Candy Flipping Butterflies Event

“It’s difficult to find a hero, When they’re all off their heads …”

Crumie, a runaway from Cork, looking for adventure.
Gosger, a lost soul, who drifts from party to party.
Charlie, a student doctor, who gets queasy at the sight of blood.
Biscuit, still numb from the death of his mother, he searches for hope.
“My blood races, All through my body, Spreading happiness to places, in my mind, BODY, and soul, that’s where I want to go… I can feel it in me, pumping faster And Faster, Base loving, TECHNO. Oh here it comes, We’re ready to go. He takes away the beats…and we flow…Bliss! Magical maladies. Make us reach to the sky. I FEEL SO GOOD. I feel so good! Makes me smile, All loved up. Head rushing. Body mushed. Everything is great. Living the moment, Hugs to a stranger. Kisses to a babe. Beat teasing D.J. Bring back the beats…”

Set in the mid 1990’s, around the rave culture in Ireland, as we follow the lives of four teenagers wherever they may be, over a weekend of drug fuelled debauchery on this lyrically rhythmic roller coaster ride of ecstasy. A play about the 90’s for the 21st century, combining the best of Electronica, laser light shows, dance, with mouth popping dialogue, and comedic and dramatic performances that will have you on the edge of your seat, all mixed together in a poetic cocktail that will titillate all your senses.

About Karl Argue:

Karl who is primarily an actor has been developing as a writer for the past number of years. With his debut writing credits including: Snot Face and the Monkey Boy (Bus Project – Dublin Fringe 2007), The short film Lost In Hollywood, shot on location in L.A. in 2006, Cosmic Baby, a feature length screenplay in development, and this stage play Candy Flipping Butterflies. Some acting credits include: Savage –SP Films (Dir. Brendan Muldowney, Pr. Conor Barry), Craic Whores – RTE Debut (George Kane) A Dirty War – RTE Debut, The Clinic – Parallel Films/RTE , Head Rush – Zanzibar films (Dir. Shimmy Marcus), Three Crosses (Jason Figgis), Lost In Hollywood – Salad Films L.A. (Dir. Robert Soble,) Martin Dir. Sean Branigan (Best Short at the Galway Film Festival 2008), A Dublin Story, Dir. Graham Cantwell, Statistically Joe – Vico Films for MTV (Dir. Peter Foott, Pr. Cormic Fox), When the Sky Falls – Sky Pictures (Dir. John Mackenzie of The Long Good Friday) , (Short Listed for U.S. Academy Award, Best Short at the Galway Films Festival 2002) Waiting for O’Brien Dir. Andrew Sneyd (Best Début Galway Film Festival 1998), Boys’ Life (Andrew’s Lane), Spoon Fed (Dublin Fringe 2005) Whose Veins Ran Lightening (New Theatre) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Draiocht Theatre), Tissue, Lovers. Romeo v Juliet v Pablo (No Shame Theatre Los Angeles) Karl has just completed work in a leading role, in the feature film Where The Sea Use To Be, directed by Paul Farren and written by multi award winning script writer Stephen Walsh, (of How Harry Became A Tree Starring Cillian Murphy & Colm Meany), Where The Sea Use To Be hits film festivals International this summer.