‘Masterpieces’ shows at Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre from 02 - 07 March, at 7:30pm nightly (matinee on 7th March at 2pm). Get your tickets now from smock alley.com
We’re also showing at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast from 16 - 18 April, at 7:30pm nightly. Get your tickets for our Belfast dates here.
‘Masterpieces: Face to Face’ - the transmedia project designed to open conversations and encourage you, our audiences, to get involved.
Preparing for our production of Sarah Daniels’ Masterpieces, we knew we needed female voices - as many female voices as we could gather. The play, written in the 80s in response to horror film Snuff, is a defiant response to a cultural climate that makes women fearful.
The questions raised by Masterpieces are just as relevant today. That’s why we were so thrilled that the playwright was willing to let us recontextualise the play, for Ireland in 2020. Over the last 40 years, feminism has evolved. The questions Daniels asked then are still important now, but our answers might be different. We wanted to start that conversation.
Masterpieces is the thesis - our starting point. And Face to Face are some of the possible answers - found in conversation with the Irish experts on assault legislation, victim protection, pornography, kink, and horror.
Episode 1: Ruth Coppinger
First up, Ruth Coppinger - politician, activist, feminist, and disrupter of the status quo. Watch her interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 1: Ruth Coppinger
Cinematography: Fiona Brennan
Editing: Mark Donohoe
Sound: Eoin Malin
Composition: Karima Dillon El-Toukhy
Direction: Cliodhna McAllister
Episode 2: Dr. Caroline West
In our second episode, we talk to Dr. Caroline West, scholar of porn. Watch her interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 2: Dr. Caroline West
Cinematography: Manuel Pombo
Editing: Mark Donohoe
Sound: Eoin Malin
Composition: Karima Dillon El-Toukhy
Direction: Cliodhna McAllister
Episode 3: Vox Pop
In this episode, we interview YOU - the people of Dublin, to find out what porn you’re watching, and how you’re watching it. Watch the interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 4: Michelle McCormick
In episode 4, we talk to Michelle McCormick - kinkster and presenter of the hugely popular Pure Filth podcast. Watch her interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 4: Michelle McCormick
Cinematography: Fiona Brennan
Editing: Mark Donohoe
Sound: Eoin Malin
Composition: Karima Dillon El-Toukhy
Direction: Cliodhna McAllister
Episode 5: Dr. Dara Downey & Dr. Sarah Cleary
In episode 5, we joined Doctors of horror Dr. Dara Downey & Dr. Sarah Cleary, to talk about horror films and their intersection with porn. Watch their interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 5: Dr. Dara Downey and Dr. Sarah Cleary
Cinematography: Fiona Brennan
Editing: Mark Donohoe
Sound: Eoin Malin
Composition: Karima Dillon El-Toukhy
Direction: Cliodhna McAllister
Episode 6: Noeline Blackwell
In our final episode, we talk to Noeline Blackwell, chair of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Watch her interview. See our play. Then, have your say.
Episode 6: Noeline Blackwell
Cinematography: Thomas Quain
Editing: Mark Donohoe
Composition: Karima Dillon El-Toukhy
Direction: Cliodhna McAllister