CONSTELLATIONS to Open at Cork Arts Theatre as Part of Cork Midsummer Festival
Nick Payne's play will be directed by Al Dalton as part of Cork Arts Theatre's Re:Directing season.
Cork Arts Theatre, in association with Cork Midsummer Festival, will present Constellations by acclaimed playwright Nick Payne, directed by Cork-based theatre maker Al Dalton. Opening on June 16th as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, this moving and imaginative production is the second instalment in Cork Arts Theatre's ambitious Re:Directing season - a series of three contemporary plays funded by The Arts Council and designed to platform Cork theatre directors.
A stirring love story with infinite possibilities, a quantum physicist and a beekeeper meet at a barbeque and begin a relationship that unfolds across multiple possible realities. They hit it off - or perhaps they don't. They go home together - or maybe they don't. In the multiverse, with every possible future ahead of them, a love of honey could make all the difference.
Director Al Dalton says the emotional core of the play lies in its deeply recognisable characters and the universal questions they confront. “The play's two characters, Marianne & Roland, both resonate with me on many levels. Their needs, wants and flaws feel real and exact. The central question of 'what if' that is the spine of the play, exists in all our lives I feel. especially in our relationships and friendships. If we had the time again would we make different decisions, say a different thing, be a better person?”
The production stars Julie Maguire (The Quare Fellow, Anna Karenina – Abbey Theatre) and Aidan Moriarty (King Lear – Gate Theatre, Translations – Abbey Theatre). A short, tender, and at times, heartbreaking 80-minute drama about love, free will, and the choices that define us, Constellations runs at Cork Arts Theatre from 16th to 20th June.
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