WRITTEN BY Ciara Sidine

DIRECTED BY Kathleen Warner Yeates

SONGS BY Ciara Sidine and Conor Brady

SOUND DESIGN BY Harry Bookless

CAST: Ciara Sidine with Conor Brady on guitar

Ava and Romy Considine-Flynn on vocals.

TICKETS �20 | �15 CONCESSION

RUNNING TIME 75 MINS

Age suitability: 16+

Warnings: Violence against women is a theme including sexual violence.

About the Company

Ciara Sidine is a singer and songwriter who was born and reared in Dublin. She has written and produced two albums to critical acclaim, Shadow Road Shining and Unbroken Line, and toured in Ireland and beyond. A passion for recording women's voices is reflected both in her songwriting and her work as a book publisher.

Ciara's earliest memories are of sing-songs at family gatherings. 'Growing up, singing was part of ordinary life, like sleeping or eating, and there was great respect for songs of every kind. Over time, I realised the richness of that inheritance. Who knows how far back the songs we inherit take us, or in what ways they connect us to our cultural stories. Trouble Come Find Me is about exploring women's stories in folksong, both in songs that survived and those forgotten in archives - but it's ultimately a woman's journey to her own story.'

Ciara has worked for over three decades as a book editor and is a publisher at Hachette Ireland. Trouble Come Find Me, a play with music, is her first full length theatre performance piece.

Earlydevelopment support provided by Sarah Baxter with the support of The ArtsCouncil, Aoife Spillane-Hinks via Axis Ballymun's Keep it LIT Department,and Nicole Rourke.

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