HOTEL HAPPINESS
A new project in development, mentored by Brokentalkers and supported by the Arts Council.
Hotel Happiness explores what happens behind the doors of hotel rooms. We examine themes of loneliness, escapism, fantasy and voyeurism. We will present these themes in a theatrical intersection of live performance, installation and movement. We use the political framework of what hotels represent to explore the personal stories of a tapestry of characters who find themselves in these rooms.
Below is a video we made exploring some of these ideas.
Created by : Rachel Bergin, Venetia Bowe and Fionnuala Gygax.
Directed by : Michael-David McKernan
Performed by : Venetia Bowe, Kwaku Fortune and Fionnuala Gygax.
Creative Producer: Rachel Bergin
Kiss Kiss Slap Slap
Dublin Fringe 2018
CREATIVE TEAM
Creators: Fionnuala Gygax, Danielle Galligan, Venetia Bowe & Rachel Bergin
Creative Producer: Rachel Bergin
Dramaturg: Eoghan Carrick
Movement Director: Bryan Burroughs
Lighting Design: Dara Hoban
Costume Design: Orla Long
Set Design: Ellen Kirk
AV Design: Ellen Kirk & Dara O Cairbre
Sound Design: Jack Cawley
Assistant Sound Design: Jenny O’Malley
Stage Manager: Hannah O’Reily
Chaos Factory present a surreal spectacle of beauty, bravery and brutality.
A dressing room.
Three women invite you in.
Kiss Kiss Slap Slap is a multifaceted performance about the Ireland we live in. About the Ireland we could live in. The game is changing, times are shifting and the masks are finally slipping.
Everyone’s a witness.
So where do we go from here?
The jury is still out.
In the wake of #Repeal the Eighth and the #MeToo movement, Kiss Kiss Slap Slap welcomes a changing Ireland, moving forward from past oppressions and microaggressions. Kiss Kiss Slap Slap is looking back but never returning, arriving and trying to define the new.
A fast-paced, irreverent examination of rape culture in Ireland performed by Fionnuala Gygax, Danielle Galligan and Venetia Bowe, Kiss Kiss Slap Slap celebrates solidarity and empowerment.
Play development was supported by Fishamble: The New Play Company’s New Play Clinic.
Chaos Factory were recipients of Dublin City Council's Incubation Space Award 2018.
The award is intended for research and development of new works or collaborative methodologies.
Developed at FRINGE LAB with the support of Dublin Fringe Festival.
MorphMe
In Development 2019
Live Collision 2019
CREATIVE TEAM:
Created by: Danielle Galligan, Fionnuala Gygax, Rachel Bergin and Venetia Bowe
Creative Producer: Rachel Bergin
Performers: Danielle Galligan, Fionnuala Gygax, Matthew Malone and Venetia Bowe
Lighting Design: Dara Hoban
Sound Design: Denis Clohessy
Movement Director: Eddie Kay
Chaos Factory present a distorted phantasy.
Come and search for the self in a hall of deception. What reflects back?
MorphMe is a kaleidoscopic examination of the mind. Of the body. Of how the mind sees the body. With self-altering technology at our fingertips and the bombardment of the latest bodily perfection trends, what lengths will we go to to eradicate our perceived flaws?
A multidisciplinary performance that is both alluding and intimate.
This project is supported by The Arts Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Developed at FRINGE LAB with the support of Dublin Fringe Festival, The Pavilion Theatre with support of The Pavilion Gallery Space Award 2019 and Project Arts Centre.
Chaos Exchange
Chaos Exchange
In 2019 we are developing methodologies and practices. We have begun this through a partnership - Chaos Exchange. Here we are collaborating with Annie Ryan & Corn Exchange for series of workshop weeks with leading female artists of varying disciplines to share our practices and explore creating work organically. Most recently we shared a week supported by The Mermaid Arts Centre with Dancer/Movement Director Justine Cooper, Actor/Visual Artist Una Kavanagh and Yogi/Writer Mairín O’Grady.