DAFT

A Farcical tale about the housing crisis in Ireland. Three renters are terrified to leave thier one room after a war breaks out on the streets of Dublin. Set in the near future the three deal with the madness at hand whilst also looking back at how they ended up there in the first place.

DAFT is a very REAL observation on todays society with some truths hitting a little too close to home.

DAFT sampled at Scene and Heard 2018 and made its full debut in Smock Alley in 2023

Molly Lynch - D

Molly trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Cork School of Music and NYMT.

Theatre credits include Cathy in The Last Five Years (Garrick Theatre and Southwark Playhouse), Petra in A Little Night Music (Buxton Opera House), u/s Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Chicago Opera House, LA Opera House and Southbank Centre), Anne Bronte in Wasted (Southwark Playhouse), Better Schauffer in Sunset Boulevard (Curve and UK and European Tour), stand-by Julie Jordan in Carousel (ENO), Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (Grange Park Opera and BBC Proms) and ensemble and u/s Johanna in Sweeney Todd (ENO). Molly has been involved in workshops at The National Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Corcadorca. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as The RTE Concert Orchestra and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Molly has created and produced her own show, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Me Too, at The Bread and Roses Theatre and hopes to continue to write, compose and produce her own work

EOIN O'SULLIVAN - J

A Kerry native, Eoin has been living in Dublin for over 20 years, and working on stage, screen and behind the microphone since 2016. Theatre credits include the one-man show 'The Five Lamps' by Roddy Doyle and Joe O'Byrne; 'Twenty Minutes from Nowhere' which debuted at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre; 'One Para' at The New Theatre, 'Barney Carey Gets his Wings' with Barnstorm Theatre, 'Dolly' at Edinburgh Fringe with Lipzinc, 'Tuesdays with Morrie' with Money for the Sun, and 'Orson Welles Christmas Carol' with AboutFACE Theatre. Eoin is currently in rehearsals for 'The Five Lamps' by Roddy Doyle. Screen credits include the award-winning 'Pernicio' (short film), 'Hillwalkers' (feature) & 'Fair City' (tv). Eoin is thrilled to be working with Joe again following on from their madcap adventures debuting 'Columbia March' at Camden Fringe!

Joe wright - p - Writer

DAFT will be the third instalment in Joe’s theatre trilogy after Astronaut (2017) & Columbia March (2022). Having released his debut book Notions (2021), Joe has also written and released numerous projects such as Vanilla Gorilla (2021 Music EP), Glimpse ( Book 2022) & Labyrinth ( Book 2023). Some of his theatre credits include, Dublin in a Rainstorm (Lipzinc Theatre), Robin Hood & Cinderella (Mill Theatre), Dolly (Ed Fringe – Lipzinc Theatre), Libation bearers (Driochead Arts), Tiny Plays of Ireland (Dry Ice Theatre), Columbia March (Etcetera Theatre), Astronaut (Dublin, Camden Fringe & Vaults Theatre) & Four to the Floor (Channel 4 CH4 Tv)

Smock Alley

We want to thank the entire team at Smock, From our first interaction all the way to the get out. You have been truly incredible. To Lucy, We thank you for everything you did, all your work, all your commitment. A legend

Arts council

Without this funding, DAFT might not have ever seen the light of day.Thank you for helping to bring this madness to light.

SCENE & HEARD

Most importantly !

This would have never been created if it was not for this festival. One of the most important in this country. Something that should NEVER be taken for granted. Scene and Heard gives us all one of the only chances for early staged work. Thank you to the New team and that OG team who made this happen.

SOUND DESIGN - FIONN O'BRIEN / F.O.B BEATS

Technician - Tessa Brewer & Clare Mcloughlin

Crew - Albert Rose

Special Thanks to

GARY DOYLE
ANA CANALS
TZARINI MEYLER
KRISTINA REYNOLDS
KERRY O'SULLIVAN
SARA ELLIOTT
EMILY BYRNE
PEARSE CENTRE

The Original TEAM at S&H

EMILY MATTHEWS
AOIBHEANN MCCAUL
JENN RYAN KELLY

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