What We Do

Pan Pan was founded in 1993 by Co-Artistic Directors Aedín Cosgrove and Gavin Quinn. The company has created 59 new theatre and performance pieces and toured worldwide, receiving multiple national and international awards. Pan Pan have toured extensively to prestigious venues and festivals around the world including BAM, Lincoln Centre, St Ann’s Warehouse, NCPA China, Edinburgh International Festival Sydney and Melbourne Festivals, the Barbican and Hau Berlin.

Since its inception, Pan Pan has constantly examined and challenged the nature of its work and has resisted settling into well-tried formulas. Developing new performance ideas is at the centre of the company’s mission.
All the works created are original, either through the writing (original plays) or through the totally unique expression of established writings. Pan Pan tries to approach theatre as an open form of expression and has developed an individual aesthetic that has grown from making performances in a host of different situations
and conditions.

Pan Pan is committed to presenting performances nationally and internationally and developing links for co-productions and collaborations. The company has toured in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China.

Pan Pan is committed to nurturing the next generation of theatre performance artists, sharing the knowledge and experience gained over 30 years of work. This work is carried out through our annual International Mentorship Programme, Associate Artists Programme, International Residencies and our Space and Support Programme – an informal mentoring and space sharing initiative by the core team.

Since its inception, Pan Pan has created 59 productions, with 112 different partners, 88 of them international, played in 162 unique venues and 66 unique festivals worldwide.

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