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A Glee-obsessed teenager. An all-boys school. A somewhat questionable singing voice. Conor is thirty, but he was once seventeen – and his life just wasn’t as colourful as the hit TV show Glee. Deeply closeted and relentlessly bullied, his bedroom became his sanctuary – and sometimes his prison. So, how did…
A Glee-obsessed teenager. An all-boys school. A somewhat questionable singing voice.
Conor is thirty, but he was once seventeen – and his life just wasn’t as colourful as the hit TV show Glee. Deeply closeted and relentlessly bullied, his bedroom became his sanctuary – and sometimes his prison. So, how did he escape?
It’s probably best that he sing about it.
A joyful new musical about hope, optimism and the pursuit of glee – even when the world begs you to stop singing.
Playwright/Performer: Conor Burke
Director: Lianne O’Shea
Composer/Lyricist: Shauna Carrick
Additional Music & Instrumentation: Aidan JC Byrne
Lighting Designer: Conor McGowan
Sound Designer: Mark Leahy
Costume Designer: Allie Whelan
Stage Manager: Amy Wyley
Producer: Sarah Wiley
Assistant Producer: Lucy Richards-Smyrk
Funded by Kildare Arts Service.Supported by Irish Theatre Institute & The Moat Theatre, Naas. Developed at Scene+Heard & Dublin Fringe Festival Studios.
Image Credit: Fnati.c.ph
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Home Ground: This show is part of Dublin Fringe Festival’s Home Ground community takeover performances initiative, facilitating artists to co-create safe, celebratory audience spaces for the communities their work represents.
