Performances run 29 August- 3 September 2023.
Exploring how we remember and why we forget some terrible events but not others, The Collective Theatre's new show Eastland uses storytelling, found objects, and live performance to recreate the events before and after the sudden capsizing of the passenger ship SS Eastland in front of thousands of people in the middle Chicago.
Directed by acclaimed American director Anne Bogart and written by Jocelyn Clarke, Eastland will be performed by five actors - Nyree Yergainharsian, Mark Fitzgerald, Leah Minto, Rebecca Grimes and Rowan Finken.
On 24 July 1915, the SS Eastland, packed with Western Electric employees on their way to a company picnic, rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the middle of the city of Chicago. Killing more passengers than had died on the Titanic, the Eastland remains one of the world's deadliest and forgotten maritime disasters, which took the lives of 844 men, women and children on a warm summer day in July.
Written by Jocelyn Clarke
Directed by Anne Bogart
Designed by Eugenia Genunchi
Lighting by Stephen Dodd
Creative Producer: Aisling Ormonde
Cast: Nyree Yergainharsian, Mark Fitzgerald, Leah Minto, Rebecca Grimes and Rowan Finken
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Beauty Care Show CABARET THEATER SHOWS (5/08-5/09) |
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The Everyman Panto The Everyman, Cork (12/02-1/14) |
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GEARÓID FARRELLY: GLAMOUR HAMMER The Everyman, Cork (10/20-10/20) |
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LOST LEAR The Everyman, Cork (10/24-10/25) |
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For The Love of Mary The Linenhall Arts Centre (9/28-9/28) |
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SIMON & GARFUNKEL: THROUGH THE YEARS The Everyman, Cork (9/30-9/30) |
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Ophelia. Maybe The Linenhall Arts Centre (10/03-10/03) |
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JOE THE MAGICIAN – LIVE The Everyman, Cork (10/22-10/22) |
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HUMANS: A ROBOT MUSICAL Graffiti Theatre Company (10/07-10/07) |
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SWEET CAROLINE: THE NEIL DIAMOND STORY presented by The Everyman Sunday Songbook The Everyman, Cork (10/08-10/08) |
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