Rebel Rebel - Anu Productions

Starring Aisling O'Mara

10th May, 2016 | 7pm

American Irish Historical Society

991 Fifth Avenue (Btw 80th & 81st Streets)
New York, NY 10028

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Rebel Rebel - Anu Productions

The American Irish Historical Society

991 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028

10th May, 2016 | 7pm

Reservations: ahis.org/events

Aisling O’Mara created REBEL REBEL with collaborator Robbie O’Connor and director Louise Lowe in association with Anu.  

In this performance of Rebel Rebel, actor Aisling O’Mara will perform excerpts of this critically acclaimed production and the performance will be followed by a post-show discussion.

Looking at one of the central figures of the Easter Rising, Helena Molony. She was transformed from a bystander into a crucial participant in Irish history. Radical in her views and thinking, she was a woman ahead of her time.  As an actor with the Abbey Theatre, she rehearsed for rebellion, carried out rebellion and suffered the consequences of her participation.
We meet Helena in her dressing room, preparing to go on stage once again as Cathleen in Yeats’ Cathleen Ni Houlihan, she summons her demons and the ghosts of that fateful Easter Monday when she took guns from under the Abbey stage and spilled revolution onto the streets.  

Director: Louise Lowe
Producer: Leanna Cuttle
Costume Design: Sorcha Ni Fhlionn
Lighting Design: Colm Maher
Sound Design: Ivan Birthistle

Commissioned by RTE as part of their Reflecting the Rising programme: https://1916.rte.ie/event/city-hall/rebel-rebel/

First produced by ANU in association with Irish Theatre Institute and 

Dublin Fringe Festival as part of Show in a Bag 2015. 

“Artful, complex, and touching…It’s directed with impressive verve and precision and is a total pleasure to watch”   SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

“The chaos and bloodshed of the rebellion is recreated with acrobatic movement and atmospheric sound design. A stirring new perspective on a familiar theme.” IRISH TIMES

In this performance Aisling will perform excerpts from this critically acclaimed production followed by a post show discussion.

Looking at one of the central figures of the Easter Rising, Helena Molony was transformed from a bystander into a crucial participant in Irish history. Radical in her views and thinking, she was a woman ahead of her time.  As an actor with the Abbey Theatre, she rehearsed for rebellion, carried out rebellion and suffered the consequences of her participation.
We meet Helena in her dressing room, preparing to go on stage once again as Cathleen in Yeats’ Cathleen Ní Houlihan, she summons her demons and the ghosts of that fateful Easter Monday when she took guns from under the Abbey stage and spilled revolution onto the streets.  

Director: Louise Lowe, Producer: Leanna Cuttle

Commissioned by RTE as part of their Reflecting the Rising programme: 
https://1916.rte.ie/event/city-hall/rebel-rebel/

First produced by ANU in association with Irish Theatre Institute and Dublin Fringe Festival as part of Show in a Bag 2015. Production photo by Pat Redmond.

“Artful, complex, and touching…It’s directed with impressive verve and precision and is a total pleasure to watch”   IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
“The chaos and bloodshed of the rebellion is recreated with acrobatic movement and atmospheric sound design. A stirring new perspective on a familiar theme.” IRISH TIMES

Aisling O’Mara created REBEL REBEL with collaborator Robbie O’Connor and director Louise Lowe in association with Anu.