SUMMERTIME - MURMURATION
SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER
Photo: Dara Ó Cairbre
Cast: Danielle Galligan & Finbarr Doyle
Director: John King
Writer: James Elliott
Producer: Dara Ó Cairbre
Associate Director & Stage Manager: Ursula McGinn
Designer: Ellen Kirk
Sound Designer & Composer: Jennifer O'Malley
★★★★★ “Beautifully supported by an excellent sound design and original composition” | The Arts Review
★★★★★ “The use of microphones and headphones gave this intense experience in which the audience could even listen to the exhausted breath of the characters, the change in intonation and the whispering parts of the poignant monologues of two people fighting to make a relationship work” |TN2 Magazine
STASH IS AN ARTIST WHO WORKS IN A PUB.
STEVE IS HER BOYFRIEND.
THERE’S A GLITCH IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
IN UNISON IF THEY CAN.
Summertime is a new play written by James Elliott that was presented at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2018.
Summertime tells the story of Stash (an artist) and Steve (her boyfriend) as played by Danielle Galligan and Finbarr Doyle.
Stash and Steve's story is performed as a live sound installation which is delivered to an intimate audience over headphones with sound design and composition from Jennifer O'Malley.
Runtime: ~15 minutes.
Dublin Fringe Festival 2018
21-23 September, 2018. Filmbase, Temple Bar.
☆ Nominated ☆ for Judges’ Choice Award (Best Duo)
Abbey Young Curators Festival 2019
7-8 August, 2019. Peacock Café, Abbey Theatre Dublin.
Drogheda Arts Festival 2019
3 May, 2019. Unit 1, Drogheda Town Centre, Drogheda.
Solas Nua Eaton House 2024
1-17 November, 2024. Eaton House, Washington D.C.