Bluepatch Productions is a vibrant Irish theatre company interested in experimental ensemble based work that promotes creative collaboration and cross disciplinary practice.
We are interested in creating work that challenges the conventions of time and space and imaginatively explores the human condition through form, identity and representation itself.
We are committed to providing ongoing training in theatre based practices that empower actors and theatre artists alike with the skills and expertise towards the development of original and innovative work.
Reviews of past productions;
” …Connolly continues to be a stand-out director at Galway Theatre Festival, spelling out performance spaces where nuances are to be cherry-picked, deconstructed, and re-rendered in the spectator’s own theatre experience.. Donnellan’s might as a writer lies in her articulation of the dalliances of temporary lives, some to be celebrated and others not, and the devastating result of when such life is snatched away…”
Musings in Intermissions blogspot
” Chasing Butterflies…evocative and bittersweet..a brave and challenging new voice in Irish playwriting..excellent performances..Connolly’s direction paid tribute to the nuances and subleties which made for a wonderfully atmospheric event. Delicately balanced between hysteria and awe .”
Irish Theatre Magazine
“ ..A highlight of the Galway Theatre Festival..Memory Palace bypassed its melodrama to become an ingenious exploration into symbolism itself…”
Musings in Intermissions blogspot
“..This collaborative ensemble has created intelligent truly inspiring theatre..”
” Bluepatch’s production is extremely interesting and current. It has traces of works that trace the female reawakening to a lost and broken past, as Olwen Fouere hauntingly did in Sodome My Love and it also has parallels with works with other exciting groups such as The Company who explore the identity and memory of the modern form ”
Staged Reaction blogspot
“Bluepatch scores highly for their production of Neil LaBute’s Medea Redux..for their judgement and calculated risk taking..the play is given a well attuned and distinctive performance by the company”Irish Theatre Magazine
“ Excellent production..super job for all involved..4/5 stars..definitely check out the next Bluepatch production..”
Phantom FM Arts Show, The Kiosk with Nadine O’Regan
” Portia is Connolly’s (directorial) debut and she has quite literally added another layer of mystery to the protagonists dead twin. as well as testifying to the talents of this new theatre company.”” Connolly directed this play with an assured hand displaying a rare command of blocking and spatial awareness and employing a bold physical style which aptly reflects the heightened naturalism of the script.”
Irish Reviewers Online
