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

THE NATIONAL STADIUM, DUBLIN

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