Savoy Cinema, Cork. A multiple award–winner in The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 including Best New Play for Enda Walsh and joint Best Actress for … His main breakthrough came with the production of his play Disco Pigs in collaboration with director Pat Kiernan of Corcadorca. It was Kiernan who, after some pestering, gave him his first big break on stage in Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs. Pat Kiernan Artistic Director of Corcadorca will provide mentorship to each company/artist, as well as facilitating a week’s development in the TDC in September and a sharing as part of SHOW work-in-progress festival in November. Pat’s name now goes forward for possible selection as Cork Person of the Year at a Gala Awards Lunch on Jan 20th next, at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Pat Kiernan agrees that Disco Pigs put Corcadorca on the map, nationally and internationally, “but my ambition was always to have the company in Cork,” he has said. View Pat Kiernan’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. By TheCork.ie on 21st August, 2016No Comment, 21 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth The production at Elizabeth Fort, Cork, will be the company’s largest site-specific show since 2008. Stage Manager – Michael Heffernan PAT KIERNAN is a forward-looking kind of guy. Photo Credit: Nathan Johnson. Andy Warhol’s Nothing Special by James Hickson. Project Arts Centre & The Belltable Theatre, Limerick. Since then he moved to London, where he has been particularly prolific over the past five years, bringing his productions to thirteen stage plays, two radio plays and two screenplays.Winner … Pearly Penile Papules Removal Natural Remedies read more p>The Gaiety School of Acting – The National Theatre School of Ireland at The Granary Theatre are delighted to welcome Pat Kiernan to its staff this term. (2016) Stage: The Old Fruitmarket (Directed by Pat Kiernan/Corcadorca) - Actor, Anita (2008) Stage: Lady Windemere's Fan (Directed by Maria O'Donovan) - Actor, Mrs Erlynne Pat Kiernan, Artistic Director of Corcadorca and former member of Youth Theatre Cork in conversation with Tom Creed Above: Corcadorca, Pre-production Disco Pigs , Photo: Martin Healy. Other outdoor productions include âThe Trial of Jesusâ on Patrick’s Hill and âA Midsummer Night’s Dreamâ in Fitzgerald’s Park. Irish Theatre Institute 17 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 F293 Tel: +353 1 670 4906 Registered Charity Number: CHY 20847 # SHOWonline2020 # corcadorca # worksinprogress # # livetheatre # sitespecific # keepherlit # theatredevelopmentcentre # newwork. Pat Kiernan, the founder of Corcadorca, had invited Enda Walsh, a Dubliner in exile, to write for the company, later becoming its joint artistic director. To celebrate 25 years of making theatre in Cork, we have a very exciting programme coming up this year. The company’s most… Maura O'Keeffe Pat Kiernan Rachel Gleeson Ronan O Shea @corcadorcatheatrecompany. The straightened economic times have forced many arts organisations to reconsider their approach to business, and Corcadorca concluded that the company needs to be working more regularly and that it needs to take its work outside of Cork more often. His main breakthrough came with the production of his play Disco Pigs in collaboration with director Pat Kiernan of Corcadorca. Cillian Murphy (/ ˈ k ɪ l i ə n /; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor.He began his career performing as a rock musician. (2016) Stage: The Old Fruitmarket (Directed by Pat Kiernan/Corcadorca) - Actor, Anita (2008) Stage: Lady Windemere's Fan (Directed by Maria O'Donovan) - … From birth they have developed their own language and ‘Pork City’ through their eyes is a wet, grey wasteland with only one diamond shining out of the shite, The Palace Disco. From 2000 to 2004, Kiernan was the co-anchor of the CNNfn program "The Money Gang." “I know that Pat Kiernan (artistic director of Corcadorca) has a particular style. An energetic sprint through two days in the lives of extraordinary teenagers Pig and Runt, who celebrate their seventeenth birthdays together in Pork City, this play is sad and realistic look at the unreal world of these two teenagers. Corcadorca founder Pat Kiernan is ‘Cork Person of the Month’ added by TheCork.ie on 21st August, 2016View all posts by TheCork.ie →, You must be logged in to post a comment “He wants something that has real time interaction between audience and performers. Cillian Murphy/Kevin O’Leary – Pig The production reunited the production partnership of Pat Kiernan (director) and Cormac O’ Connor (composer, soundscape designer) who shaped Corcadorca’s A Clockwork Orange into a truly original piece of promenade theatre. Sacrifice at Easter by Pat McCabe at Elizabeth Fort on Barrack Street will be our biggest on-site production since 2008.. Kiernan also serves as a correspondent for Business News Network in Canada. I had performed in a Corcadorca production over a