THE REP EXPERIMENT

once off productions
 
An ambitious project that sets out to see what happens when one cast, one design, one company, three plays and three directors work together: over 15 days of electrifying theatre.

PLATONOV Adapted by Susan Coyne and Lazlo Marton after Anton Chekhov

One of Chekhov's earliest characters, Platonov is a highly-educated intellectual who progresses no further than being the village schoolmaster. His sharp tongue and brimming passion make him devastatingly attractive to women, who, one by one, fall for him, to tragic ends.

Directed by Darragh McKeon.

DATE: 8/10/11/14/17/18 September
TIME: 7:45pm
DURATION: 65 mins
TICKETS: €15 / €12.50 / €10
PREVIEW: Sat 8th September

METAMORPHOSIS Adapted by Stephen Berkoff after Frank Kafka

Gregor works hard every day to support his ageing parents. His bones ache and his joints are stiff. Tomorrow he will wake up as a dung beetle. Just as Gregor's emotions and movements go from those of a human to those of an insect, so his family move from horror and sympathy to ultimate betrayal.

Directed by David Horan.

DATE: 12/13/15/19/20 September
TIME: 7:45pm
DURATION: 135 mins
TICKETS: €15 / €12.50 / €10
PREVIEW: 12th September

MR KOLPERT by David Gieselmann, in a translation by David Tushingham

A razor-sharp play scrutinising the potentially deadly consequences of 21st Century boredom. Ralf and Sarah decide to amuse themselves by pretending to their friends that a trunk contains the dead body of one of their work colleagues. Comedy doesn't come much blacker than this piece.

Directed by Tom Creed.

This show contains nudity.

DATE: 12/13/15/21/22 September
TIME: 9:30pm (except 21, 22 Sept at 7:45pm)
DURATION: 75 mins
TICKETS: €15 / €12.50 / €10
PREVIEW: 12th September

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MEN OF STEEL

Men of Steel (Australia)

Winner of the Festival Directors Award at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Men of Steel take revenge on all those who told you never to play with your food. Two cookie cutters and a host of utensils, animated by three mad chefs, create havoc (and lots and lots of mess) in this feast of cartoon violence and physical theatre. Using food and kitchen staples, Men of Steel recreate famous scenes from iconic movies while their creations get drunk, get pregnant and wage wars, with a humor perfectly suited to all ages. A broccoli forest is felled, a watermelon meets a tragic end and a lettuce dinosaur causes mayhem in this puppet extravaganza of epic proportions.

"This is puppetry at it's most ingenious and disarming ... fabulously imaginative." (The Age)

DATE: 10-16, 18-23 September
TIME: 6pm
DURATION: 55mins
TICKETS: €15/€12.50/€10
PREVIEW: 10th September
MATINEE: 16/22 September at 2pm

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GRIMM JAM

Monkeyshine Theatre (Ireland)

This riveting reworking of Grimm's magical fairytales features one magical train ride and a man recounting a deliciously wicked cocktail of sweet and slimy stories. Made with traditional ingredients such as apples, frogs and lost slippers, mixed with a sprinkling of scary bits, a spoonful of circus tricks and a generous splash of laughter, this is an entirely new and off-the-wall concoction of physical comedy, object theatre and gruesomely tasty tales. Suitable for all ages.

Written by the Company (Monkeyshine Theatre). Directed by Fraser Hooper.

DATE: 17-23 September
TIME: 2:15pm
DURATION: 55 mins
TICKETS: €12/€10/€8 Family Ticket
PREVIEW: 17 September

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ORGAN CITY

Sascha Perfect (Ireland)

Written and directed by performance artist Sascha Perfect, Organ City is a provocative, conceptual and intimate piece that combines visual art with live performance and blends new electronic music with live traditional Uilleann piping. Stemming from the artist's own research into Body Weather and Authentic Action and based on Deleuzes' theory of 'The Body without Organs', Organ City is an investigation into the reality of the body between states of activation and deactivation. Music composed by Irish composer Jonathan Nangle.

Written by Sasha Perfect. Directed by Caroline McSweeney.

This show contains nudity.

DATE: 20-23 September
TIME: 10pm
DURATION: 30 mins
TICKETS: €12/€10

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TROJAN WOMEN

City Theatre Dublin (Ireland)

Troy is burning. The Trojan warriors, sworn enemies of the Greeks for over ten years, all lay dead. Women who haven't been slaughtered are carried away as prizes - the spoils of war. Presented in the environmental 'found' setting of The Empty Space at Smock Alley, one of Irish Theatre's most historic sites will host The Trojan Women, a visceral and immediate reworking of the classic Euripides. Deep in the underbelly of the city this ancient tale of the fall of Troy is given a razor-sharp 21st Century edge in a new version by Brendan Kennelly. Directed by Michael Scott and designed by the world-renowned Jean-Guy Lecat, The Trojan Women explores the timeless themes of revenge and consequence in a gritty, ancient setting.

LOCATION: The Empty Space, Smock Alley
DATE: 17-22 September
TIME: 8pm
DURATION: 90 mins
TICKETS: €21.50/€18/€15
PREVIEW: 17 September
MATINEE: 22 September at 4pm

For tickets log onto www.fringefest.com or contact City Theatre Dublin at (01) 8561793 or email info@sfx.ie