Green Skies, A Double Rhythm

A one day only live site-specific performance on the Curragh

Green Skies, A Double Rhythm

Riverbank Arts CentreNewbridge


Event Details

  • Sat 5 Oct  2019
  • 12:00

  • Cost: FREE

  • Venue Details
    Riverbank Arts Centre
    Main Street
    Newbridge


  • 045 448330
  • info@riverbank.ie
  • www.riverbank.ie


Green Skies, A Double Rhythm by Lisa Freeman is a new provocative site specific performance that looks at the 'Wrens of the Curragh'; a marginalised community of women that lived in gorse bushes outside the army base in Kildare in the 19th Century. These women worked as sex workers and were outcast from society. Their actions and words are documented only through police, court, prison, hospital and workhouse records.  
Using the location to contextualise the past and create a discussion around women’s rights and societal attitudes towards this subject, Freeman aims to open up new conversations around feminism and politics in Ireland today.  

The performance will take place on the Curragh and is approximately 25 minutes in duration. Performers will lead the audience on diverging promenade performances which are centered on a live musical score and scripts that contain moments of improvisation responding to each audience. 

The audience will witness the unfolding tensions of hidden and coded communications in these groups. 
The research behind this performance has been aided through historian Maria Luddy's writings, notably her book 'Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940' and Freeman's findings in Newbridge Library's archive. The script is developed from multiple sources including Freeman's own writing and internet forums.

This performance takes place in and around gorse bushes on the Curragh. Please wear appropriate outdoor clothing. Due to the location of this event it is unsuitable for people with mobility issues.

Watch a short promotional video of Green Skies, A Double Rhythm,
Video Link: https://vimeo.com/357172191

Green Skies, A Double Rhythm | October 5th 2019 from Lisa Freeman on Vimeo

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