A THEATREclub and The Abbey Theatre co-production. A 4 channel surround soundscape performed live each night with samplers and DJ equipment.
Nominated for Best Soundscape at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2020.
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Bodies of water
An exhibition by an artist you have never heard of. Eoghan Carrick, Maeve Stone, Jonah King & Úna Kavanagh.
Cassette tape loops where created for the project and all compositions derived from these experiments. Installed with a 12 speakers surround sound set up at Chocolate Factory during Fringe 2019. Nominated with Jonah King for Best Design.
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Not At Home
Sound Designer and Composer for THEATREclub's NOT AT HOME -
Winner of ‘Best Production Award’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2017.
★★★★★ - The Irish Times
NOT AT HOME is a durational art campaign to make visible the experiences of women who travel abroad to access safe abortion services and to bring women who have travelled together in solidarity. We are inviting women to share their experiences here: http://notathomeireland.com/
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The Game
The Game: Throughout 2015 I worked as a sound designer and composer for THEATREclub's 'The Game'. Performed in Project Arts Centre as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, the play was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre award. The Game has since toured in Ireland and Brisbane Arts Festival.
Reviews:
The Guardian
Irish Times
Irish Independant
The Game 1st scene from Frank Sweeney on Vimeo.
password: thegame
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Drip Feed
Sound Designer/Composer for Drip Feed. Written by Karen Cogan. Produced by Soho Theatre & Fishamble. Shortlisted for Soho Theatre’s biennial Verity Bargate Award, this new play from the Stewart Parker Trust Award winner receives its world premiere.
Playing at Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe and Soho Upstairs 2018.
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Mouth Of A Shark
As Sound Designer for Mouth Of A Shark I worked the interview recordings into vocal melodies for the performers to sing.
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Heroin
Since 2010 I have worked as a sound designer and composer for THEATREclub's production of Heroin. The show was developed in collaboration with Rialto Commuity Drug Team, Graham Ryall, Rachael Keogh, Tony May, Conor Cillian Madden and Ryan O’Connor. Supported by CREATE’s Learning and Development Programme.
"HEROIN is the story you were never told about the new republic, of the person you never saw, of what you built and then demolished. It’s the big one, the bad one, the one you never thought you’d try."
ABSOLUT Fringe 2010, (Spirit of The Fringe Award) | axis:Ballymun 2011. Reviewed at Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2011, Draoicht Blanchardstown 2012/13, Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in association with Grand Theatre Groningen 2012, Culturgest as part of the Almada Festival, Lisboa, Portugal 2013, Lime Tree Theatre Limerick 2013,
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The Shitstorm
Composer with Morgan Buckley on The Shitstorm at the Abbey Theatre.
A hallucinogenic West Kerry riff on Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest, written by Simon Doyle and directed by Maeve Stone.
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The Ireland Trilogy at The Abbey
THEATREclub presented The Ireland Trilogy in The Abbey Theatre in November 2016. For this production I continued my work as Sound Designer for Heroin and also acted as Sound Engineer and live operator for History.
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Its Not Over
I worked as a assistant Sound Engineer for THEATREclub's epic 4+ hour production of The Plough and the Stars - It's Not Over.