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7–11 decemBer 2010 Project arts centre tickets €4–€14 / festival pass €60 01- 8819613 www.projectartscentre.ie/queernotions PeGGy shaw dickie Beau eddie ladd Jonny woo mark o’halloran neil watkins una mckevitt Qasim riza shaheen QN2010_POSTER!.indd 1 03/11/2010 15:46 Clare Dunne I’m an actress that has been working away in [mostly] theatre since 2009. I feel like I have been in a closet for a long time with a lot of imaginings. Full of rhymes and songs and expressions and images that I wondered, “Jesus Christ. Am I mental or is this stuff for artistic realisation somewhere?” It turns out that [it] could be realised in the place I would soon call a creative home: ThisIsPopBaby. ThisIsPopBaby allowed me to workshop what I wondered was worth workshopping in the first place. They heard it, showed it, asked me the story it could really be, and made me realise that sometimes what you think you are wondering about alone is what your whole generation might be wondering about – and we will allow you the arena to explore that in. They pushed me to become the performer I have always aimed to be and reach the hearts of the audience I have dreamed of connecting with for so long; my contemporaries and beyond. They allow the new voices to find their voice and send something out into the atmosphere that is not ‘right’ or ‘marketable’ but fucking TRUE and passionate, and of this moment and also… just good craic. They remind Dublin and beyond that live entertainment is able to do it all. I am so grateful to be part of this team. They dare. They dream. They do. Cian O’Brien AuSTrAlIAN TOur 2013 BrISBANe POwerHOuSe 9-11 OCTOBer THe VANGuArd, SYdNeY 16-17 OCTOBer melBOurNe FeSTIVAl HuB 24-25 OCTOBer BOOkING: www.THISISPOPBABY.COm ADU_OZ_POST_02.indd 2 30/09/2013 12:37 I was around for the very beginning of ThisIsPopBaby, when the company was founded. It was myself, Philly and Jenny. I remember having long, brilliant conversations with both of them in Jenny’s kitchen in Rialto, planning and thinking about the future and what it might be like. I made decisions in my career that moved me in other directions, and they kept going with the company. Sometimes, I think, “shit, did I make the wrong decision?” But actually, what I think it means for me is that I have this deep connection to their work – well, that’s how I feel it anyway, I feel really proud to have been there from the start and now to be able to work with them in other ways. It’s really brilliant to be able to present their work at Project, where I can provide a space for them to do something. And also then to just be a fan and see the work, and see things like Alice in Funderland, Riot or Where We Live be fab. I love them. They also really helped me, from my time working with them, and seeing their work, to understand the world better, and to understand myself better. It was a real privilege to have that experience of them, the stories they tell, the way they shape stories. It was really formative for me. 25 thisisPoPBaBy and ProJect arts centre Present design by ponybox.co.uk THISISPOPBABY presents PANTI in “COmIC GeNIuS” ★★★★★ THe IrISH INdePeNdeNT