DIY Arts Festival Events May 2012

The May Trash Culture Revue was our biggest and most successful DIY Arts Festival yet. With the recession in full flow our events reflected the mood of of our skills exchange – more collective action, working together, finding new ways to create, produce, make and play. So here’s a synopsis of what went on from Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th May.

Pretty Handsome Design Exhibition
From the creative minds of Pretty Boy Browne and Handsome Hanley, Pretty Handsome studio combines the DIY aesthetic of screenprint with inspired musings and doodlings, in a mission to produce the finest t-shirts, designs and prints for your wondering eyes to feast on. So join us on our ventures from humble DIY beginnings to inevitable world domination as we style and inspire the world for our entertainment and your pleasure.

Moving Image Cork Mini Film Festival
 Mini festival of Short Films In A Night. Closing ceremony 10-10.30pm. Award-best DIY film e.g. no budget, all based on skills/resource sharing.

Documentaries At Solidarity
‘Jana Sanskriti – A theatre on the field’ a film by Jeanne Dosse (2007) – 60 mins.
Today in India, more than a thousand peasants have decided that they will not tolerate the status of Indian current social issues: patriarchy, corruption, and worst of all, indifference. For this fight, they have chosen an unexpected instrument: theatre. Through brave testimonies and parts of their forum-theatre plays, members of Jana Sanskriti (“The People’s Culture”) reveal a solidarity in India. This group, based in West Bengal, is part of a large movement, spread throughout ten differenct states in India, utilising the methods of Theatre of the Oppressed.

Theatre of the Oppressed describes a range of theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1960s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theorist Paulo Freire. Boal’s techniques use theatre as means of knowledge and transformation of reality in the social and relational field. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as “spect-actors” they explore, show, analyze and transform the reality in which they are living.

‘D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist‘ a film by Michael W. Dean (2004) – 55 mins.
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist is a low-budget documentary, a “celebration of the underdog” that deals with why some artists do what they do, regardless of the lack of a continuous paycheck. They may be painters, writers or musicians and they may be rich, poor or starving, but they all have one thing in common – they all create for the sake of creating something and for the need to express themselves. In the spirit of the D.I.Y. culture it portrays, the DVD was released under the title, ‘D.I.Y. or Die: Burn this DVD”, with no region restrictions or copy protection, urging people to make and distribute copies for non-commercial use.

Cormac O’Caoimh and Ants On Glass

Cormac O’Caoimh is a singer-songwriter and classical guitarist from Cork, Ireland. He is also a former member of ‘The Citadels’, who received critical acclaim on various releases over the last 10 years. His debut solo cd “Stark a spark” was released in 2007 and received glowing reviews. For his new album “A New Season For Love” he re-united with ex-bandmates Art O Laoire and Eoghan Regan, who also were in The Citadels.

O’Caoimh has picked up some well-known admirers along the way including Ron Sexsmith and Tom Robinson (BBC) and has supported fellow luminaries; Damien Rice (in the Paradiso, Amsterdam), Declan O’Rourke, Josh Rouse, Mark Geary, Nick Kelly, Miles Hunt and Damien Dempsey to name but a few. He also ventured further afield playing headlining gigs and slots in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam and New York. His solo live performances vary between fast and frenetic indie-pop acoustic guitar playing, slower tunes heavily influenced by his classical guitar playing background and jazz influenced folk music tunes.

An admirable songsmith, each track from his forthcoming album “A New Season For Love” contains a catchiness and accessibility at their core that outweigh any stylistic definition. Though he may be likened to the hypnotic Nick Drake, or the inverse Elliot Smith; it is his slow and gradual soft low-key vocal delivery that inspires repeat listens.

