Past Productions and Festivals: 1997 - 1998

Deep Space by Alex Johnston
Quartet by Heiner Muller
Greek by Stephen Berkoff
Electroshock, a Theatre of Cruelty Season

 

Deep Space
by Alex Johnston (World premiere)

“An engrossing and expert piece of theatre.”
- The Advertiser (Adelaide)

“A scathing yet sensitive two-hander…yet another Irish dramatist of terrific promise.”
- The Times

“Spuriously nasty.”
- Time Out

“Jimmy Fay’s cracking production…[Johnston] is a career to watch.”
- Variety

Performed by Patrick Leech and Alex Johnston
Lighting by Lee Davis
Designed by Johanna Conner
Costumes by Catherine Fay


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Quartet
by Heiner Müller (Irish premiere)

“[A] visually stunning and verbally frightening play.”
- The Event Guide

“I am distrustful of plays which rely excessively on simulated sex acts…Jimmy Fay directs the 70-minute work with sure control.”
- Irish Times

“[An] adaptation of Laclos’ Les Liasons Dangereuses…Probably more distasteful than the sensational play [sic] on which it is based.”
- Evening Herald

Performed by Karl Shields & Debbie Leeding
Lighting by Paul Keogan
Music by Vincent Doherty
Design by Johanna Conner
Costumes by Catherine Fay


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Greek
by Steven Berkoff

“Thc cast was extraordinary, with an exceptional control over language and a focused, almost demonic energy.”
- Sunday Tribune

“This accomplished and entertaining piece of stylishly energetic theatre.”
- Irish Times

Performed by Karl Shields, Debbie Leeding, Deirdre Roycroft, Kevin Hely.
Directed by Jason Byrne
Lighting by Lee Davis


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Electroshock: a Theatre of Cruelty Season

Comprising:
- What Where by Samuel Beckett
- Obituary by Heiner Mülller
- Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett
- Anna's Ankle by Mark O'Rowe
- Forked by Gavin Kostick
- Waterfront Wasteland Medea Material Landscape with Argonauts by Heiner Müller
- Early Morning by Edward Bond

“In the scale, intelligence and ambition of this season – bringing difficult foreign plays to the Dublin stage, putting two new Irish plays into the mix, exploring serious cultural and political questions – Bedrock has established itself as a real force in Irish theatre…Fay’s direction of Early Morning is a superb accomplishment…Anna’s Ankle…performed by Patrick Leech with a fine sense of pace and control, has a critical place in the project.”
- Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times

“Degenerate…one of the most offensive pieces of work ever to be seen on the stage.”
- Evening Herald (of Anna’s Ankle)

Directed by Jimmy Fay, Caroline MacSweeny, John O'Brian, Jason Byrne, Gavin Kostick
Performed by Andrew Bennet, Ned Dennehy, Robert Price, Patrick Leech, Liz Kuti, Debbie Leeding, Tony Flynn, Ronan Grealy, Ian Hutchinson, Karl Shields, Michelle Reed, Shane Lynch, Sarah Pyle, Lesley Conroy, Niall Shanahan
Lighting by Paul Keogan and Lee Davis
Music by Vincent Doherty
Design by Anita Renaud & Catherine Fay & Joanne Cassidy
Costume by Catherine Fay & Joanne Cassidy

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