Irish National Opera: Trade/Mary Motorhead (TOUR)

8 August 2024 19:00 - 26 October 2024 19:30

Emma O'Halloran & Mark O'Halloran's 'Trade / Mary Motorhead' - two searing one-act operas for Kilkenny Arts Festival followed by a nationwide tour (August - October 2024).

Irish composer Emma O’Halloran has turned two of her uncle Mark O’Halloran’s plays into a critically acclaimed double bill.

Mary Motorhead has been locked in a prison cell after stabbing her husband in the head with a 12-inch carving knife. While he lies in intensive care, Mary reflects on the events that have brought this turbulent rural marriage to such a crisis.

In a guesthouse in Dublin’s north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent boy sits with a middle-aged client. The older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since the two last met.

Running time is 2 hours including one interval. Contains themes of an adult nature.

A co-production with Beth Morrison Projects. European premiere co-presented by Kilkenny Arts Festival.

 

Cast and Creative Team

MARY MOTORHEAD | CAST

Naomi Louisa O’Connell - Mary Motorhead

TRADE | CAST

Oisín Ó Dálaigh - Younger Man
John Molloy - Older Man

CREATIVE TEAM

Elaine Kelly, Conductor
Tom Creed, Director
Alex Dowling, Electronic Sound Designer
Jim Findlay, Set Designer
Christopher Kuhl, Lighting Designer
Montana Levi Blanco, Costume Designer
Aoife Moran, Répétiteur

Tour Dates, Venues & Tickets

Thur 8 August, 7pm | Kilkenny Arts Festival - Watergate Theatre | Booking
Fri 9 August, 7pm | Kilkenny Arts Festival - Watergate Theatre | Booking
Sat 10 August, 7pm | Kilkenny Arts Festival - Watergate Theatre | Booking
Sun 11 August, 3pm | Kilkenny Arts Festival - Watergate Theatre | Booking 

Fri 11 October, 7.30pm | Dún Laoghaire, Dublin - Pavilion Theatre | Booking 
Sat 12 October7.30pm | Dún Laoghaire, Dublin - Pavilion Theatre | Booking 
Sun 13 October, 5pm  | Dún Laoghaire, Dublin - Pavilion Theatre | Booking

Wed 16 October, 7:30pm | Cork Opera House | ON SALE SOON
Sat 19 October, 8pm | Tralee - Siamsa Tíre | ON SALE SOON

Wed 23 October, 7.30pm | Ennis, Glór | Booking 
Sat 26 October, 7.30pm | Navan - Solstice Arts Centre | Booking