There is a lot of good stuff coming out of Ireland …people like Damien Rice and David Kitt and I got a cd recently from Cork which I really like.
Ron Sexsmith

More than your typical singer-songwriter, O’Caoimh mixes pop sensibility with finely tuned song writing wrapping it all up in his soft melodic confidence and sharp lyrical commentary
Hot Press

the fresh confident songwriting of Cormac O’Caoimh suggests a promising future
Tom Robinson, BBC

Ants on Glass is a recently formed string- duo incorporating rhythms and melodies from different parts of the world into their own original compositions.
A musical journey from India to Africa via Brazil and the mountains of Austria offers rare, exotic and catchy melodies in combination with intricate grooves, exploring the violin’s potential to act as a percussion instrument in combination with loops and effects. Modal improvisation, vocal harmonies and yodelling offer a truthful expression of the violinist’s passion for traveling, connecting with people and their music. The duo’s unique merging of cultures reflects the musician’s search for their own authentic transcultural identity.

Lords Of Strut
Ireland’s hardest working Man-Band and Ireland’s kings of Comedy bring you their new show, SELL OUT TOUR, it will blow your minds and bring you to your knees laughing.

LORDS OF STRUT is live, character based comedy, parodying celebrity culture, mixing in acrobatic and circus skills performed to perfection and most importantly, delivering a scatter-gun helping of consistent laughs.
Alongside Famous Seamus is his bundling younger brother Sean-tastic who seems to Seamus to be the only reason they have not reached the heights of fame which Seamus expects of his untouchable talents.
Satire, Surrealism and silly comedy with flashes of surprising acrobatic skill and dance routines makes Lords of Strut, bright, tight and incredibly funny live entertainment!
Destiny is written on the dance floor…. and we know how to read!
This show contains adult humour. You have been warned.

Mutant Shorts Film Competition
This year our short film competition is being produced in association with the Insomniac Film Collaborative.

First devised in 2007, Insomniac Film Collaborative, a group at the time consisting of amateur to semi skilled film makers, got together to accept the 2007 Kammando 24hr film making challenge as part of the 2007 Corona Cork Film Festival. Winning the category and accepting an award on stage at the Cork Opera House, the idea for a co-operative film production house was born.
Several more projects were undertaken by the original group, as well as some new members with varied levels of success. Most recently with “Ger O’ Halloran’s True Stories” which premiered in Cork’s Gate Cinema alongside Aclique productions’ 2010 Cork made feature film “Cop Story”. The short then made the selection for the 2010 Corona Cork Film Festival and was chosen from this to take part in the ‘Murphy’s Big Night Out”, a celebration of Cork culture at the Cork Opera House.

In 2011, with several success’ already under their belts and with members now operating professionally in the film industry in different capacities, the group decided to take these experiences and go forward with a professional approach to open a co-operative film production house. Now with 22 confirmed members from amateur to seasoned professional, the first new wave of “Insomniac” Film and TV projects are set to hit screens. The group have also set their sights on other Irish and international competitions and are looking forward to a busy year encompassing all aspects of Film and Television production.

The Birth Day by Terry Dineen
The Birth Day was first performed as part of a solo art exhibition at Tante Emma’s Laden, Berlin in May 2005. In May 2011 it was further developed during a one week residency at the Theatre Development Centre at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork which resulted in a ‘public sharing’ in May 2011. This will be the third phase of development.

It tells the story of a woman who plunges herself into an emotional journey through life. On the way significant scenes are depicted from her birth, through her youth, to middle age. We follow her life as she discovers the joys and pains of sex, love and work in her struggle to come to terms with herself and the world she lives in.

This is a text based work explored through visual images, music, movement, puppetry and clown.

Mutant Cabaret
Dave Rock is a poet and performer based in Galway. He has featured all over Ireland and the UK, and has won a number of prizes for performance. His stage poetry comes in many flavours but is sure to involve high-energy joyous physical works and works of raw emotion and possibly some freestyling! He is director of the InkStorm Poetry Depot, a project which puts poets one-to-one with the public to creative collaborative poems based on whatever is offered. He runs InkStorm creative writing and storytelling workshops, Beautiful Free Speech, a new form of spontaneous speech workshop experience and various other projects. He is also a storyteller, photographer and sometime actor.

