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'Earth SONNET'

Category: Music, Theatre
(2024)
Assistant Sound Designer, Operator

Produced by Once-Off Productions
Composed by Mel Mercier

Performed at DIAS, Dublin as part of Dublin Fringe Festival

Composed and directed by Mel Mercier, the Earth SONNET song cycle is based on seven new sonnets from Irish poets Jane Clarke, John FitzGerald, Kayssie K, Aifric Mac Aodha, Paul Muldoon, Gerry Murphy and Simon Ó Faoláin.

An artistic reflection on the natural world in a time of climate crisis, Earth SONNET is performed by singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta, actor Mikel Murfi, and the MÓNCKK ensemble(Kelly Boyle, Greg Felton, Dylan Gully, Óscar Mascareñas, Kevin McNally, Mel Mercier, Claudia Schwab), with the recorded vocals by Conor Lovett, Kayssie K and Cara Cullen.

Poetry curation is by John FitzGerald.

Video design by Jeffrey Weeter based on seismic data from the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN).
Lighting design is by Stephen Dodd and Aoife Kavanagh is associate sound designer.

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