Welcome to the website of Declan Gorman Arts & Events
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2018-2019
Current Projects, Commissions & Awards:
Theatre Residency: County Monaghan
- Commencing August 2018: Appointed Theatre Artist in Residence, County Monaghan, jointly hosted by Monaghan County Council, Garage Theatre and Íontas Arts Centre – funded by The Arts Council
Public Art Commission
- Commissioned under the Fingal County Council ‘Infrastructure 2’ Public Art Scheme 2018-2025 – ‘Fagrland: A Fingal Trilogy’: 3 performance projects in collaboration with communities from Skerries, Rush & Lusk and Balbriggan, commencing November 2018
Bursaries 2018-2019
- Awarded Arts Council Theatre Bursary and Fingal County Council Artist Bursary to develop new solo performance projects 2018-2019, beginning with ‘Epiphany’, work-in-progress presentation at Ibsen Museum, Oslo (hosted by Oslo Bloomsday, June 2018) – Full work to be premiered at Draíocht, Blanchardstown: December 2018
Freelance Arts Projects:
- ‘JJ’s Lens’ – Writer & Director: a public art / performance project with Íontas, Castleblayney – funded by Creative Ireland/Monaghan Co Co, inspired by the legacy of JJ Clarke photographer (2018-2019)
- ‘Dorothy ‘ – (Director & Co-Writer) in collaboration with Sharon McArdle / Anaverna Productions: a solo performance based on the life of Dundalk-born suffragette and rebel, Dorothy Macardle. (Funded through Arts Council Project Award 2018 to Sharon McArdle: based on a concept developed in dialogue with Dorothy Macardle Society) Jan-Feb 2019
- ‘Frank Pig Says Hello’ (Producer) Co-Motion Media: Gaiety Theatre and nationwide tour of Pat McCabe’s stage version of ‘The Butcher Boy’, directed by Joe O’Byrne Sept-Oct 2018. Co-Motion Media is supported by the Arts Council under the Theatre Touring Scheme
Use the dropdown menu bars above of click on the links below to:
- view my BIOGRAPHY
- read my occasional OPINION PIECES about arts matters
- check out CURRENT THEATRE PROJECTS (as well as other arts projects upon which I am engaged in a freelance capacity)
- view ARCHIVE material (pre-2016), including:
- – descriptions and photos of selected theatre projects
- – descriptions of key educational and community-engaged processes
- – documents, such as sample extracts from ; plays; fiction; poetry and community theatre scripts; and key past essays on community and public art
