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Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
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The Performance Corporation’s mission is to create daring theatrical adventures that energize, challenge, inspire and entertain audiences. Our work strives to stretch the boundaries of where, how and what theatre can be. The team relishes taking audiences on site-specific journeys to out-of-the-way places, and transforming the commonplace into a realm of dramatic possibilities.
The Performance Corporation produced Ireland’s first site-specific arts festival Big House Festival at Castletown House, Celbridge in 2013. The festival was awarded Best Festival in the 2013 Entertainment.ie awards. The company has produced other festivals and arts events (including the award-winning Bram Stoker Festival 2014) under the title Big House Productions.
The company believes that innovation, exploration, and risk-taking are vital for the health of contemporary theatre. Development work, residencies like The SPACE Programme and support for emerging artists are vital elements of The Performance Corporation’s commitment to this philosophy.
The Performance Corporation TEAM
| CEO | Jo Mangan |
| Artistic Director | Tom Swift |
PRODUCTIONS BY The Performance Corporation
Beautiful Dreamers by Tom Swift ( 2014)
Swampdoodle by Tom Swift ( 2011)
Slattery's Sago Saga by Arthur Riordan, Flann O'Brien ( 2010)
Power Point by Tom Swift ( 2009)
The Nose by Tom Swift, Nikolai Gogol (Project Arts Centre 2008)
Lizzie Lavelle and the Vanishing of Emlyclough by Tom Swift ( 2007)
Drive-By by Tom Swift ( 2006)
The Yokohama Delegation by Tom Swift ( 2005)
The Butterfly Ranch by Tom Swift (Smock Alley Theatre 2004)
Dr. Ledbetter's Experiment by Tom Swift ( 2004)
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29
Aug
2022The Irish Times | Feature
Dark songs from the edge of the world: Performance Corporation’s new site-specific work is inspired by tales of exile from Mayo...
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14
Jun
2016Irish Times | Interview
Jo Mangan: ‘Most people who produce art earn less than €10,000 a year’. Arts campaigner and Carlow Festival of Arts director Jo Mangan ...
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26
May
2016No More Workhorse | Interview
Interview with Jo Mangan – Director of the Carlow Arts Festival
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19
May
2016RTÉ Drivetime | Podcast
Jo Mangan, Chair of the National Campaign for the Arts speaks about Arts Funding (1m46s)
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11
Dec
2015Irish Times | Review
Review – The Dead: Joyce’s short story gets a chamber opera form. James Joyce’s story gets a sonorous treatment, but can anything be more musical...
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10
Dec
2015Irish Times | Review
James Joyce brought to life with the music of The Dead. The last story in The Dubliners is already full of song, but opera proved to be a great way...
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02
Dec
2015RTÉ Arena | Podcast
New Opera:The Dead. Composer Ellen Cranitch with director Jo Mangan chat about their operatic interpretation of the James Joyce short story “The Dead"
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