decade earlier and the first play I read of my own volition was Disco Pigs, the play which put writer Enda Walsh, … The night is going to be different from others. Sound Design – Cormac O’Connor Pat Kiernan. Corcadorca’s latest play, Sacrifice at Easter, by Pat McCabe, is a collaborative effort involving the artistic director of the theatre company, Pat Kiernan, and composer, Mel Mercier. Walsh's plays are distinctly non-traditional and, when he moved to Cork, he found his spiritual home with Corcadorca and artistic director, Pat Kiernan, who founded the theatre company in 1991. Pat Kiernan has directed over 30 productions for Corcadorca, using all the theatres in Cork City as well as many non-theatre venues such as Sir Henry’s (âA Clockwork Orangeâ) and Cork City Gaol (âA Christmas Carolâ). The exhibition opens on July 15th, for two weeks, on the site of the initial production, at the Old Distillery. Pat will teach Page to Stage and Advanced Page to Stage at The Granary Theatre,on Tuesday and […] During this time the company has built a reputation across Ireland, and beyond, for quality and innovation. THE SAME by Enda Walsh. International Tour 1998-1999 throughout Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary and the UK. 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YOUTH DRAMA IRELAND PAGE 19 stage, Enda [Walsh] had jumped on board with us – he was Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street, Cork city, 1996. Pat Kiernan, Artistic Director of Corcadorca and former member of Youth Theatre Cork in conversation with Tom Creed Above: Corcadorca, Pre-production Disco Pigs , Photo: Martin Healy. Corcardorca Theatre Co. Montague Romeo and Juliet Pat Kiernan Corcadorca Theatre Co. Cadet Plasticine Pat Kiernan Abbey Theatre Herrick The Crucible Patrick Mason Abbey Theatre Marullus Julius Caesar Jason Byrne Team Theatre Tom Crean Last Call Thomas De Berges Everybody knows âDisco Pigsâ changed everything for me.”. Corcadorca’s latest play, Sacrifice at Easter, by Pat McCabe, is a collaborative effort involving the artistic director of the theatre company, Pat Kiernan, and composer, Mel Mercier. A multiple award–winner in The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 including Best New Play for Enda Walsh and joint Best Actress for sisters Catherine Walsh and Eileen Walsh. View the profiles of professionals named "Pat Kiernan" on LinkedIn. Pat Kiernan. There are 100+ professionals named "Pat Kiernan", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. He also wanted it to be performed while the restrictions are still in place,” said Sadhbh. Project Arts Centre & The Belltable Theatre, Limerick. Arts Council Ireland Cork Arts Written in response to the 1916 centenary, Sacrifice at Easter is a creative collaboration between director, Pat Kiernan… Two friends set out on a celebratory birthday night through the nightclubs of Cork City. directed by Alan Stanford and as Miranda in The Tempest directed by Pat Kiernan for the Corcadorca Theatre Company. Corcadorca makes this space available to theatre makers free of charge as a supportive environment where they can write and work with actors to create work for the stage. Written by: Enda Walsh On top of that, Pat Kiernan, the theatre director, and pioneer of site-specific work with theatre company Corcadorca had agreed to direct the play. In 2007 and 2008 Enda won Fringe First Awards at two consecutive Edinburgh Festivals for his plays The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom.The former led the Guardian to name him "one of the most dazzling wordsmiths … With Mel Mercier’s perfectly modulated sound and an immense feat of lighting and set design by Aedín Cosgrove and Paul Keogan, director Pat Kiernan and Co have this time taken a cold, spooky little play and turned it into a powerful gothic opera. Pat gave Eileen Walsh from Cork her big break on âDisco Pigsâ too, and Eileen recently played the Opera House in âThe Plough and the Starsâ. There are 100+ professionals named "Pat Kiernan", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Savoy Cinema, Cork. The production reunited the production partnership of Pat Kiernan (director) and Cormac O’ Connor (composer, soundscape designer) who shaped Corcadorca’s A Clockwork Orange into a truly original piece of promenade theatre. Since then he moved to London, where he has been particularly prolific over the past five years, bringing his productions to thirteen stage plays, two radio plays and two screenplays. … The production at Elizabeth Fort, Cork, will be the company’s largest site-specific show since 2008. Phase two of the project is a site-specific exhibition featuring the work of photographer Mike MacSweeney during the run of The Merchant of Venice, and a video installation curated by Pat Kiernan and Nicholas O’Riordan. View the profiles of professionals named "Pat Kiernan" on LinkedIn. Winner of Stewart Parker Award 1997 Design team: Owen Boss (ANU Productions) Composer and Sound Designer Peter Power