Put your hands up for Oliver Cromwell in new Dublin Fringe Festival outing
DADDY of Democracy, Puritan and total Taurus, put your hands up for Oliver Cromwell!
Ollie’s Army are back for four nights of pure carnage, legendary pop anthems and bloody historical re-enactments. But listen, he’s very sorry, really very sorry. Really.
‘Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry’ is an alternative musical theatre performance exploring Oliver Cromwell’s life in Ireland through the queer lens and ‘cancel culture’ from the man who banned Christmas. With lead art and writing by Anthony Keigher, direction and additional writing by Sam Curtis Lindsay, set design by Emma Bailey and production by Hannah Turk, the high-tempo disco soundtrack, lyrics and movement channels Oliver Cromwell through song, historical re-enactments, nationalism to the extreme and contentious historical revisions.
The Dublin Fringe Festival production staging nightly at Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs features costumes by Joey A Frenette, lighting from Joshie Harriette and sound design and music production by Klong along with choreography by Sarah Blanc.
Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaion and Arts Council of England, ‘Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry’ premieres tonight, 20 September at 8.45pm in Project Arts Centre Space Upstairs and continues nightly in addition to afternoon performance on 24 September at 1pm. Tickets range from €14 for tonight’s premiere to €18 and can be purchased online at https://www.fringefest.com and https://www.xnthony.com.
Tags: Arts & Culture Dublin Fringe Festival Oliver Cromwell
Image credits: Dublin Fringe Festival Xnthony, Luxxxer
