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Mushroom

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Paul Meade
Synopsis

Mushroom focuses on the parallel stories of two young travellers. One is Ewa, a young Polish woman, who journeys to Ireland searching for her estranged husband. The other is Martin, a young Irish man, who finds himself in Bucharest trying to find some connection to his late Romanian mother.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

2
Total

6

Original Production

Date of First Production

05 June 2007
Producer

Produced by Storytellers Theatre Company
Original Venue

Civic Theatre

Original Cast
Ion	Emmet Kirwan
Martin	Carl Kennedy
Maria	Cristina Catalina
Ewa	Natalia Kostrzewa
Andrzej	Janusz Sheagall
Radu	Dan Tudor

Production Team
Director	Liam Halligan
Set Designer	Marcus Costello
Lighting Designer	Marcus Costello
Producer	Cliona Dukes
Costume Designer	Catherine Fay
Sound Designer	Denis Clohessy
Production Manager	Bianca Moore
Stage Director	Stephanie Ryan
Stage Management	Petra Hjortsberg
Scenic Artist	Sandra Butler
PR	Conleth Teevan
Graphic Design	Siobhan O'Reilly
Graphic Design	Julie Busher
Production Photography	Futoshi Sakauchi
Pre-production Photography	Ros Kavanagh
Folk Song Consultant	Mihaela Chrivase

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

Gúna Nua Theatre Company
Address

29/30 Dame Street
Dublin 2
Co. Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+ 353 (0)1 675 9921
Email

info@gunanua.com
Website

www.gunanua.com

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Gúna Nua Theatre Company
Address

29/30 Dame Street
Dublin 2
Co. Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+ 353 (0)1 675 9921
Email

info@gunanua.com
Website

www.gunanua.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, with additional material suppplied by Storytellers Theatre Company.

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