HISTORY PLAY
World premiere as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2023.
Sometimes you have to stop and freeze the narrative to find out what’s really not being said. Featuring an ensemble of prominent historians and performers who will explore everything historical and disgustingly relevant about the past right up to yesterday. Tackling the intertwining of official, personal and oral histories, they will dissect the big problems that are facing us today and curate them into a contemporary performance.
What if history could be kind and receptive?
What if history could be written by losers?
What if history was simply forgotten?
This is NOT a TED Talk.
This is NOT earnest.
This is NOT palliative.
Created by Aedín Cosgrove, Jimmy Eadie, Clare Howe, Faith Jones, Signe Lury, Brian Mooney, Sibéal Ní Mhaoileoin, Katherine O’Malley, Anton Ovchinnikov, Mary Sheehan, Gavin Quinn and Michael Tient.
Dramaturgy by Nicholas Johnson
Assistant Dramaturgs: Emily Featherman & Murilo Ortunho
Production Assistant (TY placement): Lily Mooney
Parliament of Historians: Catríona Crowe, Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Diarmaid Ferriter, Roy Foster, Robert Gerwarth, John Horne, Margaret O'Callaghan, Jane Ohlmeyer, Sandra Scanlon and others.
Live Appearances by: Robert Gerwarth, Catríona Crowe, Margaret O' Callaghan, John Horne, Jane Ohlymeyer and Lindsey Earner-Byrne.
Image: Ros Kavanagh
Previews: 5-6 Oct, 8pm
Dates: 7, 8 & 10 – 15 Oct, 8pm
Duration: 70 mins, no interval
Talking Theatre: 10 Oct, post- show. With members of the company
Ages: For ages 14+
Show Warning: Contains strong language and loud noises
Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin City Council
Images by
Ros Kavanagh
