BROKENTALKERS NEWS

APRIL 2012 Gary becomes a Dad to little Tommy.

March 2012 Brokentalkers go to therapy for new show.

Feidlim is away with artists from North and South of the border discussing process, ideas, and good food.
Bealtaine Festival – Artists’ Professional Development Residential weekend.

February 2012 Brokentalkers have been selected to do a pitch session at the PUSH Festival Vancouver.

January 2012 Brokentalkers are apart of the Culture Ireland delegation to APAP in New York.

December 2011

Feidlim and Gary begin working on their latest idea.

October 2011

The Blue Boy has its world premier at the Lir as part of The Dublin Theatre Festival.

Lyn Gardner Guardian UK says The Blue Boy is one of her highlights of the festival.

****Four Stars

“It is powerfully physical, haunting material”

Financial times

“Brokentalkers The Blue Boy responds to the important revelations of institutional abuse in 20th century Ireland in a sophisticated and ambitious blend of technology and live performance”

Sunday business post

“Brilliantly intricate staging that achieves a compellingly ritualistic quality”

The Irish Times

Below is link to Lyn Gardner Dublin Theatre Festival article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/oct/10/dublin-theatre-festival-rough-smooth

September 2011

In rehearsals at the Lir Academy "The Blue Boy" opens at the new venue in October. We have Dancers, Musicians, Video artists, Composers, Sound designers, lighting designers, Set designers and Mask makers all in the same room.

Big Thank You Loughlin Deegan

August 2011

We are very excited to return to our favorite festival Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival, Netherlands. After our successful run at the festival in 2009 with IN REAL TIME, The development of the The Blue Boy continues in the Netherlands with our Co-producer partners at the Noorderzon Festival. The Company will have a three-week residency in Groningen

Links below for Information on our residency at the Noorderzoon festival, which starts beginning of August with support from Culture Ireland.

http://www.noorderzon.nl/index.php?id=3&cult=uk&play=15&title=The_Blue_Boy&cult=nl

http://www.noorderzon.nl/index.php?id=3&cult=nl&play=15&title=The_Blue_Boy&cult=uk  

What the press said in the Netherlands: “Impressive, A raw and subtle performance with striking choreography and music, a hard swipe at the abuses by the Catholic Institution"

Dagblad Noorderzon, Netherlands

JULY 2011

Two-week workshop on "The Blue Boy" with support from Fundit donors.

Big Thank You to the Abbey Theatre.

JUNE 2011

Brokentalkers continue developing "The Blue Boy" with partners at the Cork Mid Summer Festival.

The Company will spend Two weeks in the Granary working on the piece.

Below is an on line link to an article on our showing in Cork.

http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=856&Title=Cork%20Midsummer%20Festival,%20New%20Works:%20The%20Blue%20Boy%20(a%20work%20in%20progress)