http://www.cornexchange.ie www.cornexchange.ie Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:27:03 +0000 http://www.cornexchange.ie en http://www.cornexchange.ie/Sponsors http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Sponsors Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:27:03 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2767479 The Corn exchange would like to thank the following for their support: <img src="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2767479/Councils-Post-Project-Page.jpg" width="665" height="80" width_o="665" height_o="80" src_o="http://payload23.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2767479/Councils-Post-Project-Page_o.jpg" data-mid="14042918" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/homepage.aspx http://www.cornexchange.ie/A-Play-On-Two-Chairs http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/A-Play-On-Two-Chairs Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:34:33 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630805 By Michael West Starring Annie Ryan and Michael West <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630805/Playon2Chairs.jpg" width="665" height="446" width_o="665" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630805/Playon2Chairs_o.jpg" data-mid="13316531" border="0" align="left"/> “Fiery and sexy … terrifically lithe and expressive … crackling.”The Scotsman “A joyously intelligent, entertaining and sexy piece of theatre.” The Sunday Tribune “Witty, fast and surprising … intelligent and high on humour. Sexy, witty and very sharp.” Belfast Telegraph “Edgily funny, sometimes disturbing … superb … provocative and brittle intelligence.” The Examiner Dublin Fringe Festival 1997 New York Fringe 1997 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Fringe 1998 Irish Tour 1998 Holland Tour 1999, starring Liz Kuti and Robert Price World Premiere, TCD Players, starring Dominic West and Amanda Hogan Photo by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Baby-Jane http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Baby-Jane Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:31:05 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630800 Adapted and Directed by Annie Ryan <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630800/Baby-Jane.jpg" width="310" height="325" width_o="310" height_o="325" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630800/Baby-Jane_o.jpg" data-mid="13316501" border="0" align="left"/>Starring Cindy Cummings, Annie Ryan and Pat Kinevane. Music by Vincent Doherty and costumes by Catherine Fay Project @ The Mint, March 1998 "Astonishing physical theatre which promises so much from The Corn Exchange in future.” Sunday Tribune “Tour de Force” Irish Independent “Immense style” The Irish Times “A real blast.” The Evening Herald “Positively splendid” Sunday Independent Photo by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/The-Seagull http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/The-Seagull Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:27:56 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630799 By Anton Chekhov A new version by Michael West Directed by Annie Ryan <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630799/The-Seagull2.jpg" width="665" height="356" width_o="665" height_o="356" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630799/The-Seagull2_o.jpg" data-mid="13316461" border="0" align="left"/> “The Corn Exchange has deservedly garnered plaudits for its inventive and iconoclastic canon of work to date and the deliciously irreverent tone of The Seagull goes some way to justifying this reputation.” The Sunday Times Director: Annie Ryan Music: Vincent Doherty Lighting: Morleigh Steinberg Set Design: Amanda Hogan Cast: Clara Simpson as Arkadina David Pearse as Konstantin Robert Price as Trigorin Fiona Glascott as Nina Steve Blount as Sorin Sonya Kelly as Masha Mark O'Halloran as Medvedenko Andrew Bennett as Dorn Kate Perry as Paulina Eugene O'Brien as Shamreyev Paul McGlinchy and Matt LeGault as Yakov Project @ The Mint March 1999 Photo by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Big-Bad-Woolf http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Big-Bad-Woolf Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:19:23 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630796 Adapted and Directed by Annie Ryan <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630796/BigBadWoolf.jpg" width="310" height="316" width_o="310" height_o="316" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630796/BigBadWoolf_o.jpg" data-mid="13316404" border="0" align="left"/>Starring Andrew Bennett, Robert Price, Annie Ryan and Clara Simpson Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards 1997 for both Andrew Bennett and Robert Price “First-rate . . . brilliantly explored theatre’s capacity to shock . . .a smart, complex piece, and one of the Fringe’s most impressive offerings.” Sunday Tribune “Hilarious” Variety Magazine “Electric ensemble playing . . . laughter spiked with painful recognition.” The Irish Times Photo by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Car-Show