Disco is the Way To Go! TYT Show
Presented by Limerick Youth Theatre’s Transition Year Theatre Company
Written by Aoife Breen & John Hogan
Directed by John Hogan | Movement by Cormac Laffan
Schools Shows on March 2nd at 11am and 2pm. Contact box office directly to book your school.
A mystery illness afflicts the Tsar’s son which some believe can only be cured by Rasputin – a disco dancing monk. However, some of the nobility are not as enamoured with Rasputin’s involvement. They devise a plan to assassinate him at an opportune moment. If that wasn’t enough for The Royal Family, the local punk rock band Lenin and the Revolutionaries plan to take over the country once they win the National Dance-Off competition! Through it all, Rasputin does not waiver as he believes Disco Is The Way To Go!
Presented by Limerick Youth Theatre’s Transition Year Theatre Company
Written by Aoife Breen & John Hogan
Directed by John Hogan | Movement by Cormac Laffan
Schools Shows on March 2nd at 11am and 2pm. Contact box office directly to book your school.
A mystery illness afflicts the Tsar’s son which some believe can only be cured by Rasputin – a disco dancing monk. However, some of the nobility are not as enamoured with Rasputin’s involvement. They devise a plan to assassinate him at an opportune moment. If that wasn’t enough for The Royal Family, the local punk rock band Lenin and the Revolutionaries plan to take over the country once they win the National Dance-Off competition! Through it all, Rasputin does not waiver as he believes Disco Is The Way To Go!
Music plays a big part in the play as movement and song gives the ensemble the chance to perform together on stage. John Hogan said; ‘…music is a huge part of the play. We wanted to keep the story reasonably fun and entertaining and the 70’s soundtrack certainly does that. It also helps to exaggerate the social divides with classical music representing the royalty, disco for Rasputin and punk for the anarchists. Music helps us to reinterpret the Rasputin story and is marker to the audience not to take it too seriously…’
Disco is the Way To Go features with 14 transition year students from schools in Limerick city and county.
The TYT Company is being supported by two undergraduates, Aoife Breen and Cormac Laffan from MIC’s BA in Contemporary & Applied Theatre Studies who will lend their expertise to the production.
Transition Youth Theatre (TYT) is a special outreach programme offered to transition year students by Limerick Youth Theatre. The programme gives students interested in all aspects of theatre, a chance to stage their own production with a professional crew in an established venue in Limerick city.
Limerick Youth Theatre (LYT) is a company of young performers, dancers, writers to provide opportunities for young people from all backgrounds to cross social/cultural divides through youth drama experiences. It runs a two-year training course in theatre and performing arts.
T&Cs
- Please note all ticket prices include a booking charge.
- No exchanges or refunds.
- Masks/Face coverings must be worn by those aged 12 and over for the duration of the performance.
- Wheelchair spaces can only be booked over the phone. Please call box office on (061) 953400 if you wish to book a wheelchair space.
- No late comers admitted to the theatre once show commences.
- On street parking.