{"id":23190,"date":"2024-09-02T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=23190"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:18:37","slug":"wasted-is-set-to-visit-the-market-place-theatre-arts-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/09\/wasted-is-set-to-visit-the-market-place-theatre-arts-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasted, is set to visit The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland\u2019s foremost physical\u00a0theatre organisation, Bruiser Theatre Company, has announced that its production of Kat Woods\u2019 engaging and relevant drama, Wasted<\/em>, is set to visit The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre<\/a>, on 21st<\/sup> September 2024 as part of an NI wide theatre tour.<\/h4>\n

Following its opening night at Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, this production visits The Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, and the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, with a come-home final week run at The MAC, Belfast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Wasted<\/em>, by award-winning playwright Kat Woods, is a socio-political play that explores themes of binge drinking and sexual assault. Join Oli, Emma, and their mates on a night out; drinking, flirting, and clubbing. It\u2019s the morning after the night before and Oli and Emma try to piece together the night\u2019s events through the blurry haze of a dubious hangover. Wasted illuminates that grey area in the sexual relationship after a few too many drinks. The characters are not sure what has happened; both suffering from post-alcoholic amnesia. They are both secure in the fact that sex happened but, where alcohol puts the female in a state unable, legally, to consent to sex, our characters continually ask ‘what happened’ as they are marched through the legal system.<\/p>\n

Enniskillen playwright, Kat Woods says:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[Wasted] is a story focusing on a minority voice represented on the stage based on true events. A minority voice that seems to reflect the majority, when it comes to consent and drunken sex.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Wasted <\/em>is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Halifax Foundation and Belfast City Council.<\/p>\n

Caoileann Curry-Thompson, Arts Development Officer for Drama and Dance, Arts Council of Northern Ireland,<\/strong> said, \u201cThe Arts Council of Northern Ireland is delighted to support Bruiser thanks to game-changing funding from The National Lottery.\u00a0 This new production demonstrates the power of the arts in giving people a voice, and in shining a light on important issues to create dialogue and positive social change.\u00a0 We wish everyone involved great success with what promises to be a compelling and emotive performance and I would encourage everyone to go along.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruiser Theatre Company is renowned for its fast-paced, energetic, and engaging performances. Featuring fantastic local actors, Sharon Duffy and Warren McCook, and under the meticulous direction of Lisa May, Wasted <\/em>promises to creatively explore the consequences of what can happen when lines, and memories, are blurred.<\/p>\n

Lisa May, Bruiser\u2019s Artistic Director<\/strong> said \u201cWasted is a raw and at times brutal piece that makes us feel uncomfortable. And we should. It is an extremely relevant and interventionist piece, which raises awareness of taboo subjects, sparking debate. Wasted has all the elements to attract new and diverse audiences; challenging, provoking, connecting and entertaining them in equal measure. It is brave, unapologetic storytelling at its best.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

To book tickets for the performance of Wasted<\/em> at The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre<\/a> visit www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre<\/a> or contact the Box Office on 03300 561 025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland\u2019s foremost physical\u00a0theatre organisation, Bruiser Theatre Company, has announced that its production of Kat Woods\u2019 engaging and relevant drama, Wasted, is set to visit The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, on 21st September 2024 as part of an NI wide theatre tour. Following its opening night at Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, this … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23192,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23190\/revisions\/23192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}