Chronically Hopeful is a new interdisciplinary production
by Musici Ireland that plunges the audience into the brutal, complicated and often misunderstood reality of chronic illness, invisible disability and neurological disorder. Conceived and performed by a team of artists who live these experiences on a daily basis, the piece blends music, contemporary dance, poetry, and the visual dimension to create a deeply human, uncompromising, and often darkly amusing portrait of what it means to live in a «sick» body in today’s society.
Musici Ireland production developed with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland, Culture Ireland, with support from the Mermaid Arts Centre, Coproduction Philharmonie
Featuring: Eleanor Walsh acting Ali Clarke choreography, dance Safire Hikari dance Jane Hackett violin Siobhán Doyle violin Beth McNinch viola, director Katie Tertell cello Libby Croad composition Trudie Gorman text Eoin McNinch light Colm Hinchion sound