Shooting Gallery
by Des Bishop & Arthur Riordan

(World premiere)

“Delightfully funny…Susan Fitzgerald is especially amusing as the loyalist neighbour Mrs Synott.” – Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times

“Republican history has always been inflected with a touch of the ridiculous, but never more so than in this production.” – In Dublin

“A mocking cocktail aimed at intoxicating every nationalist sensibility with the howling drunkenness of outrage.” – Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent

Susan Fitzgerald was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the 2006 Irish Theatre Awards.

Cast: Arthur Riordan, Tadhg Murphy, Susan Fitzgerald, Simone Kirby, Mal Whyte

Directed by Jimmy Fay
Designed by Ferdia Murphy
Lighting Design by Sinead McKenna
Sound Design by Vincent Doherty and Ivan Birthistle

Urban Ghosts

SS Michael & John’s, East Essex Street – Dublin Fringe Festival 2005

“How does one avoid cliché in dealing with Jimmy Fay and his company Bedrock?  Always innovative?  Perennially stimulating?  Thought provoking?  Immaculate production values?  Yes, yes, yes and yes… Both [pieces] send you on to the street haunted by ghosts.” – Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent

comprising:

Self Accusation by Peter Handke

“An aural and visual pleasure.” – Irish Independent

“Amanda Coogan and Alex Johnston perform with a combination of staccato precision and controlled intensity.” – Sunday Independent

“Beautifully simple.” – The Guardian

“A mordantly witty word game…Fay keeps its delicious restraint.” – Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times

“Directed with great precision by Jimmy Fay and performed with conviction and wit.” – www.irishtheatremagazine.ie (5 stars)

Cast: Amanda Coogan, Alex Johnston

Directed by Jimmy Fay
Assistant Director: Sarah Jane Shiels
Sound Design by Vincent Doherty 

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Pale Angel conceived by Jimmy Fay, text by Alex Johnston

(World premiere)

“One of the finest pieces of experimental theatre I have yet seen on the Irish stage…an example of tightly-produced artistry, with immense thought behind scenes, staging and sound design…a dramatic work that is as satisfying visually as it is emotionally engaging...Bedrock continues to be a theatrical force unwilling to compromise with anything less than excellence.” – Rachel Andrews, Sunday Tribune

“A rigorous piece of theatre…Lisa Lambe, Ronan Leahy and Megan Kennedy perform superbly under Jimmy Fay’s direction, in Paul O’Mahony’s wondrous set lit by Sinéad Wallace.” – Sunday Independent

“It casts a quiet spell.” – Village Magazine

“Beautiful…visually arresting” – The Guardian

“The more dreamlike and surreal the performance is, the better it gets…the garment as a whole has a disquieting beauty.” – Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times

Cast: Lisa Lambe, Ronan Leahy, Megan Kennedy

Directed by Jimmy Fay
Sound Design by Hugh O’Neill

Urban Ghosts:

Set Design by Paul O’Mahony
Lighting Design by Sinéad Wallace