don't copy me (copy)

Original art is dead, and you’re invited to the funeral.  

Have you ever had a great idea? Are you sure you had it first? When did you think of it What prompted it? Can you claim it?   
What does it mean to make work in the present without responding to the past? What does it mean to adapt a text you love? To work with ideas from someone you hate?   Gift Horse Theatre wrestles with this question as they attempt to complete an impossible task: to write something new. Is this idea even theirs? Is it even good? And will the Beckett Estate find out? 

This show combines lecture, lies, fact, fiction, music, and dance to wrestle with tradition – and to provoke the Beckett Estate. For theatre virgins and veterans, Gift Horse Theatre presents a brand-new play that we stole from someone else.

Developed at Dublin Fringe Festival Studios. 
Supported by Rough Magic SEEDS, Samuel Beckett Theatre & Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival.

IMAGE: Jilly McGrath