCartney, Ursula Rani Sarma, and Mirjana Rendulic. Additionally, there are interviews with Bairbre Ni Chaoimh, Anna Wolf, Kasia Lech, John Currivan, Alicja Ayres, Jose Miguel Jimenez, Declan Gorman, Declan Mallon, and John Scott. Staging Intercultural Ireland offers a snapshot of Ireland's long-term intercultural process in its early stages and contributes to transnational migration studies and intercultural theatre research in a global context.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782051046
Publisher: Cork University Press
Publication date: 09/30/2014
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 410
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Charlotte McIvor is a lecturer in English, National University of Ireland, Galway. She is co-editor of Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary Practice (2014).

Matthew Spangler is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies at San José State University, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction: Inward Migration and Interculturalism in Contemporary Irish Theatre Charlotte McIvor Matthew Spangler 1

Plays

Introduction to Nicola McCartney's Cave Dwellers (2002) Charlotte J. Headrick 29

Cave Dwellers Nicola McCartney 33

Introduction to Charlie O'Neill's Hurl (2003) Sara Brady 85

Hurl Charlie O'Neill 88

Introduction to Ursula Rani Sarma's Orpheus Road (2003) Charlotte McIvor 129

Orpheus Road Ursula Rani Sarma 133

Introduction to Donal O'Kelly's The Cambria (2005) Charlotte McIvor Matthew Spangler 155

The Cambria: Frederick Douglass' Voyage to Ireland 1845 Donal O'Kelly 158

Introduction to Bisi Adigun's Once Upon a Time & Not So Long Ago (2006) Matthew Spangler 197

Once Upon a Time & Not So Long Ago Bisi Adigun 201

Introduction to Paul Meade's Mushroom (2007) Jason King 245

Mushroom Paul Meade 249

Introduction to Rosaleen McDonagh's Rings (2012) Maurya Wickstrom 301

Rings Rosaleen McDonagh 305

Introduction to Mirjana Rendulic's Broken Promise Land (2013) Charlotte McIvor 319

Broken Promise Land Mirjana Rendulic 324

Interviews

Calypso Productions Bairbre Ní Chaoimh 341

Irish Modern Dance Theatre John Scott 350

Upstate Theatre Project Declan Gorman Declan Mallon 359

Polish Theatre Ireland Anna Wolf Kasia Tech John Currivan 367

Performer Alicja Ayres 373

The Company José Miguel Jimenéz 378

Index 385

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