Discover: New Works at Disrupt

Uncouth, a neurosparkly new play by Moss Russell, uses circus to explore the unspoken rules that shape social situations. The work examines how expectations of politeness and behaviour can feel like an impossible game where the rules are never explained. 

Ever wished you could get everything so right you would never again be ghosted, ostracised or called rude for reasons you can’t understand? Join Moss Russell and Brian O’Mahony for an etiquette lesson like no other. We will take an absurd journey through the muddy world of human interactions.  

(Spoiler alert: The real rudeness was ableism all along).

Uncouth is a new work commissioned by Disrupt Disability Arts Festival and funded through the Arts Councils of Ireland Commissions Award 2025.

Production credits

Let Go, a short film by Louise Bruton. When ex-best friends Orla and Meghan run into each other as adults, revisiting their past reminds us that while being disabled is hard, being a teenage girl is harder.  

Let Go marks the directorial debut of arts journalist, writer, DJ, and disability rights activist Louise Bruton.

Disrupt Disability Arts Festival is funded by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Festivals Investment Scheme and supported by Project Arts Centre, RTÉ Supporting the Arts and Europe Beyond Access. Disrupt Disability Arts Festival’s Embedded Access Training Programme is funded by Rethink Ireland’s Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 and supported by Fire Station Artists’ Studios and Dance Ireland.