{"id":25997,"date":"2018-04-03T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=25997"},"modified":"2018-04-03T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:08:41","slug":"maura-walsh-chats-to-jeda-de-bri-artistic-director-and-co-writer-ahead-of-her-play-tryst-which-is-running-at-the-project-arts-centre-from-3-14-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=25997","title":{"rendered":"Maura Walsh chats to Jeda De Bri Artistic Director and Co-writer ahead of her play Tryst which is running at the Project Arts Centre from 3 – 14 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tryst is\u00a0a\u00a0blistering piece of original Irish theatre, a\u00a0piercing and timely contemporary drama that explores\u00a0the price of curiosity, the limits of friendship and the complications of sex.\u00a0Examining crisis, bodily autonomy and the politics of choice through the lens of a complex multi-directional relationship,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Matt and\u00a0Steph\u00a0are hungover. Their wedding is in a week. Things are under control. Mostly…..But when their best friend Rachel arrives unannounced, she reveals a secret that threatens to unravel everything.\u00a0\u00a0Now they must deal with the consequences of their messy nights and bad decisions.\u00a0\u00a0Who do you blame when your life is derailed? And how far will you go to get it back on track?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sickle Moon Productions\u00a0is\u00a0dedicated to creating work that is character driven, visually striking and emotionally honest.\u00a0\u00a0Jeda\u00a0is Founder and Artistic Director and she\u00a0chats about the play, the cast, awards and\u00a0<\/span>other projects,<\/p>\n

*Production premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival 2016<\/p>\n

*Nominated:\u00a0Fishamble\u00a0Best New Writing Award at Dublin Fringe<\/p>\n

*Published: Oberon Books as part of \u201cFresh Cuts: A Selection of Plays from Dublin Fringe Festival\u00a02015 & 2016\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Project Arts Centre\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0Ireland\u2019s leading\u00a0<\/span>centre<\/span>\u00a0for the development and presentation of contemporary art f<\/span>or five decades.\u00a0<\/span>Generations of well-known artists have launched their careers there including Liam\u00a0Neeson, Gabriel\u00a0Byrne, Jim Sheridan, U2, James Coleman and Gerard\u00a0Byrne.<\/p>\n

A track from the performance is featured : Phoenix called\u00a0‘Love Like A Sunset’<\/p>\n

Things are under control. Mostly……<\/em><\/p>\n

Superb…\u00a0Tryst\u00a0is unmissable\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSharp and rapid… Performed magnificently\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cProvocative and deeply human\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“Truly terrific\u2026 an extraordinarily well-made play that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“An agitated portrait of assured mutual destruction…Fans of verbal laceration will enjoy.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tryst is\u00a0a\u00a0blistering piece of original Irish theatre, a\u00a0piercing and timely contemporary drama that explores\u00a0the price of curiosity, the limits of friendship and the complications of sex.\u00a0Examining crisis, bodily autonomy and the politics of choice through the lens of a complex multi-directional relationship,\u00a0 Matt and\u00a0Steph\u00a0are hungover. Their wedding is in a week. Things are under control. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,33,9218,68,3313],"tags":[10004,10003,10002,5054,10006,2148,9647,10005,2980],"class_list":["post-25997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-2","category-general","category-listenagain","category-the-arts-show","category-the-arts-show-arts-2","category-arts","tag-davey-kelleher","tag-finbarr-doyle","tag-jeda-de-bri","tag-maura-walsh","tag-melanie-wright","tag-near-fm","tag-project-arts-centre","tag-sickle-moon-productions","tag-the-arts-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25999,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25997\/revisions\/25999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}