Tinderbox Theatre Company presents Incubate Festival – a showcase of 9 pieces of new theatre created by our Incubate Makers Network.
In association with the MAC, Belfast.
Production Manager – Jordan Nelson
Production Assistant – Ollie Gastinel
Creative Producer – Alice Malseed
Artistic Director – Patrick J O’Reilly
Marketing and Visual Branding - Ciarán Haggerty
Wednesday 20th March
Scim by Louise Parker
Directed by Colm G Doran
Performed by Maria Connolly and Julia Deardon
Music by Herb Magee
A woman is thirsty for more knowledge, more facts, more figures, more craic. So she does what any of us would do, takes a job in Newry. When she arrives she finds she has moved from one world of chaos to another and receives a message that she needs to bring back to her own place and time, but will anyone listen?
I’ve always liked the name Marcus by Matthew Sharpe
Music Production by Ayeland - Ryan MacFarlane and Matthew McGeown
An in-progress exploration of identity, race and stereotypes
Copper Tongue by Mary O’Loan
Weaving live ritual and gig theatre to deconstruct the nuances of contraceptive enculturation in a rather revelatory manner
Thursday 21st March
A Woman’s Time by Aoibh Johnston
Directed by Cathal Clarke
Femininity. Motherhood. Expectation. Empathy.
How compassionate is our prison service and how are the lives of female prisoners valued? In an emotional, provocative and challenging piece of theatre, we're forced to ask ourselves, "Are we doing enough for this vulnerable and marginalised sect of society?"
Working alongside Professor Phil Scraton (QUB), theatre maker Aoibh Johnson brings us on a journey of hope towards a compassionate prison service that understands and appreciates the female experience.
Shame Show by Colm McCready and Fergus Wachala-Kelly
Directed by Seon Simpson
Have YOU experienced shame? Then YOU could be owed compen-shame-tion. For your safety, please follow this pair of poofs for a formal reclaim of said shame. Before it's too late. And that would be a shame, right?
One Hundred Thousand Years by Ashton
An exploration of how our limited existence relates to the lifetimes of the land and sea, using vertical dance and an experimental multi-sensory installation
Friday 22nd March
Soft by Richard McFerran
Directed by Emily Foran
A dynamic, theatrical exploration of the world of fatherhood.
Growing Pains by Carley Magee
Growing Pains is an ode to being torn between wanting to stay a child, or become an adult- and somehow, being neither. A celebration of the awkward teen phase, a dissection of the unbridled nature of the internet a decade ago, and the reality of the digital footprint.
Janey Mac is Hot (Blame the Hormones) by Jane McKeever
Lost in a fog of perimenopausal angst, Janey Mac fearlessly improvises a comedy show exploring the messy and chaotic joys of ageing.