With humour and humility, The Tightrope Walker navigates a woman's journey through the chaotic and profound territory of illness and recovery. It explores the grief inherent in a serious diagnosis, as well as the community and characters who share in the journey. It is a testament to the care and connection we may find in challenging times. The Tightrope Walker was written during Jenny's time as writer in residence at the Irish Hospice Foundation, 2022-2023. Funded by The Arts Council of Ireland, the Civic, Tallaght, the Irish Hospice Foundation, and SDCC Arts Office. WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Jenny MacDonald TICKETS �16 | �14 RUNNING TIME 60 mins About the Company First Fortnight is a charity that challenges mental health stigma through arts and cultural action.First Fortnight hosts an annual mental health, arts and culture festival throughout January, throughout Ireland. The festival celebrates the arts as a powerful catalyst for sparking unscripted conversations around mental ill health and serves to challenge the stigma associated with mental ill-health. The festival aspires to make the beginning of each year synonymous with mental health awareness, actively challenging societal prejudices, and eradicating the pervasive stigma surrounding mental health. Jenny is a theatre-maker whose practice encompasses writing / performing and directing / facilitating. Her solo show 'Enthroned' premiered at First Fortnight Festival in 2016 and has since been presented by the New York International Fringe Festival, Town Hall Theatre, Galway, gl�r, the Civic, and First Fortnight online in 2020. In 2019, Jenny created SoloSIRENs, a theatre-making collective based at the Civic in Tallaght, Dublin. SoloSIRENs amplifies women's voices onstage and beyond, and works to create a more just, sustainable, and caring way of making and presenting theatre.
