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The SPACE PROGRAMME 2009
The Performance Corporation is proud to announce it is now inviting applications for The SPACE Programme 2009.
This unique international residency offers an opportunity for artists of all disciplines to collaborate, experiment and innovate in an inspiring environment. The programme has been created by Ireland’s The Performance Corporation with support from The Arts Council, Kildare County Council, OPW and Irish Landmark Trust.
The residency takes place over a two-week period at Castletown House near Dublin in an open-ended process hosted by The Performance Corporation. The programme facilitates artists from diverse backgrounds to collaborate and explore their artistic process while removing the pressure to come up with an end product.
The SPACE Programme will run from the 23rd March – 3rd April. The chosen participants will receive a stipend of €1,000 for their participation. Participants are selected by a panel of leading arts practitioners following a wide-ranging submission process.
Applications are now closed for the SPACE Programme 2009. Please note that decisions will be announced mid-february.
The Company
The Performance Corporation is an award-winning Irish theatre company based just
outside Dublin in Maynooth, County Kildare. The company was founded in 2001 by
theatre director Jo Mangan and playwright Tom Swift. Since then the company has
built a reputation for creating a energetic and innovative theatre work which
is often site-specific. The company also has a track record of utilizing new
technology in its work.
Productions
The company's first production was an adaptation of Voltaire's Candide.
The play won the Judges' Special Award (Best Adaptation for Tom Swift
and Jo Mangan) and Best Supporting Actor Award (Fergal McElherron) in the 2001
Irish Theatre Awards. The play was also nominated in the Best Production and
Best Director (Jo Mangan) categories. Candide also won Best Production and
Best Actor (Fergal McElherron) in the 2001 Dublin Fringe Awards.
In 2002 the company staged The 7 Deadly Sins by Tom Swift and Jo Mangan as
part of the Dublin Fringe. 2003 saw the premiere of The Butterfly Ranch by
Tom Swift, a
site-specific work staged at the Boy' School at SS Michael and John in
the Temple Bar area of Dublin. Later that year the company staged the high tech
promenade piece Dr Ledbetter's Experiment by Tom Swift as part of The
Kilkenny Arts Festival. The play was nominated for a Best Production award
in The Irish Theatre Awards 2004.
In early 2005 the company travelled to Nairobi, Kenya where it collaborated
with company Amani People's Theatre to create Paka, a devised play
dealing with social issues which was created for a marginalized coastal community
south of Mombassa. The play was staged at the Lamukani Centre near Diani Beach.
In August 2005 presented the premiere of The Yokohama Delegation by Tom Swift
as part of The Kilkenny Arts Festival. The play was a futuristic site-specific
work created for the Desart House office building in Kilkenny City. The company's
car-based drama Drive-By was presented by the company in Cork docks in June 2006
as part of the Cork MidSummer Festival. That year also saw the presentation of
Dr Ledbetter's Experiment as part of the Traverse Theatre's programme
at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe. The play sold out its run and was an audience
and critical success.
