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DORIAN, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel

DORIAN – an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’

Limerick Youth Theatre presents a physical/imagistic full length theatre piece based on Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.

Dates: Friday 19 and Saturday 20 of March 2010
Start Time: 8pm

The classic Oscar Wilde Novel is adapted for stage and is presented as a sequence of scenes and images inspired by the themes of the novel and not a straight narrative telling of it. Using dance, dialogue, film, and music, the piece will challenge as well as provide an entertaining response to the original material. The Picture of Dorian Gray is divided into five sections, each exploring a different theme of the novel but loosely following the narrative; Dorian’s Wish, Dorian’s World, Dorian in Love, Dorian the Murderer, Dorian’s Death.

The picture of Dorian Gray is the result of over 27 hours of rehearsals held over 9 weeks of workshops led by actor and director Myles Breen.

Myles Breen
As an actor, Myles has appeared with various companies including Island, Impact, Gallowglass, Graffitti and Daghdha Dance Co. He directed In Rear View for Limerick Youth Theatre. He directed the street parades St Brendan's Return and Millennium Eurovision for The Umbrella Project and Samhain for R.T.C. Cork's ArtFest. With Centre Stage Summer School he has directed Romeo and Juliet,Twelfth night, A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It all staged in the People's Park. He has worked as a movement director with Island (Pigtown, A Bottle of Smoke), Bickerstaffe (Rap Eire) and Meridian (Mind that tis me Brother, Knock Three Times). He is a founder member of Bottom Dog Theatre Co and directed their production of The Revenger's Tragedy adapted by Mike Finn as part of the Limerick Theatre Hub season.  For Bottom Dog he wrote and performed Language Unbecoming a Lady which will be returning in May 2010.

Actors: Lisa Ledger, Laura Gahan, Danielle Sheahan, Ruth Ni Chumhall Maguire and Jamie Walters (2nd year LYT members)

Guest Actors: Caiomhe Jordan, Ciara O'Reilly, Darren O'Dea, Laura Healy, Lauren O'Leary, Kate Nunan and Joanne O'Brien (1st year LYT members).
Costumes/Props: Ella Daly

About LYT
Limerick Youth Theatre (LYT) is a two-year training course in theatre and performance arts. We are funded by the Department of Education, through the Limerick City VEC and the Arts and Culture department of the Limerick County Council. LYT holds workshops with artists and directors on Saturdays from October to May and produces shows throughout the year mostly at the Belltable Arts Centre as well as participating in festivals held in the city. Throughout the year there are projects in performance and production as well as regular trips to the theatre and links with professional practitioners and theatre companies. First Year covers Theatre History, Performance and Production.
Recently LYT has launched TYT, an outreach project designed to provide a rich and challenging work experience module for transition year students. Paul Brennan has written and will direct ‘A MAN’S GAME’, a comic look at an underage Camoige team’s meteoric rise and fall. A MANS GAME will be performed at the Belltable Arts Centre in April 2010, with special performances for schools and youth groups. For more information please see  www.belltable.ie and www.lyt.ie

Tickets: €12/€10 (conc)