The Maestro and The Mosquita

About the show

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 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.

Creative Team

Written by Carmel Winters
Directed by Muireann Ahern and Stephen Warbeck
Performed by Louis Lovett
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Sound Design: Carl Kennedy
Costume Design: Sinéad Lawlor
Prop Maker: Sue Crawford
Production Manager: Michael Lonergan
Producers: Aoife O’Beirne, Muireann Ahern
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