Aidan Killian is a banker turned comedian… nothing funny about that!!
I worked for an investment bank in Tokyo called Bear Stearns. I never felt comfortable giving presentations to management, even if I knew what I was talking about, so I decided that I was going to improve in this area. Who are the the most captivating public speakers? I ended up at “Tokyo Comedy Club”, where they did stand up in English. I knew if I could do stand up I would definitely be able to do successful presentations. I put my name down for 3 minutes open mic, practised for a month, nearly chickened out the day of my first gig due to nerves, (I was physically sick, the 2 hours before I got on stage). After those three minutes I was on a high, I felt I could do anything; a world of opportunities opened to me as my limiting beliefs started to fade away. Presentations became easier simply because I was much more confident speaking in public. Since then I have also became the person nominated to give toasts at parties / events, which is always fun.

Apart from being comfortable speaking publicly, the greatest breakthrough in my life is that now I realise when I see something and say to myself, “I could never do that”, I am wrong. That belief has now changed to; “I can do it. It is simply about following the right steps”.
Bear Stearns collapsed, along with the rest of the financial world. It became clear that the financial world was based on an empty perception of a transparent illusion. As people are starting to lose their jobs, they are also losing belief in themselves. I realised that it is most important to add true value to yourself. I left the bank to travel the world and do a number of interesting courses which add value to myself; from Thai massage to psychology. Apart from teaching the “presentation skills through stand up comedy” course, I am currently studying “story telling” among other courses. I am looking forward to learning more and teaching more courses in 2009.

Kathy D’Arcy is a young writer whose first poetry collection, Encounter, was published by Lapwing in 2010. She has worked as a doctor and a teacher, and is currently involved in youth work with homeless teenagers in Cork. She is also a playwright, and her first play, Retreat, was performed in the Granary Theatre in 2008. This is My Constitution, a piece D’Arcy has compiled from archive material she found during research for her PhD on Irish women poets, is touring to venues around the country after a successful opening run during the Trash Culture Revue in Cork last year. D’Arcy runs creative writing courses for young people, and with UCC’s Centre for Adult Continuing Education, and teaches on UCC’s MA in Women’s Studies programme. She has been a frequent guest on RTE Radio One’s arts show Arena this year, and the performance group of four women poets of which she is a member, Catch the Moon, has appeared at Cork, Durrow and Flatlake Literary Festivals. She is also involved as an actor and workshop facilitator in Masterwork Studio’s theatre-for-schools programme.

Deirdre Tunney loves to sing. For now performing other people’s stuff that catches her ears. Just moved to Cork city from the wilds of the West Cork coast.

Horsemen Pass By (formerly known as Beastmen B-Side Sessions) are a two-piece band playing original soundtracks to recut forgotten films. Using guitars, electronic beats, sampled horns and strings and the occasional choir, their show promises weird visuals set against spaghetti western, Soviet sci-fi, 50s documentary and zombie horror sounds.

Anja Bakker B-Mus is recorder player, harper, singer and conductor who lives in West Cork.
She studied Recorders in the Cork School of Music and has won numerous competitions in the Feis Matthew, the Feis Ceol as well as winning the chamber music competition in CIT. She has been a soloist with the East Cork Choral Society.
She conducted the ‘Famine Commemoration Concert’ in Skibbereen (2009) and played in the National Concert Hall in September of the same year. She programmed and played a celebrated fundraiser for Amnesty International 50th Birthday of the Charter of Human Rights.
In 2010 she carried a 26 string harp from Clonakilty West-Cork to Santiago de Compostela in North-Western Spain. A 2,400km journey about which she is currently writing a show.

Tina Pisco has published two best-selling novels, translated into five different languages: “Only a Paper Moon” (Poolbeg 1998), and “Catch the Magpie” (Poolbeg 1999); a collection of newspaper columns: “A West Cork Life”, and a cookbook “West Cork Fusion” (both Random Animals Press). Included in the first Fish Short Story Prize Anthology, she was shortlisted for both RTE’s Storyland project, and Best Documentary and Best of Cork in the 2010 Fastnet Short Film Festival.
Writer-in-Residence at Tigh Filí, Cork, Tina Pisco’s first collection of poetry, “She Be” (Bradshaw Books) – about love life and laundry – came out in 2010

Liz Clark and Tessa Perry
Liz Clark is a US and Ireland-based singer/songwriter with an infectious personality and charismatic stage presence that shine though her poetic songs.

