Soho Theatre And THISISPOPBABY Announce London Transfer For 0800 CUPID

Fresh off the back of a sold out run at Dublin Theatre Festival, 0800 CUPID - a nightclub interruption and queer cabaret explosion set amidst the bright lights of London – will bring the vitality and spontaneity of queer counterculture to the main stage at London's Soho Theatre from Wednesday 16th to Saturday 26th October 2024. Tickets are available now at sohotheatre.com.

Platforming a new generation of Irish diaspora voices and celebrating the creativity of Irish theatre creatives, 0800 CUPID is THISISPOPBABY's newest offering since smash hit WAKE (which made its debut at Dublin Fringe Festival to critical acclaim) and is the latest of the production company's hugely anticipated residencies at Soho Theatre (Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk, High Heels in Low Places). 

Written by Emer Dineen (breakout star of WAKE, MODEST, Bourgeois and Maurice's Insane Animals) and directed by Phillip McMahon (WAKE, RIOT, Dublin Oldschool, Insane Animals) with music production by Irish EDM legend Elaine Mai, 0800 CUPID fizzes between performance and reality, and is a camp catalyst for reconnection which speaks from a disconnected generation partying as if the world is ending, while struggling with loneliness, the cost of living, comparison and making sense of meaning.

Through her drag persona, crumbling club-kid ‘Cupid', Emer Dineen grapples with love in a lonely capitalist paradigm. Hungover, moulting and disorientated, our redundant deity battles with modern life, unravelling Emer's true story of navigating personal loss, dysfunctional relationships and finding meaningful connection in the city - where she least expected it.

Emer Dineen is the voice and song of a jilted, chronically online generation, with a story that is universal, hilarious and heartfelt. Sliding between fantasy and reality, in 0800 CUPID, Emer takes the audience on a heady musical trip through a fantastical period in her life, looking at her father's dementia diagnosis, her nightlife career as ‘Cupid' (a horny cherub matchmaker), getting diagnosed with Tourette's, being fired from her call centre day job - all while partying under the electric London club lights.

With a cast of three and live band of three, this high-octane queer-party gives a window into the excitement, pressure and creeping anxiety of being untethered in your 20s. Text and music is written by performer Emer Dineen, with co-composition by musical director Tom Beech, and music produced by Irish EDM legend, Elaine Mai. The show unites an incredible design team, elevating the show to an avant garde nightclub come concert aesthetic experience.

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