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Creation and Direction Jessica Kennedy and Megan Kennedy

Choreography created in collaboration with the cast

Performers Finola Cronin and Mikel Murfi

Set Design Sabine Dargent

Music Denis Clohessy

Lighting Design Stephen Dodd

Costume Design Saileóg O'Halloran

Text Finola Cronin and Mikel Murfi

Voice Coach Andrea Ainsworth

Set Construction Ger Clancy

Stage Manager Marella Boschi

Production Manager Simon Bird

Chief LX Alan Mooney, Adrian Moylan

Producer Gwen Van Spÿk

Associate Producer Michelle Cahill, Tilly Taylor

Dances Like a Bomb

Ireland & UK Tour
January–April 2024

Edinburgh Fringe Festival
ZOO Venues Southside, 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
15 - 27 August

Dublin Dance Festival 2022
May 25+26 at Project Arts Centre

Celebrating the strength of mature bodies and challenging the cult of youth, the show is a reclaiming of the ageing body created by dance-theatre innovators Junk Ensemble. Featuring acclaimed actor Mikel Murfi and leading dance artist Finola Cronin (formerly of Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal) the performers are heroic, vulnerable, comedic, and completely themselves in the work. They care fiercely for each other and defend their independence. As they hold each other up and push each other down, the 'performance' of age is unpacked as a reminder of ourselves: our worst and our best.

THE LIST ★★★★★ 

‘Surreal, beautiful and extraordinarily human’
‘This is a piece whose beauty and complexity demonstrate exactly why older artists, whatevertheir discipline, should never be underestimated’

THE ARTS REVIEW ★★★★★

‘Profound in its simplicity, finding beauty in the banal, showing strength in delicacy. Nothing shortof extraordinary.’

THE TIMES ★★★★ 

'Big, powerful ... these two people own the stage and have earned the right to be there.'

THE STAGE ★★★★

‘Intriguing … clever … poignant' 
'A tender piece … outstanding’

THE GUARDIAN

‘Macabre and comical … a delight’

THE SCOTSMAN

‘Compelling ... real poignancy'

THE IRISH TIMES

“Superb performers… a heartfelt celebration of two people growing old together.”