http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Car-Show Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:15:20 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630794 Four shows in four cars. Fly-on-the-windscreen theatre at its most intimate. “Ingenious, vivid, important work” The Observer <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630794/CarShow.jpg" width="665" height="447" width_o="665" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630794/CarShow_o.jpg" data-mid="13316336" border="0" align="left"/> New plays in cars by Annie Ryan and Michael West, Arthur Riordan and Lynne Parker, Alex Johnston, Mark O'Halloran, Colin and Darren Thornton with Alan King, Deirdre Molloy, Mark Doherty, Caroline McSweeney, Terry O'Hagan with Robert Price and David Pearse, Gary Cooke, Janet Moran, Tom Murphy and Karen Egan, Liz Kuti and Tony Flynn, Susanna DiWrixon and Melanie McHugh with Mark O'Halloran and more. Number 1, Top Ten Theatrical Events of the Year, The Observer, 2000 Winner of The Cultural Inspiration Award, Dublin Fringe 1998 Winner of the Special Judges Award, Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards 1998 Dublin Fringe Festival 1998, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar Unfringed Festival 1999, The Bell Table, Limerick The Galway Arts Festival October Arts, Ennis Meeting House Sq. Revival, June 2001 Greenwich & Docklands Festival, July 2000 Restless Gravity Festival Wales, Oct Laois Arts Festival, Oct 2001 Draíocht Blanchardstown Nov 12 - Dec 1 2001 Civic Theatre Tallaght, Dec 4 - Dec 8 2001 “One of the most enjoyable, if strange, pieces of theatre around.” The Sunday Tribune “The sheer intimacy of the productions, laced with a little voyeurism, has a hypnotic effect. Add to that the excellence of the writing, acting and direction, and the effect is truly seductive.” The Irish Times “The unlikely combination of acting and automobiles has yielded one of the enthralling experiences in modern Irish theatre. Car Show has everything theatre aspires to: inspiration, humour, edginess, exhilaration.” The Sunday Times “Buckle up, this is what fringe festivals are all about . . . One of the most intense theatrical experiences ever.” Irish Independent “The best piece of theatre to be found in Dublin for months . . . astonishing affirmation of the possibilities of theatre, setting a standard which nothing in the main festival came close to achieving.” The Sunday Times Photo by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Streetcar http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Streetcar Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:11:58 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630804 Adapted and Directed by Annie Ryan Winner Sexiest Show of the Fringe 1996 <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630804/Commedia_Flynn.jpg" width="310" height="317" width_o="310" height_o="317" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630804/Commedia_Flynn_o.jpg" data-mid="13316611" border="0" align="left"/>Starring Tony Flynn, Liz Kuti, Andrew Bennett and Gary Cooke Dublin Fringe Festival 1996 and April 1997 As “Birthday Party Show” in 2005 starring Dominic West as Stanley and Annie Ryan as Stella “Any production in this year’s official Dublin Theatre Festival will have to battle hard to match the strange energies unleashed in this fringe show.” The Times “A new and radical piece of theatre — and one which is uniquely The Corn Exchange’s own.” The Sunday Tribune “Terrifyingly effective.” The Irish Times Photo by Amelia Stein http://www.cornexchange.ie/Lolita http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Lolita Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:07:20 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630792 Nabokov's Screenplay adapted by Michael West Directed by Annie Ryan Winner Best Supporting Actress (Clara Simpson) Irish Theatre Awards 2002 Winner Best Costume Design (Joan O’Clery) Irish Theatre Awards 2002 <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/lolita3.jpg" width="310" height="390" width_o="310" height_o="390" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/lolita3_o.jpg" data-mid="13316097" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/lolita-group.jpg" width="310" height="217" width_o="310" height_o="217" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/lolita-group_o.jpg" data-mid="13593106" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/Lolita-Ruth.jpg" width="310" height="465" width_o="310" height_o="465" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630792/Lolita-Ruth_o.jpg" data-mid="13316046" border="0" align="left"/> A Peacock Partners - The Corn Exchange co-production Lolita, presented in a Commedia dell'Arte style, is a high-energy production of Lolita - one of the most startling, original and controversial love stories of our time. A sensation when it was published almost fifty years ago, Lolita recounts the passion of Humbert Humbert, a wily European academic, for Lolita, the young daughter of his New England landlady. It trails his desire from state to state in