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PLEASE NOTE THIS PERFORMANCE IS OUTDOORS

LOCATION- Yeats memorial Gardens, Stephens Green.

Closest entry through Harcourt Street Corner of Stephens Green. Walk past brick house inside the park and the Yeats memorial garden is the raised area just 100 feet beyond.

Currently The New Theatre accepts online booking only and does not accept cash or cards on site.

Audience members are asked to bring their own cushion, warm layers, umbrella in case of rain.

 

JACKIE Presented by The New Theatre

Jacqueline and John F Kennedy were, for a brief period during the twentieth century, the ultimate power couple.

An enigma to the outside world, Jackie had long confided in an Irish chaplain, a contemporary and associate of Michael Collins, Lady Lavery and George Bernard Shaw, whom she befriended when visiting Ireland in 1950 and who became her spiritual advisor.

Widely revered as an icon of elegance and grace, Jackie was by JFK’s side on the road to the White House and she herself was a champion of civil rights and the arts.

Jackie was beside JFK on that fateful day when he was struck down by an assassin’s bullet.

Through the lens of an enduring friendship with her Irish chaplain, the mystery, the contradictions and the tragedy of Jackie’s life is revealed.

Cast and Creatives

Gerard Humphreys

Playwright

Anthony Fox

Director

Jessica Traynor

Dramaturg

Áine Moynihan

Script Consultant

Amy O'Dwyer

Cast

Michael Judd

Cast

Jess Dunne

Costume Design

Robert Ballagh

Set Design

Cathy O'Carroll

Lighting Design

Céin Sookram

Audio Design

Shannon Cowan

Stage Management

Noel O’Grady

Song consultant

Reviews

  • “Actor Amy O’Dwyer conjures Jackie charmingly, firstly capturing her girlish energy, and later her political sophistication and nous. Jess Dunne’s elegant costumes mimic the first lady’s unmistakable iconic style. Michael Judd as the Chaplain endears as a good-natured, old-fashioned Irish priest. The two actors generate a warm sense of enduring connection.”

    -- Katy Hayes - Irish Independent 
  • FOR PREVIOUS WORK FROM THIS TEAM:

    “Remarkable, nuanced and thought-provoking”
    “Humphreys does a superb job of conjuring up the horror and the tragedy”
    “Anthony Fox giving of his considerable best in direction”
    “faultless performance”
    “effectively lit by Cathy O’Carroll” 

    -- THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

Booking Info

PLEASE NOTE THIS PERFORMANCE IS OUTDOORS

LOCATION- Yeats memorial Gardens, Stephens Green.

Closest entry through Harcourt Street Corner of Stephens Green. Walk past brick house inside the park and the Yeats memorial garden is the raised area just 100 feet beyond.

Currently The New Theatre accepts online booking only and does not accept cash or cards on site.

The New Theatre’s production of “Jackie” To be staged at the Yeats Memorial in St Stephen’s Green, SEPTEMBER 29th to OCTOBER 10th at 1PM, Tuesday to Saturday. Additional performances at 3PM on each Friday and Saturday.

A total of 14 performances with a maximum of 15 people in the audience at each performance.

Audience members are asked to bring their own cushion, warm layers, umbrella in case of rain.

CUSTOMER INFO – COVID-19 RESPONSE

Face PPE Masks will be mandatory for audience members.

We will adhere to current social distancing practice and current pandemic regulations:
– Mandatory mask wearing
– There will be a one-way system in place and we will have two stewards manning the entrance and exit, ensuring that audience are seated 2 meters apart at allocated, marked seating.
– Hand sanitizer will be available for all on site and at the perimeter and seating signs will be sanitized after each performance.
– all necessary precautions will be taken by cast and crew to adhere to guidelines and maintain a safe working environment “backstage”

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Thank you to the Office of Public Works.

Gallery

Amy O’Dwyer (as Jacqueline Lee Kennedy) and Michael Judd (as The Army Chaplain) in rehearsal and onstage.

Behind the scenes: Writer Gerard Humphreys, Stage Manager Shannon Cowan, The New Theatre founders Anthony Fox and Leanne Willars

Photos: Al Craig

Event Dates:
29/09/2020 - 10/10/2020
Author:
Gerard Humphreys
Company:
The New Theatre - LIVE, OUTSIDE IN STEPHENS GREEN
Category:
Theatre
Warnings:

Suitablility: 12+

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