one two one two | Recovery (Project Arts Centre, 2016/17/18)

Written and directed by Zoe Ní Riordan (Enjoy, Rough Magic SEEDS showcase 2015 and The Well Rested Terrorist, Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014), Recovery is a live staging of a concept pop album exploring a family dealing with life after the crisis. The piece blurs the lines between theatre, dance and a live music gig and was devised in collaboration with dancer Aoife McAtamney (Age of Transition, Tiger Dublin Fringe 2016) and with my co-performers Peter Coonan (Love/Hate), Maud Ní Riordan (The Well Rested Terrorist, Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014 and Maud In Cahoots) and Aoife Spratt (Republic of Telly). Recovery premiered at Project Arts Centre in 2016, was revived as part of Live Collision in 2017, and was awarded The Romilly Walton Masters Performance Award (2017), which included two performances at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris in 2018. Most recently, Recovery was revived as part of an Irish national tour, including dates in Galway, Cork and Belfast (2018), supported by The Arts Council. My involvement in Recovery was as a singer, dancer and performer.

Written / directed by: Zoe Ní Riordáin

Performers: Maud Ní Riordáin, Peter Coonan, Stephen Quinn, Aoife Spratt

Movement direction: Aoife McAtamney

Sound Design: Jack Cawley

Set Design: Ger Clancy

Lighting Design: IIo Tarrant

Projection Design: Néill O’Dwyer

Voice Director: Robbie Blake

Producer: Hugh Farrell

Supported by the Arts Council, Project Arts Centre and Live Collision International Festival.

Praise for Recovery:

“Stephen Quinn can be plaintive and wry all at once.” – DRAFF Magazine

“Insane. Electrifying. Intense.” – Pure Mzine

Winner of the Romilly Walton Masters Performance Award 2017, awarded by the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.