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Swing & Beowulf: Dublin Fringe Double Bill (Spring 2014)
Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 2:00PM

Donaghy Theatre
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019

(Between 10th and 11th Avenues)
Take the C or E train to 50th St (8th Ave); the 1 train to 50th St (Broadway); or the N, R, or Q train to 49th St (7th Ave). Walk west towards 11th Ave. It is roughly a 10 minute walk. A parking garage is located on W. 51st between 10th and 11th Ave.




Dublin Fringe Festival is a curated, multi-disciplinary festival that provides participating artists to challenge, subvert and invigorate their disciplines and practice. Playing a vital role in the fabric of Dublin and Irish cultural life, for 18 days the festival transforms Dublin into an exposé of great creative talent from around the globe. This spring, get a taste of Dublin Fringe 2013 at the Irish Arts Center with two of the best new, contemporary theatre shows Swing and Beowulf: The Blockbuster.

Irish Arts Center
in association with Fishamble: The New Play Company
presents

Swing

Written by
Steve Blount
Peter Daly
Gavin Kostick
Janet Moran

Performed by Steve Blount
Janet Moran

Directed by
Peter Daly

Produced by
Marketa Dowling

Winner of Bewley’s Little Gem Award

Nominated for Best Female Performer and Best Male Performer at Dublin Fringe 2013

★★★★ “Moran and Blount create endearing visions of stalled lives in a whirl of possibility and, with elegant guidance, Daly lets them dance like angels.” - The Irish Times

★★★★★ “Funny, warm, and well produced, with a rousing finale that’s enough to make you kick up your own heels” - Irish Theatre Magazine

A new show about dancing and music and love and not settling and feeling like an eejit and being brave and having doubts and trying your best and trying new things and thinking outside the box and seeing things clearly and living as well as you can and giving it a lash. With rock and roll music. It'll make you want to dance.

It’s Mae’s first go at swing dancing, and she’s there filling the time while her boyfriend’s away. Joe has been at it a while, having taken it up after the family printing business, and his entire life, collapsed in the recession. Both are at a crossroads, and if that’s not the most perfect place for a dance, where is?

Swing has been developed as part of Show in a Bag, an artist development initiative of Fishamble: The New Play Company, Dublin Fringe Festival, and Irish Theatre Institute.

Irish Arts Center
presents

Beowulf: The Blockbuster

Performed by
Bryan Burroughs

Directed by
David Horan

★★★★★ "Tragic. Funny. EPIC. Don't miss it." - Sunday Times

★★★★★ "No props, gimmicks or special effects – just BRILLIANT THEATRE." – The Irish Times

A father’s final chance to connect with his son. A boy with a film-soaked imagination. A cinematic journey through an ancient tale, brought to vivid life in this one-man stage phenomenon.

Featuring Spielbergian monsters, John Williams theme tunes and the original superhero; this is physical, comic and vibrant theatre from one of Ireland’s most skilled performers. Hit of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2013, Beowulf: The Blockbuster was hailed as an instant classic.