Pea Dinneen: Raising Her Voice
★★★★★ - “fantastically stirring… extraordinarily sophisticated… Dinneen and Prior, who are aided by director John King, judge the tone perfectly” - The Irish Times
”powerful, kind, and intelligent… a theatrical, illuminating joy” - No More Workhorse
A trans fantasia.
How do you raise a voice? How do you get a whole country to hear it, when all its done so far is drown it out?
Well, with 90s pop bangers adapted to fit a playful, subversive personal narrative about transgender liberation in the face of an uncaring system. OBVIOUSLY.
Join niche cabaret legend Pea Dinneen and her fabulous band as she sings her way through this powerful story about herself, her country, and her voice.
This is as much a play about three decades in the history of a nation as it is a vast ongoing vanity project from a disenfranchised millennial hag.
Written and performed by Pea Dinneen
Directed by John King
Piano, musical direction and arrangements by Paul Prior
Drums and bodhrán by Clare Martin
Guitar by Louis Younge
Saxophone and Trumpet by Tara Sagay
Produced by Cally Shine and Maura O’Keefe for Once Off Productions
Lighting Design by John Gunning
Movement direction by Niamh McGowan
Set design by Natasha Duffy for Sofft Productions
Costumes by Ellen Kirk
Stage managed by Sara Gannon
Directing intern - Zoe Batziou
Hair and make-up by Tee Elliott
Devised in collaboration with Paul Prior and Ronan Phelan