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Irish National Opera presents Trade / Mary Motorhead

Wed 16 Oct, 7:30pm

Two searing one-act operas. 

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Irish composer Emma O’Halloran has turned two of her uncle Mark O’Halloran’s plays into a critically acclaimed double bill.

Mary Motorhead
Mary Motorhead has been locked in a prison cell after stabbing her husband in the head with a 12-inch carving knife. While he lies in intensive care, Mary reflects on the events that have brought this turbulent rural marriage to such a crisis.

Trade
In a guesthouse in Dublin’s north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent boy sits with a middle-aged client. The older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since the two last met.

Running time is 2 hours including one interval.

Sung in English.

A co-production with Beth Morrison Projects.

European premiere co-presented by Kilkenny Arts Festival.

SPECIAL EFFECTS: This production contains Strobe Lighting, Flashing Lights, Smoke and Haze.

AGE GUIDANCE: Recommended 18+ contains themes of an adult nature.

*Performance schedule and times are subject to change and may be affected by illness or events beyond the producers’ or venues’ control. Performers, dates, times, prices, and fees are subject to change without notice.

Tickets €33 | €27*

*Booking fees may apply

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Cast and Creative Team

MARY MOTORHEAD | CAST

Naomi Louisa O’Connell

Mary Motorhead

TRADE | CAST

Oisín Ó Dálaigh	Younger Man
John Molloy	Older Man

CREATIVE TEAM

Elaine Kelly	Conductor
Tom Creed	Director
Alex Dowling	Electronic Sound Designer
Jim Findlay	Set Designer
Christopher Kuhl	Lighting Designer
Montana Levi Blanco	Costume Designer
Aoife Moran	Répétiteur
Chris Kelly	Assistant Director

Irish National Opera presents Trade / Mary Motorhead

vivid … daring … the intensity never flags
The New York Times
Rarely, if ever, does every element — score, text, singers, instrumentalists, conductor, director, sets, costumes, lighting, sound design — all come together. This is that rarity
LA Times
It’s 21st-century verismo, using psychological revelations instead of physical violence as dramatic catalysts
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON TRADE
a deeply insightful contemporary opera double bill that finds delicacy in despair
Irish Independent
a rich experience, full of drama. A bitter-sweet and enthralling evening of new opera.
Irish Independent