Archive for February, 2024

Salon #7

Posted on: February 29th, 2024 by ruth.mccarthy@outburstarts.com

Did you miss us? Outburst Salon is BACK.

This time we want to explore Queerness and Class. How it’s done well in art, how artists might miss the mark, and how might we understand the uniquely queer elements to class. How it’s represented in art. How it energises or frustrates us.

We’ll have readings and most importantly YOU and your reflections on your own work and thinking.

Join the conversation or just come along to listen, everyone welcome. We particularly welcome queer artists/writers, but anyone who wants to develop their own queer thinking around art and more is welcome.

The space is always free and open to all queer folks, you don’t need to bring anything but your curiosity and there’s no pressure to talk if you’d rather just listen.

Numbers are limited to keep things intimate, so pre-booking is essential.

One ticket per person per registration.

We kindly ask that you only book a place if you are committed to participating and let us know if you booked but cannot attend, so that others on the waiting list have a chance of a place.

OUTBURST ON TOUR: BORDER FAIRIES

Posted on: February 13th, 2024 by ruth.mccarthy@outburstarts.com

This tour has now concluded.

A Catholic fairy escapes from 1980’s Cork to Belfast, that well known utopia of Gay Liberation.
A 1920’s Protestant with a Cork accent flees the Irish Free State for the freshly bordered North.
What buried stories bring two dislocated fairies together in life and in death?  Hiding out in “Bandit Country”, who is actually the bandit?

Excavating his own fascinating stories that shine a light on the troubled relationship between The Fairies and The State, master storyteller Richard O’Leary brings us Border Fairies, a poignant and powerful one-man stage show that weaves his trademark storytelling theatre with hidden Irish histories.

Using surviving love letters, personal photos, unofficial papers and fascinating ephemera, this intimate, revealing and funny show reminds us that The Official Version never gives the whole story and that questions are often more interesting than answers.

Produced by Outburst Arts and originally commissioned in 2021 through the Shared History Fund exploring the impacts of the partition of Ireland , Richard O’Leary’s Border Fairies is an insightful and smart hybrid stage performance that effortlessly brings the traditional art of the storytelling “seanchaí” bang up to date in the most delightful and accessible way around our often-erased LGBTQ+ histories.

Show details
Duration: Approximately 70 mins. No interval but the performance is relaxed
Age Guidance: 16 +

Border Fairies on tour is supported by An Roinn Gnóthaí / Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund