thisispopbaby presents0800 CUPID
BY EMER DINEEN
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY EMER DINEEN
A QUEER COUNTERCULTURAL OPUS
0800 CUPID - GIVE ME A CALL!
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY EMER DINEEN A QUEER COUNTERCULTURAL OPUS 0800 CUPID - GIVE ME A CALL!
0800 CUPID is a genre-defying queer countercultural opus from THISISPOPBABY that fizzes between performance and reality.
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.
CREDITS
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+
Text, Composition and Lyrics
Emer Dineen
Directed and Developed 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
Sound Engineer
Jody Trehy
Costume Design
Lambdog1066
Costume Supervisor
Therese McKeone
Costume Trainee
Yue Yu
Associate Director & Dramaturg
John King
Stage Managers
Barbara Hughes & Emily Waters
ASMs
Úna Nolan, Anika Kidd & Lizzi Adams
Production Managers
Seán Dennehy & Molly McAvoy
Marketing Manager
Jack O’Dea
PR
Jodie Delany, Hive PR / Steph Pennells
Graphic Design
Niall Sweeney, Pony Ltd.
Bookkeeper
Gael Bradbury
Producer
Carla Rogers
Hilarious, heartfelt theatre by one of Ireland’s rising stars
THE IRISH TIMES‘0800 CUPID is an incredible piece of theatre, bringing a queer story to the stage in an appropriately flamboyant fashion
GCNForget Cillian Murphy, Cork’s real superstar is Dineen!
THE ARTS REVIEWEmer’s writing is like a big hug from someone you’ve cried to in a club bathroom!
THE ARTS DISPATCHfeverish, fantastical soup of pop-star glam
GUARDIANan incredible show that doesn't let up from start to finish
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