Liz divides her time between a horse ranch in Colorado and a coastal organic farm and restaurant called The Glebe in West Cork, Ireland. Meanwhile she is never far from her touring circuit. Each year, she embarks on coast-to-coast tours of the US, and while based on the other side of the pond, gets around Ireland, the UK and parts of Europe.

Her love of music shines through at her live shows, but she’s also garnered wide acclaim on the small screen. The music video for her first single, “Who’s Your Angel,” went to #3 on MTV’s Logo Network and she has recently signed deals with Oxygen, MTV, and TrueTV Networks to feature her songs in such shows as “The Hills” and “The Real World Manhattan”. Liz has opened for well-known musicians such as Joe Walsh, Ritchie Havens, Linda Perry, Bob Schneider, and The Counting Crows over the years.

2011 has been a busy year for Liz, after launching her latest series of food and music house concert series with partner and chef Tessa Perry, called Beat Roots and a spring tour throughout Northern Europe including Holland, Germany,Belgium, Latvia and Lithuania.
Last July, Liz won the Ourstage.com competition at the Denver stop on the Lilith fair 2010, opening for Sarah McLachlan an Emmylou Harris. The contest combined Internet voting with a group of judges picking from among the top three vote getters in her region.
Liz recently finished recording her 4th studio album as part of her Lonely And The Moose sideproject with Tessa Perry. The songs range from unhurried and haunting harmonies with Irish influence to hook-based rockers, all with the theme of two lovers separated by distance.

Liz can also be seen touring and making music with a number of her musical side projects; Lonely And The Moose with her partner the Irish singer/songwriter Tessa Perry and the three-part harmony female trio, “Girl Parts”, which raises money for Domestic and Sexual Violence awareness.

Tessa Perry is a vocalist, guitarist and writer whose sound is steeped in the country-blues and folk traditions.
She’s rapidly cultivating a loyal fan base on both sides of the Atlantic through her startlingly fresh songs with lyrics that are wistful and punch-in-the-gut candid. Whether playing to a sold-out 200-seat venue or an East Village dive bar, Tessa spins images and observations of the world around her into soulful, intimate communication with her audience.

Born in England and raised on the west coast of Ireland, Tessa hit the road at age 18 with a dilapidated guitar, three (not to be named) cover songs, and a mind to educating herself in the ways of the world. She soon got bored to tears with those three songs, so she proceeded to write her own new tunes.
Thus began a career that would lead her to performing across Europe with headliners like Ani DiFranco, Damien Rice, the
Indigo Girls, the Corrs, the Hothouse Flowers and many more internationally successful artists.
Tessa’s debut recording, Live at DeBarras, was released in 2001 in Dublin to national acclaim. Music critic Cormac Looney called the album’s subtly raw compositions and boldly improvisational style ‘solemn, heartfelt and neatly funky, standing shoulder to shoulder with the best of Irish songwriting in the last year.’

Tessa’s latest album, Weightless, was recorded in New York City, where Tessa has found a fertile new home base.
‘Weightless’ is a peep into the life of an outsider trying to make it on the inside. With her sweet-as-honey, thick-as-whiskey voice Tessa tussles with some lyrically brilliant songs with both hands and holds them out for you to taste and savour. Co-produced by Brad Albetta, who has recently gained deserved praise for his work with Martha Wainwright, this album is the beginning of what promises to be an extraordinary career, because it’s the only way she knows.

Theatre Of The Oppressed Workshop
The Theatre of the Oppressed describes a range of theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated on in the 1960s. Boals techniques use theatre as means of knowledge and transformation of reality in the social and relational field. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as “spect-actors” they explore, show, analyze and transform the reality in which they are living.

