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An empty stage. A painted cloth. Chaos. Dream. Abyss. Emma Martin returns to DDF with Soft God, a new work commissioned by DDF and the Abbey Theatre which makes its world premiere as part of the 2026 Edition. Soft God is a jagged ceremony that swerves between the mythic and the…
An empty stage. A painted cloth. Chaos. Dream. Abyss.
Emma Martin returns to DDF with Soft God, a new work commissioned by DDF and the Abbey Theatre which makes its world premiere as part of the 2026 Edition.
Soft God is a jagged ceremony that swerves between the mythic and the ridiculous, the carnivalesque and the everyday, between virtuosity and failure. Moving through a series of ever-changing scenes – a rambling house, a dance hall, a creation myth, a dream sequence and a never-ending folk dance – 8 performers cry, kiss, sing, sway, listen, stamp, hold hands and dance, insisting on ways to keep hope, meaning and spirit alive.
Against a backdrop of crumbling certainties, Soft God mines the collective imagination of this brutal moment, where to dream together and share one’s self is an act of defiance.
Mongrel. Messy. Superstitious. Uncouth.
