Fishamble: The New Play Company and THISISPOPBABY PRESENTSWHAT IF WE GET TO BE HAPPY
PHYSICS, LOVE & THE UNIVERSE
PHYSICS, LOVE & THE UNIVERSE
PROFOUND NEW WRITING FROM EMMET KIRWAN
When a Physicist takes his family on a day trip to the beach, he is forced to confront the very nature of reality itself as boundaries between science, imagination and reality begin to blur.
What If We Get To Be Happy is a new play written and performed by award-winning playwright Emmet Kirwan.
In an electrifying co-production between Olivier award-winning Fishamble and trailblazers THISISPOPBABY, lyrical virtuosity and magical realism combine to create a tender, funny and quietly epic play about Love, Physics and the Universe.
Playing as part of POPXX - THISISPOPBABY’s Twenty Year Anniversary Programme 2027-2028.
Supported by The Arts Council, Dublin City Council, Droichead Arts Centre, MicroMedia, Staycity & RTÉ Supporting the Arts.
3-13 FEB 2027
Project Arts Centre, Dublin
CREDITS
Commissioned and developed by Jennifer Jennings and Phillip McMahon for THISISPOPABY, and further developed with Fishamble: New Play Company.
Written and performed by Emmet Kirwan
Director Jim Culleton
Set & Costume Design Ellen Kirk
Lighting Design Sarah Jane Sheils
Composition Teho Teardo
Sound Design Helen Atkinson
Creative Producer Laura MacNaughton
Line Producers Ois O’Donoghue & Evie McGuinness
Creative Lead / THISISPOPBABY Artistic Director Jennifer Jennings
Creative Lead / THISISPOPBABY Artistic Director THISISPOPBABY Phillip McMahon
Dramaturg Gavin Kostick
Production Manager Eoin Kilkenny
Stage Manager Iain Synnott
Chief LX Archer Bradshaw
Marketing Allie Whelan
Graphic Design Niall Sweeney
Publicity Photography Patricio Cassinoni
Publicity Video Olga Kuzmenko
PR Sinead O’Doherty (O’Doherty Communications)
POPXX Marketing Mick Earley, Carla Rogers, Abigail Cepeda, Éabha Mylan, John Goucher
General Manager (Fishamble) Sarah Bragg-Bolger
Executive Director (Fishamble) Eva Scanlan
Supported by The Arts Council, Dublin City Council, Droichead Arts Centre, MicroMedia, Staycity & RTÉ Supporting the Arts.
