thisispopbaby presents
WAKE
APRIL 2025
GLITTER BEATS BANGING TUNES
GLITTER BEATS BANGING TUNES

Glitter, beats and banging tunes – this Irish WAKE is the ultimate celebration of life.
Experience WAKE, the electrifying Irish variety phenomenon that remixes traditions in an high-octane, heart-thumping celebration of life and connection.
Immerse yourself in our wild WAKE, where customs collide with club anthems, creating a euphoric soundtrack for a night filled with aerial artistry, Irish tap, cabaret, slam poetry, pole-dancing and more.
Best known as an ancient funeral rite, the Irish WAKE is actually a celebration of transformation, of moving from one realm to another. Ushering in fabulous change – caterpillar to butterfly – the WAKE is a timeless reminder to live fully.
Acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY invites you to witness an anthemic spectacle with the spirit of an epic trad session and the ecstatic energy of a stadium concert. After two sold-out, award-winning runs in Dublin, theatrical juggernaut WAKE is going global.
Expect joy, connection, release…and glitter.







THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
IRISH TIMES
THE BEST THING YOU’LL EXPERIENCE ALL YEAR
JOE.IE
AN ADRENALINE SHOT OF JOY TO THE HEART
THE ARTS REVIEW
CREDITS
An original co-commission from Irish Arts Center New York and Cork Opera House. Touring supported by Culture Ireland.
Created by
Jennifer Jennings, Phillip McMahon & Niall Sweeney
Directed by
Jennifer Jennings & Phillip McMahon
Composer, Sound Designer & Musical Director
Alma Kelliher
Choreographer
Philip Connaughton
With text by
Carys D. Coburn
Set & Graphic Design
Niall Sweeney
Costume Design
Julian Smith
Lighting Design
Mark Galione
Head of Sound
Jason Fallon
Stage Manager
Olivia Drennan
Assistant Stage Manager and Counter Weight
Ben Moore
Producers
Carla Rogers & Matt Smyth
Production Manager Adam Fitzsimons & Des Kenny
Graphic Design
Niall Sweeney
PREVIOUS TOUR DATES
2–5 APRIL 2025
SAddlers wells, peacock theatre, london
17-21 April 2025
Aviva Studios, Manchester
6-23 March 2024
THE NATIONAL STADIUM, DUBLIN
10-17 September 2022