The Delirium Archive by Shane Mac an Bhaird
16 April - 9 May
On the coast of Mayo, the O’Connor family have been locked down for years, sealed inside by a toxic yellow fog. They are part of a memory-collection trial that promises digital immortality. All they have to do is tell the truth. Every last bit of it.
When an agent from the Delirium Corporation arrives to collect their data, the family begin to doubt the tech, the trial, and whether anyone, family or algorithm, can ever really know you. A challenge to our faith in technology, memory, myth, and who gets to decide what forever looks like.
The Delirium Archive is a world premiere by Shane Mac an Bhaird. It is about family, and the intangible love technology can’t capture.
Press Quotes
“Few companies set the stage ablaze quite like Rough Magic” – Time Out, London
“It’s output, outlook and vision remain as fresh and challenging as at its formation” – The Stage
“a willingness to get a little dirty with the magic of creating a play” – The Irish Times
Production credits
Writer: Shane Mac an Bhaird
Director: Eoghan Carrick
Set Designer: Ellen Kirk
Lighting Designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Video Designer: Eoin Robinson
Costume Designer: Sorcha Ni Fhloinn
Rough Magic Associate Director: Dominic O’Brien
Music and Sound Designer: Denis Clohessy
Funder credits
Funded by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council
Previews: 16, 17, 18 & 20 April
Opening: 21 April
Performances: 22 April - 9 May
7:30pm & 2:30pm
No show Monday 4 May.
No show on Sundays.
Previews: €25
Performances: €29/25
Space Upstairs
1 hour 20 mins
ISL interpreted performance: Thursday 30 April