Project Arts Centre Dublin as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024
Once a celebrated conductor, the Maestro now lives alone, haunted by dreams of past glory and tortured nightly by the visitations of a blood-hungry mosquita.
His tiny nemesis destroys the Maestro’s dream of a magnificent comeback and plunges him into a war he can't win. Not until he recognises in his enemy the same need for love and life as in himself.
This timeless musical tragi-comedy written by Carmel Winters and directed by Muireann Ahern and Stephen Warbeck has a full original score by Academy Award winner Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Captain Corelli's Mandolin) with a stand out performance from Louis Lovett, one of Ireland’s best loved physical theatre actors for all ages. This big-hearted show follows an artist’s journey from innocence to corruption, delight to downfall - and back again.
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Written by Carmel Winters
Directed by Muireann Ahern and Stephen Warbeck
Performed by Louis Lovett
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Scenic Design: Muireann Ahern and Sarah Jane Shiels
Sound Design: Carl Kennedy
Costume Design: Sinéad Lawlor
Prop Maker: Sue Crawford
Production Manager: Michael Lonergan
Producer: Aoife O’Beirne
Stage Manager: Aoife Byrne
Chief LX: Síofra Nic Liam
Sound Engineer: Francesca de Buyl
Music Recording and Production
Clarinets: Sarah Homer
Violin/viola: Anna Cooper
Cello: Nick Cooper
Music Copyist: Carl Kennedy
Music Programming and Mixing: Lewis Morison
Photographer: Ros Kavanagh
Make-up: Lorraine McCrann
PR: Conleth Teevan
Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíonn
Originally commissioned by The Ark, Dublin
Supported by The Everyman and Cork City Council as part of the Theatre Artist in Residence programme
