A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Adapted by Tony Chesterman
Directed by Jimmy Fay

In the name Stephen Dedalus, he adopted in this, his early masterpiece, Joyce signalled his need to escape the nets he claimed Ireland would trap him in – religion and nationality. He would seek to fly “above these nets”. Unique among his contemporaries he laid claim for the artist’s freedom from such temporal concerns to “forge the uncreated conscience of his race”. Thus began his life long task of sketching the universal human condition he had observed around him in Dublin in the real lives of ordinary people.

In the course of A Portrait which covered the first decades of his life, we see him creating his own individual aesthetic, as opposed to the dictates of the Church. He is already aware of the beginnings of new European writers such as Ibsen, and leaves Ireland to live mostly in poverty, but at liberty to seek nourishment from other cultures. The novel eventually published in 1916, contains some of the most dramatic scenes in modern literature.

Creative Team
Director – Jimmy Fay
Producer – Anthony Fox
Assistant Director – Leah Minto

Clockwise from top left:
Lauren Farrell. Patrick O’Donnell.
Marcus Lamb. Katie O’Kelly, Charlie Hughes, Lauren Farrell, Marcus Lamb & Patrick O’Donnell.
Lauren Farrell & Marcus Lamb. Charlie Hughes.
Photos by Al Craig

Cast and Creatives

Jimmy Fay

Director

Anthony Fox

Producer

Assistant Director

Leah Minto

Charlie Hughes

Cast

Katie O'Kelly

Cast

Lauren Farrell

Cast

Marcus Lamb

Cast

Patrick O'Donnell

Cast

Orla Reynolds

Set Design

Cathy O'Carroll

Lighting Design

Jessica Dunne

Costume Design

Shane Fitzmaurice

Sound

Neil O'Driscoll

Film

Lisa Krugel

Stage Manager

Fíonn McShane

Set Construction