a tragic tale of love, obsession, betrayal and murder. Starring Andrew Bennett, Ruth Negga, David Pearse and Clara Simpson Nominated for Best Adaptation (Michael West) Irish Theatre Awards 2002 Set Design: Kris Stone Costume Design: Joan O' Clery Lighting Design: Paul Keogan Music Composition: Vincent Doherty Improvised Percussion: David Boyd “The year’s most memorable production.” The Sunday Times “Probably the best thing I saw all year.” Sunday Independent “This production is magnificent on every single front and the acting is superb” The View, RTE “Lolita is exciting, stimulating and innovative theatre at its best.” Irish Examiner “A cracker of a play…the effect of the presentation is extraordinary” Sunday Independent Photos by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Mud http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Mud Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:59:35 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630788 By María Irene Fornés Directed by Annie Ryan Winner Best Production, Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards 2003 <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud045.jpg" width="665" height="503" width_o="665" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud045_o.jpg" data-mid="13315885" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud048.jpg" width="665" height="503" width_o="665" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud048_o.jpg" data-mid="13315886" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud114.jpg" width="665" height="442" width_o="665" height_o="442" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630788/mud114_o.jpg" data-mid="13315888" border="0" align="left"/> MUD is a concentrated blast of savage humour and unashamed beauty. Mae struggles to escape the baseness and poverty of her life as Lloyd and Henry fight for her love in a tug of war that keeps dragging her back down in the muck. Fornés' is a world of heartbreak - intense and lyrical. María Irene Fornés is one of the icons the Off-off-Broadway movement. Born in Cuba, she moved to New York at the age of 15. While studying painting in Paris in the fifties, a production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot inspired her to take up writing, and since then has written over 40 plays, won numerous awards, including 9 Obies - and the nickname 'Mother Avant Garde'. Starring Simone Kirby, Liam Carney and David Pearse Set Design: Kris Stone Lighting Design: Jane Cox Costume Design: Marie Tierney Sound Design: Vincent Doherty Nominated for Best Director & Best Actress Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards 2003 “A fine production…Ryan directs with great clarity and assurance, eking out the wry humour of the piece. A John B. Keane play written by Samuel Beckett” Irish Times “Kirby is magnificent” * * * * The Guardian “Powerful work.” * * * * * Irish Independent Photos by Paul McCarthy http://www.cornexchange.ie/Foley http://www.cornexchange.ie/following/cornexchange.ie/Foley Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:54:53 +0000 www.cornexchange.ie 2630282 By Michael West. A one man show performed by Andrew Bennett. Directed by Annie Ryan Winner Best New Play / Best Actor 2000 The Sunday Tribune <img src="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630282/Foley300dpi.jpg" width="665" height="499" width_o="665" height_o="499" src_o="http://payload16.cargocollective.com/1/5/189603/2630282/Foley300dpi_o.jpg" data-mid="13314551" border="0" align="left"/> FOLEY is a hilarious, moving exploration of what it is that your family passes onto you. It's taken Foley his whole life to realise that your inheritance is not the things that come down to you, it's the things you can't get rid of. Foley is the last of his family, among the last Protestants in the Republic of Ireland, 'the end point of all that evolution and fruit cake.' He attempts to recall his life for us, to set it straight. Director: Annie Ryan Music: Vincent Doherty Lighting: Eamon Fox "Quite outstanding…exquisitely written." ***** The Guardian “West’s gorgeous drama is a penetrating character study of a man trying to escape his past. Spare but elegant production...very funny indeed.” Variety “Fresh, unforgettable one-man drama…a haunting performance in a haunting play.” New York Post “Vivid writing and confident delivery…compellingly rendered.” The New York Times "Beautifully written as a long, dark night of the soul, vivid language, daubs of humor and sheer poetry." The Times “West’s play is a splendidly crafted act of self-consciousness…an exquisite piece of writing.” Washington Post “One of the best and most original pieces of new Irish dramatic writing to emerge in several years.” Sunday Tribune Unfringed Festival 2000, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick Dublin Fringe Festival 2000, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar Irish National Tour Feb/March 2001 Edinburgh Fringe 2001, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Aug 2001 Hamstead Theatre, London Nov 15 - Dec 1, 2001 US Tour (Chicago, New York, Virginia, Philadelphia) 2003 Photo by Paul McCarthy