If performance designers could offer new possibilities for Irish theatre after the pandemic, what shapes and sounds, spaces and acoustics, materials and formats, structures and hierarchies might they propose? What new creative and collaborative practices might emerge? What new social and artistic functions for theatre might present themselves? How might an exhibition of design indicate new directions rather than just revisiting the past?
After a fantastic experience at the 15th edition of the Prague Quadrennial in June 2023, we were delighted to kick off The Next Four Years National Tour as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 with two separate events: a Screening & Conversation with the designers at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on 06.10.2023 at 15.30, and a Film Installation at Project Arts Centre from 30.09.2023 to 07.10.2023.
On 15.10.2023, as part of Belfast International Arts Festival, a Conversation & Screening took place at the Lyric Theatre Belfast. The film was presented in the Lyric’s foyer on a loop (55 mins) between 10.00 – 14.30, followed by a conversation with the designers.
Other events in October included The Everyman, Cork, glór, Ennis, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, and in November at Galway Arts Centre Nun’s Island Theatre and at The Factory, Sligo
More detailed information on all these events in the next section.
Screening & Conversation
Date: Friday 06.10.2023
Time: 15.30
Venue: Carolan Room, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin 2
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Film Installation
Date: 30.09 – 07.10.2023
Venue: Project Arts Centre, 39 Essex St E, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Time: 11.00 – 20.30
Duration: 55 mins on loop
Free (no booking required)
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 12.10.2023
Time: 13.00
Venue: The Everyman, 5 MacCurtain Street, Victorian Quarter, Cork
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
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Screening & Conversation at Lyric Theatre as part of Belfast International Arts Festival
Date: Sunday 15.10.2023
Time: 15.00
Venue: Lyric Theatre Belfast, 55 Ridgeway St, Belfast BT9 5FB
Duration: 55 min screening & 60 min conversation
Free but ticketed
Film Installation
Date: Sunday 15.10.2023
Venue: Lyric Theatre Belfast, 55 Ridgeway St, Belfast BT9 5FB
Time: 10.00 – 14.30
Duration: 55 mins on loop
Free (no booking required)
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 19.10.2023
Time: 19.00
Venue: glór, Studio, Causeway Link, Ennis, Co. Clare
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 26.10.2023
Time: 19.30
Venue: Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O’Connell St, Limerick
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Screening & Conversation
Date: Wednesday 22.11.2023
Time: 19.00
Venue: Nun’s Island Theatre, H91 H322, Galway
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 30.11.2023
Time: 19.00
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, The Factory Lower Quay Street F91 H327 Sligo Ireland
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
The Next Four Years
