Interdisciplinary
Theatre

don't copy me (copy)

Gift Horse Theatre
Three women with open mouths, one making a funny face, expressing surprise or excitement in a lively setting.

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

don’t copy me (copy) is a celebration and interrogation of the myth of originality. None of us are original. We poach stories from legends, base characters on real people, repurpose real life into art. 

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 these questions 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?

Blending lecture, lies, fact, fiction, music, and dance, don’t copy me (copy) is a tongue-in-cheek response to questions of representation, marginalisation, and problematic faves. For theatre virgins and veterans, Gift Horse Theatre presents a brand new play 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

Information

This show is part of Dublin Fringe Festival’s Pay What You Can Pilot, offering accessible pricing on all performances from 7pm on Wednesday 17th September. The performance at 21:15 on the 17th September is part of this initiative.

Performances 
16 Sept, 18:45 (preview)
17 - 20 Sept, 21:15
20 Sept, 13:30

Prices €16 (full), €14 (conc.), €12 (preview)

Venue

Smock Alley Theatre - The Patrick Sutton Studio, Gaiety School of Acting

Duration

60mins