Dineen’s show with Thisispopbaby will premiere at Dublin Theatre Festival this month
0800 Cupid: Emer Dineen's new show is set to premiere at Project Arts Centre this month as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, after another day of rehearsals for her new show, 0800 Cupid. “I’m covered in a sheen of stale sweat. It’s very physical, it’s very intense, but everyone in the room is giving 110 per cent,” she says about preparations for the production, which is set to premiere at
They stayed in contact during the pandemic and talked about the Cupid character Dineen was developing. “I was so intrigued by the idea and all the skills she had available to her,” says McMahon. “She’s a celebrated dance-music vocalist, a writer, an actor, a cabaret star. In Thisispopbaby’s magpie way of going, ‘Yoink: you’ve got something to say, and you’re 100 per cent in our wheelhouse,’ I said, ‘Let’s make a show together.
In this drive to connect, Dineen says her greatest fear is mass apathy. “I find apathy very scary. In exploring the themes of the show, I’ve been researching this meta-modern meaning crisis, the spiritual crisis, the loneliness epidemic.”
Emer-Dineen Phillip-Mcmahon Elaine-Mai Thisispopbaby Dublin-Theatre-Festival Project-Arts-Centre
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Emer McLysaght: People living close to swimming spots shouldn’t hoard parking spaces with traffic conesDeciding to live in a highly desirable location is always going to have its downfalls but hoarding parking spaces with traffic cones is not on
Read more »
John Redmond and the Irish past’s ‘battle chest’Martin O’Donoghue and Emer Purcell on the themes of the essay collection they have edited
Read more »
Emer McLysaght: Wedding culture is bananas and I will show up dressed in black whether you like it or notI’ve witnessed friendships end over wedding expectations, couples speak about how much cash they’ve made from guests, and homophobic homilies
Read more »
Emer McLysaght: Is your hair flat on top and curly underneath? Commiserations, you have ‘Irish hair’Emer McLysaght: It’s safe at the sinks but being in the hairdresser’s chair is one of life’s more humbling experiences. Even on a good day the salon mirror is confronting
Read more »
I foresee Bono re-enacting that famous photo with David Trimble and John Hume, except with Liam and NoelEmer McLysaght: The cynic in me believes that the revenue generated from the Oasis reunion shows will be more important than any familial rift
Read more »
Affinity EV, Foodsight, and Sisterly amongst top 100 start-ups in IrelandBusiness minister Emer Higgins, speaking at the event, said her job is to try and make it easier for new companies to succeed
Read more »