History of the Project

The Dialogues Project

Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Arts Council England and An Chomhairle Ealaion

The Dialogues Project began in 1997 when Creative Producers Tony Fegan and Cinzia Hardy invited eleven Irish and British artists from a range of disciplines, to consider the cities of Dublin and London. By leading each other on a series of walks they explored a variety of ways of experiencing the cities and shared methods of creative practice. The walks became workshops and studies in how you visit and explore a city, debates about the changing nature of performance and enquiries into the similarities between being a tourist and an audience.

The Dialogues Project Artists: Alison Andrews, Dominic Campbell, Cindy Cummings, Ju Row Farr, Olwen Fouéré, Sandra Johnston, Sofie Layton, Maurice O’Connell, Almha Roche, Ian Scott and Michael West.

As a result of this process, artists Alison Andrews, Sandra Johnston and Maurice O’Connell conceived and devised a collaborative promenade performance in Dublin’s Temple Bar district. IF THE DEAD COULD GO SHOPPING WHAT WOULD THEY BUY?  was first performed to great acclaim at the Dublin Fringe Festival 1999.

The original performers and collaborators were:

Roisin Kehoe, Miriam Gallagher, Joan Walker, Dermot Magennis, Matthew Legault, Peter Duffy, Abbey Spallen, Patrick McEnaney, Christie Fox, Mia Gallagher, Kelly Campbell, Ruby White, Theresa Burke, Frances Mazzetti Duggan, Joyce Duffy, Sean O’Hara and Derval Cromie.

In 2007 this theatre piece will be relocated and re-worked in response to the Literary & Philosophical Society and the Mining Institute in Newcastle upon Tyne, and known as THE NOVOCASTRIAN PHILOSOPHERS’ CLUB.

 

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