A Wee Boost

Fáilte! Welcome! And bienvenue to episode four of A Wee Boost, a podcast from Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.

Each week we’re sharing conversations and inspiration from artists at home and abroad, in the hope of giving you a wee boost whenever you need one.

Two artists in search of a wee boost this episode are Dan Colley and Jetse Batelaan. Dan is a creative director and producer specialising in ensemble-devised theatre and theatre for young audiences. His adaptation for stage of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards and four Dublin Fringe Awards, including 'Best Production'. Jetse Batelaan is artistic director of Theater Artemis. In 2019, he received the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale and the ITI Prize 2020, an award for internationally effective, particularly outstanding young artists in theatre.

Our Postcard to the Edge was sent from directorBen Kiddof Dead Centre. Ben recorded his postcard as his young daughter slept next door which you’ll understand once you listen. He talked about his routine or lack thereof (see ‘young daughter’ above), Arnotts department store in Dublin and what he’s been inspired by lately.

And as always, our favourite sequin-clad alien siblings, Bourgeois & Maurice, provide our theme tune which is guaranteed to make you do a little shimmy.

See you next Monday for our final episode in this series.

Until then, keep making stuff happen!

Cian and Ruth.

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Welcome to our third episode of A Wee Boost, a podcast from Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.

Each week we share conversations and inspiration from artists at home and abroad, in the hope of giving you a wee boost whenever you need one.

The two artists in search of a wee boost in this episode are writer and performer Stacey Gregg and New York based writer and performer Michael Breslin. Michael is also one half of Fake Friends theatre and media company alongside Patrick Foley. Stacey’s directorial debut Here Before starring Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough was released in February. Michael and Patrick’s online performance Circle Jerk was a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama. They talked about the size of water bottles these days, the importance of coffee and how they kick start their imaginations when they feel stuck.

In our bite sized Postcards to the Edge segment, we get an audio snapshot sent from Mexico City where Chilean directorPedro Sepúlveda is based currently.

Huge thanks to Bourgeois & Mauricewho are the brilliant creators behind our catchy theme tune - guaranteed to have you singing ‘A Wee Boost…A Wee Boooost’ for the rest of your day.

Until next Monday, keep making art!

Cian and Ruth.

New episodes are released on Mondays. FollowDublin Fringe FestivalandProject Arts Centrefor all the latest news and updates.

Welcome to episode 2 of A Wee Boost, a podcast from Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.

Each week we’re sharing conversations and inspiration from artists at home and abroad, in the hope of giving you a wee boost whenever you need one.

Our two artists giving each other a wee boost this week are Xnthony, award winning writer and artist and Lucy McCormick, a cross-genre performance artist. Xnthony and Lucy chatted about how they really feel when they see amazing work from other artists, how they generate new ideas, reading reviews and the perils of social media - it’s a good one.

Then in this week’s Postcards to the Edge, we were sent an audio postcard from artist Oozing Gloop who is living in Berlin, Berlin. Gloop shared about what’s been inspiring them lately, frogs as inspiration and tarot cards.

And as always, our favourite sequin-clad alien siblings, Bourgeois & Maurice, provide our theme tune which is guaranteed to raise your dopamine levels.

We hope you enjoy and see you next Monday!

Cian and Ruth.

New episodes are released on Mondays. FollowDublin Fringe FestivalandProject Arts Centrefor all the latest news and updates.

A Wee Boost was produced by Esther O'Moore Donohoe.

Welcome to the very first episode of A Wee Boost, a podcast from Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.

Each week we’ll share conversation and inspiration from artists at home and abroad, in the hope of giving you a wee boost whenever you need one.

In this episode, we have the pleasure of eavesdropping on a chat between cabaret and theatre-maker Pea Dineen and Adèle Anderson, the Olivier Award-nominated singer and actress, best known as one third of Fascinating Aïda. During their conversation, they talked about Patti LuPone, Stephen Sondheim and how they both approach creating work.

We also have a dispatch from director Claire O’Reilly who sent us an aural snapshot from Mainz just outside Frankfurt in Germany. She was working there on the play A Family Businessby Chris Thorpe and gave us a flavour of the city, the shows she was seeing and things that were giving her a lift.

And our favourite sequin-clad alien siblings, Bourgeois & Maurice, provide a theme tune guaranteed to raise your dopamine levels.

We hope you enjoy!

Cian and Ruth.

New episodes are released on Mondays. FollowDublin Fringe FestivalandProject Arts Centrefor all the latest news and updates.

A Wee Boost was produced by Esther O'Moore Donohoe.

A Wee Boost is a podcast from Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre designed to energise creative minds embarking on a new year of art making.  In each episode, we'll ask some of the artists and thinkers that we look to for inspiration to share what's getting them out of bed in the morning. It's part recommendation list, part pep talk and essential listening whenever you're in need of a wee boost.

Launching spring 2023.  For the latest news and launch date follow Dublin Fringe Festival and Project Arts Centre.