STARJAZZER
Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland
Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: 14+
Contains themes of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Presented as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024
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“I have just finished a short story, that isn’t a short story. It’s a dance, the star dance”
— Seán O’Casey
In the same room of a Georgian Dublin house, two women, separated by 100 years, are united by their parallel experience. Each is intoxicated by the same patch of stars and the same square of sky from the back yard. Their legs painfully climb the stairs, stepping into the footprint of what was and what is to come.
Then and now, her life is our life, her crisis is our crisis.
A vivid, urgent and personal portrait of Dublin at a crossroads of past and present.
Starjazzer is a fever dream exploration of grief, sexuality and hope. Forging a connection between two vulnerable women across a century, it explores the praxeology of the human condition, the inventiveness needed to cope with poverty and the creativity needed to hold one’s centre and humanity amid isolation.
Inspired by The Starjazzer by Sean O’Casey.
Source Text: The Starjazzer by Sean O’Casey
Cast: Ciara Byrne and Liv O’Donoghue
Written and Directed by Louise Lowe
Set Design: Owen Boss
Lighting Design: Ciaran Bagnall
Sound Design: Rob Moloney
Costume Design: Saileóg O’Halloran
Producers: Lynnette Moran and Matt Smyth
Funded by The Arts Council of Ireland
