thisispopbaby presents0800 CUPID
BY EMER DINEEN
NATIONAL TOUR 2026
NATIONAL TOUR 2026
a queer countercultural opus that fizzes between performance and reality.
3 JUNE – 4 JULY 2026
IRISH NATIONAL TOUR
0800 CUPID is a genre-defying queer countercultural opus from THISISPOPBABY that fizzes between performance and reality. It’s set as a nightlife gatecrash and brings the most wonderful raucous cabaret and musical extravaganza back to the Irish stage this summer after its sell-out premiere in 2024 where it was a big hit at Dublin Theatre Festival.
Through her drag persona, crumbling club-kid ‘Cupid’, Emer Dineen grapples with love in a lonely capitalist paradigm. Hungover, moulting and disorientated, our redundant deity battles modern life, unravelling Emer’s true story of navigating loss, crises, chaotic relationships and feeling the sweet sting of meaningful connection where she least expects it.
0800 CUPID is an SOS response to the swelling social anxiety of a post-pandemic pre-apocalyptic world. A camp catalyst for reconnection; it’s a musical march into and back from the existential brink.
Our Irish tour of 0800-CUPID is dedicated to Emer’s beloved late father, Denis, or Peter, his acting name, who performed in the very same Irish theatres we are touring to. We are linking up with Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Engaging Dementia to raise money in his memory while we’re on the road. Click here to donate.
“Hilarious, heartfelt theatre by one of Ireland’s rising staRS”
THE IRISH TIMES“an incredible
piece of theatre”
GCN“Feverish, fantastical soup of pop-star glaM
THE GUARDIAN“Unmissable”
EVERYTHING THEATRE“Forget Cillian Murphy, Cork’s real superstar is Dineen!”
THE ARTS REVIEW“The highlight of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024”
Irish ExaminerCREDITS
Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. London Tour made possible by Culture Ireland.
Development supported by Cork Midsummer Festival and the Jane Anne Rothwell Award.
Age Guideline: 14+
Created, Composed and Written by
Emer Dineen
Co-Created and Directed by
Phillip McMahon
Co-Composer and Musical Director
Tom Beech
Choreographer
Carl Harrison
Performers
Emer Dineen, Isabel Adomakoh Young, Carl Harrison
Tom Beech (keys), Michael McCarthy (drums), Osazee Aiguokhian (bass)
Lighting Design
Sarah Jane Shiels
Set Design
Ellen Kirk
Music Producer
Elaine Mai
Sound Design Team
Tom Beech, Elaine Mai, Martha Knight, Lara Gallagher
Costume Design
Lambdog1066
Costume Supervisor
Therese McKeone
Re-Lighter
Archer Bradshaw
Chief LX
Peter Bond
Sound Engineer
Cian Murphy
Dramaturg
John King
Stage Manager
Barbara Hughes
ASMs
Erica Delaney & Emily Waters
Production Manager
Gavin Kennedy
Marketing
Carla Rogers
PR
Conleth Teevan
Graphic Design
Niall Sweeney, Pony Ltd.
Bookkeeper
Gael Bradbury
General Manager
Ois O’Donoghue
Producers
Daniel Culleton & Carla Rogers
PREVIOUS TOUR DATES
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2024
Project arts centre, dublin theatre festival
OCTOBER 2024
