DYCP Proposal Portfolio

recent relevant projects which highlight my track record.

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Oliver cromwell is really very sorry (2020 - present).

Funded by arts council england.

‘Oliver Cromwel is Really Very Sorry’ is an alt-musical theatre performance exploring Oliver Cromwell’s life in Ireland. It is supported by Dublin Fringe Festival, Roscommon Co Co and Arts Council England. The proposal includes mentorship from Australian Circus Troupe Hot Brown Honey.

Decadent, ostentatious and completely at odds with the historical content ‘Oliver Cromwel is really very sorry’ explores Britain's colonial history in Ireland as well as our own participation in colonialism through history. The project will work as a learning piece for both Irish and UK audiences by visiting an important and traumatic part of our shared history in an engaging, entertaining and shocking way.
International circus troupe hot brown honey are mentoring on the project.

We completed phase one of r&D for the project before Nov 5th. The project is paused until restrictions are lifted.

FAntabulosa (2019 to present)

Fantabulosa! is open to anyone, young and old, who wants to experience the joys and freedom of self-expression.

Our show celebrates difference, diversity and acceptance.

the attached song was inspired by the kids book ‘just add glitter’. the director and I took the lyrics and applied it to a really fun 70s glam rock sound. The composition was done by me with support from director Adam carver.

Confirmation (2018 - 2019)

This is not a story about the status quo. This is a story about making a change. A musical memoir about growing up in Roscommon.

Xnthony was 12 when he made his confirmation. He was 26 when Roscommon voted no in the marriage equality referendum. This is the story of those moments and everything that happened in between, exploring the complex relationships we have with the places we call home and the stories they hold.

This project was funded by Arts Council Ireland, and toured to Dublin Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe (at pleasance). For the music we used a mix between electronic and organic sounds, including a local youth choir from my home town.

I was lead song writer and also co-produced the musical production with producers lung dart. ODU developed the musical composition for the project.

‘Both a departure and a revisiting, Confirmation is a candid, captivating piece of theatre for 21st Century Ireland.’ - Reviews hub

‘Sonically stirring’ - The Irish Times

Douze (2015)

Xnthony and The Penny Slots are making (another) Eurovision comeback. Armed with a host of hit songs to choose from, this loveable poptastic comedy will leave you in stitches. They’re making a bid to represent Ireland in the next Eurovision but need your help in picking the winning song. Aiming for Douze Points and European glory, they’ll do anything to get there. Winner of Best Comedy IYAF 2016.

This show toured across Europe including Prague fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe, and across the UK.

I led the song writing with Tiffany Murphy. The music was produced by music maker Scott bowley. I have attached a video of one performance of our song called ‘numbers’. The lyrics are simple…they’re just numbers.

‘Like anyone operating outside easily classifiable systems, he'll sooner change the game than be a player’ - Broadway world.

‘Genuinely Hilarious’ (Irish Times).

Creative Community work

Legends & Legacies Ball

LEGENDS AND LEGACIES IS AN INITIATIVE KICK STARTED BY XNTHONY WITH OPENING DOORS LONDON.

A CELEBRATION OF OLDER LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE: THE INITIATIVE OFFERS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE STAGE CRAFT OF ITS PARTICIPANTS, SHOWCASING THESE LEGENDARY QUEER PERFORMERS ON BIG STAGES.

IN 2019 THE LEGENDS AND LEGACIES INITIATIVE WAS COMMISSIONED BY LEWISHAM BOROUGH AND THE ALBANY THEATRE AS PART OF THE ‘AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’ FESTIVAL. THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE WENT ON TO COMMISSION ‘LEGENDS’ FOR A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IN DECEMBER 2019.

Queer School & WERK IN PROGRESS with jonny woo

WITH QUEER SCHOOL, i SUPPORT AND MENTOR LONDON BASED QUEER ARTISTS WHO ARE STARTING OUT OR TRYING TO REIMAGINE THEIR WORK. THIS IS FOR QUEER People WHO NEED A BIT OF NURTURING, A BIT OF THINKING SPACE AND SOME EXPLAINING ON WHAT THE HECK YOU DO TO GET AHEAD IN THIS BUSINESS.

Werk in progress IS AN OPEN-MIC EVENT PRESENTING A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF WORK AT THE GLORY, LONDON. WERK GIVES QUEER ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR PERFORMANCE CAREERS WITH MENTORSHIP FROM XNTHONY. WERK HAS SHOWCASED AT ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON.

