'The Scorched Earth Trilogy' at Belfast International Arts Festival, featuring music by Brian Irvine

The Scorched Earth Trilogy is a co-production from DUMBWORLD and IRISH NATIONAL OPERA. A unique blend of opera, contemporary orchestral music, street art and animation, presented via a mapped video and sound installation and silent-disco headphones. Words & direction by John McIlduff. Music by Brian Irvine.

This new collection of Street Art Operas tackle some of the most pressing social, political and human issues we face, in a radical and challenging way. The trilogy introduces self-congratulatory politicians relieving themselves against a wall expounding on their successful resolutions; a polar bear finding their way out of the misery of the loss of their natural habitat as a Tik Tok sensation; and children in the midst of wasteland, burnt trees and decaying rubbish who lead an ecological revolution.

The Scorched Earth Trilogy premiered at Trinity College Dublin (March 2022) and was presented at O Festival, Rotterdam in (May 2022). 

Previous Dumbworld productions include ‘Drive By Shooting‘ and ‘Two Angels‘, presented as part of Culture Night Belfast.

Tickets

Note this is an outdoor evening event, please wrap up warm and wear appropriate footwear. Performances at 7, 8 and 9pm. Tickets via Belfast Internation Arts Festival.