These workshops are being run by ALâ, a personal, social and community development organization founded in 2004. It uses theatre arts and education as developmental tools. In the past three years it has run Forum Theatre projects in various communities in Galway City, an active retired project and has worked with asylum seekers. If you want to do the workshop you’ll have to register beforehand

Something Worthwhile : Teenage Poetry Readings 
Why Can’t you Write Something Happier is the second book of poetry and prose from the young members of the Colaiste an Phiarsaigh creative writing group, which has been facilitated by Cork poet Kathy D’Arcy since 2011. The book was launched by poet Leanne O’ Sullivan in the UCC bookshop earlier this year with readings and music from the students. For another chance to hear these talented young writers read their sometimes hilarious, sometimes thought-provoking work, and to pick up your own copy of their book, come along to the Thomas Davis Room of the Grand Parade library

Talks @ Solidarity
Time Banking
Time Banking is a means of exchange where your time spent helping your neighbors and building a strong community is turned into a cashless currency. It’s an indirect bartering system as opposed to direct bartering between people which requires a coincidence of wants. A Time Bank uses units of time as currency. Everyone’s time and talent is considered equal – your time is exactly equivelent to another’s. Softwear is used to track transactions within an online directory. We’ll talk about Time Banking as an alternative currency that is sustainable, inclusive and supports strong, autonomous community as well as discussing tools and next steps for actually organising a Time Bank for Cork. Talk will be given by John Eder

Autonomy and the financial system 
From the forty-hour week to state pensions, people have always sought to liberate their time and creativity from capital. Today, however, when the financial system forms such a central part of capitalism, it can feel like there is no way to escape the private and national debt that is central to financial capitalism. This talk will ask what autonomy means in this new context and what the implications are for social movements. Talk will be given by Mick Byrne

Counter-culture and counter-power in the eighteenth century
In the latter half of the eighteenth century secret agrarian organisations surfaced in different parts of Ireland. Their grievances included the enclosure of common lands, inflated rent and the payment of tithes to the established church. These popular movements are not easily understood within the familiar historical frameworks of nationalism or religion. At the same time they are often considered ‘cultural’ or ‘social’ because their struggles were not framed in a ‘political’ discourse. While their localism has obvious weaknesses these autonomous movements effectively undermined the power of the state. They challenged the unjust effects of the governing logic by appealing to and living by a different logic rooted in alternative practices and understandings of the common good. Talk will be given by Patrick Bresnihan

Get Collectively Organising and Avoid Burnout! 
A short introductory workshop about building a personally and collectively more sustainable resistance. It will be geared towards those interested in effecting social change, particularly those involved with political or community work – but all who are interested are welcome to come along. We want to move beyond the idea that collective work and work on the self are separate areas and instead move towards an integrated approach. During the workshop we will aim to introduce various techniques, tools and ideas for dealing with group or individual burnout within community or political organising. Workshop will be hosted by Amber O’Sullivan and St.John O’Donnabhain

Veg Out will be doing food during the talks and discussions
Veg Out is a vegan café that raises funds for various causes and organisations and creates a space where like-minded people can come and meet with good food involved! It’s also a space where curious non-vegans can come and try out new yummy foods.

Bloom Boom
Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.
Jim Carrey

Bloom Boom will bring the colours of nature to the concrete and spread some smiles.
It is about celebrating our blessings, the power of positive intention, having fun and surprising people with street art.
Members of the public will receive flowers, positive quotes and poetry. Sometimes still, sometimes dancing, Kathryn will perform on Douglas street, Sullivan’s Quay, Oliver Plunkett street, Emmet Place and wherever the wind takes her on the day.

Magazine by Roundhouse Productions
In a dead end of a big City we meet Katie, who pushed and shoved her way to the top, never stopping – until now. Paralyzed by the death of her best friend, Katie is faced with an identity she cannot understand; a life she cannot keep up with and a relationship she has ignored and abused for a life time. Tripped over by time and memory she becomes the voices and characters of her past in a relentless effort to make sense of who she is, what she has become and how she will continue in the future. A fast paced drama that explodes with characters Magazine is about city life, the media, living the ideal, and coming to terms with loss and grief.