More about my collaborators for this proposal:

Lung Dart

Lung Dart's music is centred around ideas of memory, and spans the realms of live instrumentation, sample-based productions, experimental music and pop. Alongside their own releases they have scored artworks and films that have been shown at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Barbican Centre, BFI London Film Festival, Somerset House, Berlin Film Festival and many others. They have performed live at venues including Tate Britain, Tate Modern, LSO St Lukes, De La Warr Pavilion, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Sage Gateshead.

HEAR their music here.

Ruth Hawkins

Ruth Hawkins is the Performing Arts Producer at the roundhouse London. she specialises in enabling developing platforms for artists to achieve their ambitious ideas. she is the producer for hot brown honey’s hive city (which toured nationally before covid-19). in 2017 she Managed the delivery of the marketing campaign for the Shakespeare Trilogy in Kings Cross. she was producer in residence at the gate theatre until 2015.

DYCP Proposal Portfolio

Oliver cromwell is really very sorry (2020 - present).

Funded by arts council england.

‘Oliver Cromwel is Really Very Sorry’ is an alt-musical theatre performance exploring Oliver Cromwell’s life in Ireland. It is supported by Dublin Fringe Festival, Roscommon Co Co and Arts Council England. The proposal includes mentorship from Australian Circus Troupe Hot Brown Honey.

We completed phase one of r&D for the project before Nov 5th. The project is paused until restrictions are lifted.

FAntabulosa (2019 to present)

Fantabulosa! is open to anyone, young and old, who wants to experience the joys and freedom of self-expression.

Our show celebrates difference, diversity and acceptance.

the attached song was inspired by the kids book ‘just add glitter’. the director and I took the lyrics and applied it to a really fun 70s glam rock sound. The composition was done by me with support from director Adam carver.

Confirmation (2018 - 2019)

This is not a story about the status quo. This is a story about making a change. A musical memoir about growing up in Roscommon.

Xnthony was 12 when he made his confirmation. He was 26 when Roscommon voted no in the marriage equality referendum. This is the story of those moments and everything that happened in between, exploring the complex relationships we have with the places we call home and the stories they hold.

This project was funded by Arts Council Ireland, and toured to Dublin Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe (at pleasance). For the music we used a mix between electronic and organic sounds, including a local youth choir from my home town.

I was lead song writer and also co-produced the musical production with producers lung dart. ODU developed the musical composition for the project.

‘Both a departure and a revisiting, Confirmation is a candid, captivating piece of theatre for 21st Century Ireland.’ - Reviews hub

‘Sonically stirring’ - The Irish Times

Douze (2015)

This show toured across Europe including Prague fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe, and across the UK.

I led the song writing with Tiffany Murphy. The music was produced by music maker Scott bowley. I have attached a video of one performance of our song called ‘numbers’. The lyrics are simple…they’re just numbers.

‘Like anyone operating outside easily classifiable systems, he'll sooner change the game than be a player’ - Broadway world.

‘Genuinely Hilarious’ (Irish Times).

Creative Community work

Legends & Legacies Ball

LEGENDS AND LEGACIES IS AN INITIATIVE KICK STARTED BY XNTHONY WITH OPENING DOORS LONDON.

A CELEBRATION OF OLDER LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE: THE INITIATIVE OFFERS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE STAGE CRAFT OF ITS PARTICIPANTS, SHOWCASING THESE LEGENDARY QUEER PERFORMERS ON BIG STAGES.

IN 2019 THE LEGENDS AND LEGACIES INITIATIVE WAS COMMISSIONED BY LEWISHAM BOROUGH AND THE ALBANY THEATRE AS PART OF THE ‘AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’ FESTIVAL. THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE WENT ON TO COMMISSION ‘LEGENDS’ FOR A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IN DECEMBER 2019.

Queer School & WERK IN PROGRESS with jonny woo

WITH QUEER SCHOOL, i SUPPORT AND MENTOR LONDON BASED QUEER ARTISTS WHO ARE STARTING OUT OR TRYING TO REIMAGINE THEIR WORK. THIS IS FOR QUEER People WHO NEED A BIT OF NURTURING, A BIT OF THINKING SPACE AND SOME EXPLAINING ON WHAT THE HECK YOU DO TO GET AHEAD IN THIS BUSINESS.

Werk in progress IS AN OPEN-MIC EVENT PRESENTING A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF WORK AT THE GLORY, LONDON. WERK GIVES QUEER ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR PERFORMANCE CAREERS WITH MENTORSHIP FROM XNTHONY. WERK HAS SHOWCASED AT ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON.

More about my collaborators for this proposal:

XNTHONY/LTD