Irish Premiere of FUTUREPROOF by Lynda Radley Announced

The Everyman, in association with Cork Midsummer Festival and Project Arts Centre, are delighted to present the Irish première of Futureproof, a magical play about identity and the capacities of the human spirit coming to Cork and Dublin this summer.

Take a seat and meet the freaks of Riley's Odditorium: George/Georgina, a hermaphrodite; Countess Marketa, an armless bearded lady; Tiny, the world's fattest man; Millie and Lillie, the Siamese twins and Serena the mermaid. This travelling freak show is nearing the end of the road, with fewer and fewer people buying tickets to the show. Futureproof is about their quest to find the answer to the age-old question of performance: how to give audiences what they want?

During its award-winning first run in Scotland in 2011, Futureproof asks us to think about the struggle for self-hood and bodily autonomy, a theme which continues to have relevance in Ireland today. In association with the Everyman Theatre, Cork Midsummer Festival, and the Project Arts Centre, Futureproof reunites writer Lynda Radley and director Tom Creed, in their old stomping ground, Cork, to give this magical play a stunning new production in its Irish première, featuring an emsemble of Ireland's most accomplished actors: Gerard Byrne, Amy Conroy, Michael Glenn Murphy, Gillian McCarthy, Gina Moxley, Julie Sharkey, and Ayoola Smart.

See it first during the Cork Midsummer Festival at the Everyman: Previews 8pm, Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th June, show running from Friday 16th, Saturday 17th, Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th June at 8pm; then the travelling weirdoes visit the Project Arts Centre from Tuesday 27th June - Saturday 1st July at 7.30pm. Tickets on sale now, book early to avoid disappointment. www.everymancork.com / www.projectartscentre.ie

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