The Trailer of Bridget Dinnigan

Dates: 5th December 2011 to 9th December 2011

Time: 8pm (&2pm Matinee on Dec 8th)

Tickets: €15/12/10

Company: Irish Traveller Movement in assoc. with Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group

Modern day version of Spanish tragedy set on travellers' halting site

Winners of Arts & Culture, Traveller Pride Award 2011

AS PART OF TRAVELLER FOCUS WEEK
Following its sell-out success at Project Arts Centre in 2010, the Irish Traveller Movement in association with Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group are pleased to present a new adaptation of ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca which updates this classic Spanish tragedy from the 1930’s to a present-day Travellers’ halting site and features 11 Traveller women as performers. ‘The Trailer of Bridget Dinnigan’ is the result of an experimental two-year process of research, development, adaptation and collaboration between theatre-maker and writer Dylan Tighe, Traveller activist Catherine Joyce and 11 women from the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group featuring issues relevant to contemporary Traveller life.

“In its focus on tensions surrounding social mores, tradition, gender conventions and especially female experience, the piece manages to illuminate real issues affecting Traveller culture, often through a range of interesting design and directorial choices.” – Irish Theatre Magazine

“In the process they’ve unearthed strong cultural affinities, and found a distinctive and evocative language to echo Lorca’s own...innovative” – Irish Independent

“Profound” – Irish Times