Powerful Trouble
Conceived and Directed by Jessica Kennedy and Megan Kennedy
Choreography in collaboration with dance artists Salma Ataya, Robyn Byrne, Justine Cooper, Lucia Kickham, Julie Koenig, Yumi Lee
Collaborating Artists Aideen Barry, Olwen Fouéré, Jesse Jones, Vicky Langan, Planningtorock
Scenography and Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Music and Sound Design: Irene Buckley
Costume Design: Katie Davenport
Costume Supervisor: James Seaver
Musician and Percussion Composition: Caitríona Frost
Additional Composition: Planningtorock
Band: Katie Kim
Stage Manager Miriam Duffy
Production Management ShowScope
Associate Producer Michelle Cahill
Producer Gwen Van Spÿk
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023
RHA Gallery, Dublin
A highly visual live performance installation from renowned dance innovators Junk Ensemble in collaboration with acclaimed artists Jesse Jones, Olwen Fouéré, Aideen Barry, Vicky Langan, Planningtorock, and Katie Kim. Created for six dancers and a percussionist, this immersive promenade spectacle in the RHA is a celebration of the witch as a symbol of dissidence.Powerful Trouble is a disturbance – a collision of artists’ interrogations marked by muscular choreography, euphoric beats, visceral imagery and a live band.
★★★★ 'Sharp...unusual and surprising' The Irish Times
★★★★ 'Prepare to be spellbound' The Arts Review
★★★★ 'A thrilling story of rebellion and craft' Chris McCormack