Established in 2009 by Rachel Yoder and Jennifer Rogers, Roundhouse is becoming a strong Irish theatre production company. With its focus on experimental theatre and new writing, Roundhouse Productions has been awarded funding by Cork County Council since 2009 for the production of 4 shows: Lipstick, Spitting Love, Romek and Julie and Magazine. Of which Lipstick has toured as full production throughout County Cork; and while Lipstick and Spitting Love both received 3/4 star reviews at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, Roundhouse Productions won the overall festival Puzzler Award for graphic design.

Comedy Workshop
Aidan Killeen is a banker turned comedian… nothing funny about that!!
I worked for an investment bank in Tokyo called Bear Stearns. I never felt comfortable giving presentations to management, even if I knew what I was talking about, so I decided that I was going to improve in this area. Who are the the most captivating public speakers? I ended up at “Tokyo Comedy Club”, where they did stand up in English. I knew if I could do stand up I would definitely be able to do successful presentations. I put my name down for 3 minutes open mic, practised for a month, nearly chickened out the day of my first gig due to nerves, (I was physically sick, the 2 hours before I got on stage). After those three minutes I was on a high, I felt I could do anything; a world of opportunities opened to me as my limiting beliefs started to fade away. Presentations became easier simply because I was much more confident speaking in public. Since then I have also became the person nominated to give toasts at parties / events, which is always fun.

Apart from being comfortable speaking publicly, the greatest breakthrough in my life is that now I realise when I see something and say to myself, “I could never do that”, I am wrong. That belief has now changed to; “I can do it. It is simply about following the right steps”.
Bear Stearns collapsed, along with the rest of the financial world. It became clear that the financial world was based on an empty perception of a transparent illusion. As people are starting to lose their jobs, they are also losing belief in themselves. I realised that it is most important to add true value to yourself. I left the bank to travel the world and do a number of interesting courses which add value to myself; from Thai massage to psychology. Apart from teaching the “presentation skills through stand up comedy” course, I am currently studying “story telling” among other courses.

Spontaneous Speech Workshop
A new method of spontaneous speech work in development by Dave Rock, Beautiful Free Speech plays in the blurry space between drama, ritual, performance, play and emotional release. Going through a series of high-energy vocal group-exercises, using our bodies, and the power of all the bodies and voices gathered, participants have the opportunity to roar curses and words of praise and revel in the dizzying power of their own self-expression. The workshops are designed to get people into a state of pure creative and expressive flow, and a state where they say what needs or wants to be said in a light-hearted and fully supportive environment, so each person feels fully powerful, inspired, and free. Great for actors, poets, singers, anyone who loves to let rip, and anyone who struggles to say the things they need to say.

Pearse McGloughlin and The Nocturnes with special guest Justin Grounds
The musicians that impress Pearse McGloughlin most are those that operate at borders … cross them when they need to, stop short of them if they need to. It’s sometimes a difficult terrain to navigate.

I first played with a group called Socialite in my hometown of Sligo. That was immense fun and I have very fond memories of it. Subsequently, I spent time in France and Montreal, learned French, got hooked on songwriting and recorded a short EP in cold Québec city. My next group was Thy Swan Army in Galway. I took a lot from this band, recorded songs and played some really good gigs. People liked us. The group splintered eventually and members went to work on separate projects (Ghostwood Project, John Terrors).
I next lived in London, played with more musicians and gigged the indie scene as Walkperson. Most of the songs I wrote during this period I‘ve let go but there are several I‘ve held on to, of which I‘m still proud.

Back in Ireland again I released Desired Effect EP in 2006. I released my solo album Busy Whisper in 2009, a clearer, more cohesive piece of work than anything I had produced previously. This was recorded with Andy Knightley and partly by myself and Karl Odlum. Played by a troupe of talented musicans, it received a quiet but genuinely enthusiastic critical reception.
I‘m now working on the second album, but it might be a while yet before it‘s fully realised.

