REQUEM FOR THE TRUTH
by Robert Grant
Truth, we are told, is dead. If so, then who organises the funeral?
Stomptown Brass, the outrageously energetic 10-piece street-funk band, and Collapsing Horse, the most exciting young theatre company in Ireland, in this co-production, take on an audacious task: to host a funeral for the Truth.
Witness the colourful exuberance of the Haitian Voodoo-inspired New Orleans jazz funeral as it smashes up against the mournful, solemn ceremony of Roman Catholicism.
An extravagant, chaotic street party, with a dark twist.
Photograph by Ste Murray
Production
2017
St. Werburgh’s Church, Dublin Fringe Festival
2018
St. Jacob’s Church, Bergen Fringe, Norway
Christchurch, Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford
Nano Nagle Chapel, Cork Jazz Fest, Cork
Pepper Canister Church, Dublin
Co-Produced by Collapsing Horse + Stomptown Brass, international touring supported by Culture Ireland
Cast
Ruth McGill (original)
Margaret McAulife (tour)
Stomptown Brass
Robert Grant
Liam Ryan
James O’Leary
Finnian Kelly
Kieran Sharkey
Lorcan Brennan
Brian Larkin
Darragh McGrath
Conor McSweeney
Brendan Doherty
Luke Byrne
Created and Co-Directed by Robert Grant
Co-Directed by Dan Colley
Produced by Matthew Smyth & Kate Ferris (Collapsing Horse), Liam Ryan (Stomptown Brass)
Sound Designed by Peter Power
Music Composed + Directed by James O’Leary
Production Manager Eoin Kilkenny
Tour Production Adam Fitzsimon
Tour Redirection Matthew Bratko
Production Photography Ste Murray
