HISTORY presented by Theatre Club

Published: Monday, December 16, 2013

HISTORY is a story about a place. A fourteen acre site in Inchicore called St. Michael’s Estate, and a history that spans the housing of imprisoned 1916 revolutionaries to the building of Ireland’s first social housing in the 1960s.The housing estate and the people who lived there have battled drugs, recession and social exclusion. Yet St. Michael’s has become a hub of activism that is world-renowned for its community development and creative protest. Promised regeneration 4 times in 15 years, the former residents of the old St. Michael’s Estate are still waiting for the homes they’ve been promised.

The play looks at the present in the context of the past while activating the future. Mother Ireland and Holy Mary Mother of God are joined by THEATREclub’s ensemble cast in telling the 100 year history of this piece of land. Using projections by Video Artist Joe Lee, Set Design by Doireann Coady (THEATREclub founding member) and re-imagined conversations, documentation and live music sessions. THEATREclub will present the unwritten histories of Ireland.

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