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Touring – Spring 2015 Click here for tour details! “…and poor Walter Rally: got his head chopped off. Okay, he did bring the lung cancer and the famine to Ireland, but he didn’t know that at the time, and he didn’t mean to. He was only trying to impress the queer wan over in London…” Meet Pakie. An... -
BRIDGE STREET WILL BE… June 2015 Part of the Abhainn Rí Festival, Callan, 2015 An extraordinary theatre production taking over an entire street, playing out it’s past present and future. With a community cast of 70 players, 2 pigs, a... -
“…always engaging and often superb… a tribute to Donal Gallagher’s production… flawless control”. Fintan O’Toole – The Irish Times it’s early morning and... -
by Bale / Gallagher / Lambert “ curious, and intriguing,… drenched with humour that verges from the deeply dark to the ridiculous… relentlessly challenges your perceptions…. a fantastical comic journey…. hugely alluring, highly malevolent, playfully bold and constantly probing. Oh!... -
“In the hands of Asylum Productions co-founder and director Donal Gallagher, Enda Walsh’s Bedbound is one of the most disturbing, emotionally draining and completely brilliant theatrical experiences imaginable.”Jane Coyle The Irish Times ... -
by Ciarán Ruby “Who are ye talkin’ to?” “Dead boy from the famine….I said, are you hungry?”“I am.”“Bet you are.” A magical journey through the past, present and future of the Callan Workhouse, re-imagined through the eyes of a child… Asylum and Camphill marked the... -
“Not since Martin McDonagh’s The Pillow Man has an Irish writer dealt so successfully with such dark materials…This production had everything – high flown language, complex characters, an inventive set and sound design, and a well thought out plot… The cast were superb, while Donal Gallagher directed... -
by Medb Lambert and Donal Gallagher “…delightfully clever…” The Irish Times. “…charming… enchanting… this sweet little piece of work is, above everything else, a play about the magic of theatre.” Irish Theatre Magazine. An alternative adult fairytale about a... -
“…Director Donal Gallagher is extremely skilled at grafting black onto white, experience on to innocence….(he) has preserved the original freshness of voice and clear-sightedness of vision in retelling the ultimate horror story for any generation: the premature enforced loss of innocence…” The...
“Quirky, idiosyncratic and original ... A unique brand of theatrical magic... the experience of watching an Asylum show is unmistakeable... something always surprises.” The Sunday Times on Asylum
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Asylum Productions is a collaborative affiliation of theatre artists dedicated to the development and presentation of new work: through both new writing and the development of new forms of theatre. Our work always has a social dimension: exploring the human experience in contemporary society through diverse forms of story-telling. Since our foundation in 1998, we have presented a number of critically acclaimed productions of new and contemporary works, touring nationally and internationally.
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June 16, 2015 |
Bridge Street Will Be
On Bridge Street, Time is standing still. But the clock is ticking and the future is coming… As the...