and Lighting Designer Michael Hurley. Venue: Decommissioned Cork prison premises on Rathmore Road. The artistic mentorship aim is to support the artists vision and help in any way to … Corcadorca also resource and run the Theatre Development Centre, a unique studio space dedicated to the development of professional theatre. For that production, Pat discovered and introduced great acting talents such as film star Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh to the world. Pat Kiernan instructs Lucianne McEvoy Collins, Tadhg Murphy and Frankie McCafferty at Fitzgerald Park, Cork, at rehearsals of … Fin Flynn | Company Manager fin@corcadorca… For her film career, Lawlor had a. Enda Walsh (2,755 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article theatre-in-education Graffiti Theatre. “I came across Franz Xaver Kroetz’s work; I read a few of his … Written in response to the 1916 centenary, âSacrifice at Easterâ is a creative collaboration between Pat Kiernan, renowned composer Mel Mercier and Pat McCabe who wrote âBreakfast on Plutoâ and âThe Butcher Boyâ. His co-hosts included Christine Romans and two fellow Canadians, Amanda Lang and Ali Velshi . So relates Pat Kiernan, artistic director of Corcadorca, who says Walsh’s play, Gentrification, loosely inspired by the writer’s experience. Last June/July Corcadorca staged âSacrifice at Easterâ at Elizabeth Fort on Barrack Street as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival. Tragic, electric, exhilarating, violent, loud and humorous, this show can appeal to just about anybody. Ms Flynn is departing Corcadorca after 17 years. Then I went to see his âA Clockwork Orangeâ at Sir Henry’s and that had a really big affect on me. On top of that, Pat Kiernan, the theatre director, and pioneer of site-specific work with theatre company Corcadorca had agreed to direct the play. Site-specific Production for Cork Midsummer Festival 2010. Fin Flynn has been Manager of Corcadorca for 17 years, working alongside Artistic Director Pat Kiernan. His main breakthrough came with the production of his play Disco Pigs in collaboration with director Pat Kiernan has directed over 30 productions for Corcadorca, using all the theatres in Cork City as well as many non-theatre venues such as Sir Henry’s (‘A Clockwork Orange’) and Cork City Gaol (‘A Christmas Carol’). Presented by Corcadorca and Cork Midsummer Festival with support from Cork City Council and the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-government five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy. The winner of the James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award is given carte blanche to direct a play of their choice in a mainstream theatre. That’s where the initial idea came from. The producing force behind Cork’s highly successful, innovative, and award-winning theatre company, Corcadorca, is leaving for a fresh challenge. Design team: Owen Boss (ANU Productions) Composer and Sound Designer Peter Power and Lighting Designer Michael Hurley. Anna’s most recent credits include IN MY MIND’S EYE directed by Philip Crawford for the Lyric Theatre Belfast; THE NUMBERED directed by Pat Kiernan for Corcadorca Theatre Company; WHITE DEVIL at Shakespeare’s Globe; and THE SEAGULL at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, both directed by Annie Ryan for The Corn Exchange. Pat Kiernan explains how Corcadorca came to do Request Programme. Eileen Walsh/Orla Fitzgerald – Runt. I tend to be cast as either the slow meditative type or the explosive agent that takes a wrecking ball to himself and others: from Brutus to Coriolanus, a senator and a general, from the wanderings of a medieval friar to … Ms Flynn is departing Corcadorca after 17 years. Best Production, Dublin Fringe Festival 1997. Picture: Darragh Kane Directed by Pat Kiernan General Manager – Stephen Boyd, Cast: Corcadorca Theatre Company. Throughout the years, Corcadorca has pioneered the art of theatre performance in unusual venues and has carved out a unique place for itself in Irish theatre. Fin Flynn has been Manager of Corcadorca for 17 years, working alongside Artistic Director Pat Kiernan. “We did a production of Buchner’s Woyzeck in 2007 and that got me interested in looking further at German writers,” he says. The inseparable are about to separate and which one will survive depends on which one can break free. Artistic director of Corcadorca, Pat Kiernan, was keen to create something that isn’t virtual. Enda Walsh is a playwright and screenwriter who shot to fame when he won both the George Devine Award and the Stewart Parker Award in 1997 with his play Disco Pigs.. Contact Corcadorca. Corcadorca’s artistic director, Pat Kiernan, recently told the Irish Times that the move would not have happened had it not been for the recession. With riveting performances from Catherine Walsh and Eileen Walsh and masterful direction by Pat Kiernan. Corcadorca’s The Same is at once both a cerebral and deeply moving piece of theatre. Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street, Cork city, 1996. That night the whole of the city is lost in dance and pounding rave rhythms. Eve: Maeve Stone, Spilt Gin Theatre Company. Corcadorca Company Manager Fin Flynn pictured with Artistic Director Pat Kiernan at a celebration to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Corcadorca in 2016. Pat commissioned me to do a play. The venue is now the Young Vic's Clare Studio and the play selected by Cathal Cleary to show off his talents is Enda Walsh's paean to unbridled youth, Disco Pigs. Five years ago, Pat Kiernan helped establish the Theatre Development Centre at the Triskel Arts Centre as a studio space dedicated to the development of professional theatre. Pat Kiernan | Artistic Director patkiernan@corcadorca.com. Andy Warhol’s Nothing Special by James Hickson. Directed by Pat Kiernan Cast: Catherine and Eileen Walsh. Disco Pigs was Enda Walsh’s second original script for Corcadorca, the first being the highly acclaimed and much talked about The Ginger Ale Boy. That’s where the initial idea came from. Artistic director of Corcadorca, Pat Kiernan, was keen to create something that isn’t virtual. ~Liam Heylin, Evening Echo, 20th June 2017 Design Aedin Cosgrove Pat Kiernan interviewed in the Examiner today about "Contact", our new travelling theatre piece which is a response to the pandemic A revamp of Disco Pigs may be on hold, but Corcadorca have developed a new socially-distant work for the residents of various housing estates around Cork, … “He wants something that has real time interaction between audience and performers. It’s led her to be named a Shooting Star at Berlinale this year, as well as win the coveted AACTA Award for Best Actress in December 2019. During this time the company has built a reputation across Ireland, and beyond, for … Venue: Decommissioned Cork prison premises … Venues: Tel: +353 21 4215142 Fax: +353 21 4215193 Email: info@corcadorca.com Address: Corcadorca Theatre Company, Civic Trust House, 50 Popes Quay, Cork, Ireland. Picture: Darragh Kane “Persevere,” he said. Corcadorca Theatre Company. bryan@TheCork.ie. Pat Kiernan Artistic Director of Corcadorca will provide mentorship to each company/artist, as well as facilitating a week’s development in the TDC in September and a sharing as part of SHOW work-in-progress festival in November. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Pat’s connections and jobs at similar companies. Corcadorca also resource and run the Theatre Development Centre, a unique studio space dedicated to the development of professional theatre. Pat famously directed the multi-award winning âDisco Pigsâ back in 1996 which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. 2009: Skin & … Pat has 2 jobs listed on their profile. But Pig and Runt want more. Produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company. She is also known for her work in film and TV, including âThe Magdalene Sistersâ and âPure Muleâ. The Tallest Man in the World, produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company and directed by Pat Kiernan as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival 2013, is effectively a play for voices, or, it could be suggested, a play as vehicle for language and words.Although it features three characters – Eamon, the tallest man in the … As the artistic director of Corcadorca theatre company, he has to be. After turning down a record deal, he began his acting career in theatre, and in short … YOUTH DRAMA IRELAND PAGE 19 stage, Enda [Walsh] had jumped on board with us – he was With riveting performances from Catherine Walsh and Eileen Walsh and masterful direction by Pat Kiernan. THE SAME by Enda Walsh. He also wanted it to be performed while the restrictions are still in place,” said Sadhbh. Directed by Pat Kiernan, the cast includes Anna Sheils-McNamee, Lucianne McEvoy, Kevin Creedon, ... Cillian Murphy- In conversation with Corcadorca - Duration: 1:50. A recording of the site-specific theatre production "Gentrification" by Enda Walsh, produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company in Cork, Ireland. Irish Theatre Institute 17 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 F293 Tel: +353 1 670 4906 Registered Charity Number: CHY 20847 Fin Flynn has been Manager of Corcadorca for 17 years, working alongside Artistic Director Pat Kiernan. When the festival joined the long list of Covid-19 casualties, Corcadorca founder and artistic director Pat Kiernan was reluctant to throw in the towel. The original… 2010/ 2009. As an assistant director, Katrina has worked on several large-scale plays and musicals including Sacrifice at Easter (Pat Kiernan, Corcadorca), Lovers; Winners & Losers (Julie Kelleher, The Everyman), Carrie: The Musical (Joseph C. Walsh, CIT Musical Society) and How to Succeed in Business… Central performance is incredible dance and pounding rave rhythms she is also known for her work in film TV... 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