Justin Grounds is a violinist, singer and electronicist Justin Grounds describes himself as ‘a solitary purveyor of sound’ and yet experiencing him perform live you would be forgiven for imagining an entire orchestra on-stage.

Sending his 5-string viola and (self-named) “cellolino” (strung an octave lower than a conventional violin) through a laptop, feet tapping on all manner of home-made pedals, he builds layer upon layer of rhythms and melodies into what STU magazine called ‘…a holy and magical crescendo.”
Sending these sounds through electronic filters and effects, Grounds sings overtop to produce onstage a sound vital and post-modern and yet also somewhat fragile and ancient

Couch by Crooked Wheel Productions
Couch by Siofra Campbell is a short play about Rachel, Leah and the people in their life. The focal point of the play is the couch- both Rachel’s and Leah’s. Rachel has one but disdains it while Leah’s couch is colonised, soiled and ultimately swapped for something she really doesn’t want but is compelled to take.

It’s a fast moving 50 minutes where the two actors bring you into the intimate world of Rachel, Leah and the significant people in their lives. Anything could happen next as either of the actors could become any character.
The play is performed by Orla Parkinson and Noel Treanor and directed by Caoimhe Gleeson from Crooked Wheel Productions in North Leitrim.
Crooked Wheel Productions is a theatre group based in the North Leitrim area which aims to harness the long tradition and commitment to theatre and performance in the area. The group draws its membership from throughout Leitrim and Sligo. The group is always trying out new and experimental ways of working and encourages people from a broad range of backgrounds who have little or no experience to get involved in theatre and performance.

The group have performed a number of established and new productions including
“By the Bog of Cats”, by Marina Carr, “What shall we do with the Body” by Rae Shirley, “The case of the Prince formerly known as Hamlet, A Justin Thyme Mystery” by Bruce Kane and ‘Bus stop’ by Yasmin Kutub. The group have successfully taken part in two One Act Drama festival seasons reaching the finals both times.
The group have also work-shopped and collaborated with professional artists and companies in the area including the Blue Raincoat theatre company, Donal O’Kelly, Declan Drohan and Pauric McIntyre.

Garden Of The Imagination
Join us in the garden, bring your friends and family. Free entry.

This is a facilitated performance space. The space offers a human jukebox, and an invitation to produce poetry, dance, song, art, theatre, storytelling, meditation, and provides a safe haven. Whether you wish to sit and listen, eat delicious food, or share your talent; join us right up to the last minute and you will be welcomed. Includes;
‘Tell me a story’; Tea and storytelling with Masha Falaleeva, the idea is simple, no big ambitions, just people holding warm cups and telling stories.
The Evil Baby chronicles by Wilhelmina Faldetta VanderBent. A presentation of web comics, revealing the true ruler of this universe; Evil Baby. Perhaps superheroes and super villains are more real than we could ever have imagined…

Brunch, Broads and Bands
Yummy brunch and wonderful music on a chilled out festive morning, afternoon, whatever time. This will be an invite only event due to numbers so keep an eye out and an ear open

Chaos Cooking
‘A continuing social experiment where up to 15 people cook 15 recipes in 1 kitchen, 4 burners, 1 oven. All recipes must be finished and space returned to original condition in 4 hours while everyone is drinking wine, … socialising and putting delectable dishes in their mouths’.

The first Cork Chaos Cooking evening in Ireland took place during the Trash Culture Revue on Sunday the 20th of May at 6pm in a city centre house.

Chaos cooking is about community, working together and enjoying a wide selection of good food and wine together. The way it works…each guest brings their own ingredients, extra knives, big bowls, cutting boards etc and a bottle of wine and start cooking and enjoying the food! There has to be enough so everyone can sample the dish!

Haunted with Lady Grew
As part of Cork DIY Festival, Trash Culture Review brings you a Lady Grew and T-LAB set, complete with pole dancers, and the first ever showing of the music video for Mad EP feat Grew’s : “Haunted”!!!

In the Pav Bar, early gig Sunday ruckus!!