rhinoceros*

Written By: By Eugene Ionesco
Adapted By: Martin Mooney (Originally entitled ‘Box’)
Directed By: Karl Wallace
Production Premiere: March 2003

A comic but touching story which uses the Rhinoceros as a metaphor to represent the change in political and social movements during the 1920’s in fascist France, highlighting the injustice of modern ethics and the hollow substance of political rhetoric and spin.

Climb inside a cube installation with 29 others and experience 60 minutes of exhilarating storytelling.  A non-stop mix of high-octane movement, comedy, small things and animal instinct presented by four actors who play a myriad of parts inside a small box made of furniture, knick-knacks and everyday junk.

  • A more magical production you won’t see this year, pure genius

    *****
    The Scotsman

  • An evening that has plenty of beastly fun, bags of mad mugging and a furious energy

    The Guardian

  • A wonderfully imaginative show

    ****
    Financial Times

  • a seriously fine piece of exquisite theatre

    Irish Times

  • Truly unmissable pertinent delight

    Belfast Telegraph

  • wildly entertaining, silly and fun...storytelling at its best

    The Stage

CREATIVE TEAM

Cast:

Directed by Karl Wallace

Cast: Mike Carbery, Jo Donnelly, Sonya Kelly and Karl O’Neill

Designed by Diego Pitarch

N.B Diego Pitarch’s design was selected as part of Ireland’s participation in the 2007 Prague Quadrennial

Lighting Design by Amy Smyth

Photography by John Baucher

PAST PERFORMANCES

  • March-April:

    Lyric Hammersmith

    OMAC at the Lagan Weir, Belfast

    Cast: Sean Duggan, Jo Donnelly, Sonya Kelly and Karl O’Neill

  • Revived August 2003 for Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of British Council Showcase

    Venue: grounds of Edinburgh Academy

    Cast: Sean Duggan, Jo Donnelly, Sonya Kelly and Karl O’Neill

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