COMING SOON!
I Am Maura
Touring Feb 2024:
BELFAST - DUNDALK - NEWTOWNABBEY - CUSHENDUN - DERRY/LONDONDERRY
Belfast, 2005. Maura is 15 and trying to find a boyfriend. Only she's surrounded by girls and is starting to think she might actually prefer them. Asking questions in school means awkward blushes and detention. Her only guidance is Martine McCutcheon's 'Perfect Moment' and her best mate Ali.
Commedia of Errors present this hilariously heartfelt look at young love from the eyes of a Belfast teenager. Presented at the Belfast Children’s Festival 2023 this pocket-rocket play is back on tour for generations young and old to enjoy.
'I Am Maura' is a light-hearted and deft look at the life changing decisions we all face in our teenage years and how we're woefully ill-equipped to deal with them. In this one woman play audiences will encounter over two dozen characters, and places the audience at the centre of this pivotal week in Maura’s life.
‘‘I Am Maura captures the best and worst of being a teenager, and evokes memories of those (less than) halcyon days in secondary education.’’ Alan in Belfast
Plays Aloud hit the road!
Plays Aloud hit the road again this Summer. Our award-winning Dementia friendly live show visited over 20 care-homes, folds and supported living spaces across Northern Ireland.
Lead by our resident artist Geoff Hatt an ensemble of four professional actors presented, music, poetry and craic to older audiences all over the province.
Check out our Plays Aloud page for more info
VR Experiences
We are currently working on VR experience ‘Bernie’ – as part of our Dementia: Changing Perspectives VR programme. This programme creates VR films from the real lived experience of local people living with the early stages of dementia.
The project is part of the companies developing strand of work that uses drama to build empathy and understanding for both staff and family of those living with Dementia.
The most recent film, titled “Bernie” was created with support from Future Screens NI and is being tested over the coming weeks with workers and volunteers across the care sector. “Bernie” features actors Helena Bereen and Amanda Doherty, is written by Clare McMahon, directed by Benjamin Gould, designed by Tracey Lindsey and made in partnership with Retinize NI.
Check out our VR page for more info
WE DID IT!
"This production will be entertaining audiences for years to come." Belfast Media
''NI Highlights of 2022- The Gap Year'' British Theatre Guide
‘The Gap Year’ enjoyed a wonderful run at The Lyric Theatre, Belfast September 2022. Playing packed houses across our three-week run on the main stage, we enjoyed wonderful reactions and sell-out shows.
For all the show details check out our Production Page.
Watch this space for life after the #TheGapYear
TESTIMONIALS
‘‘Commedia of Errors have a growing reputation for ambitious physical-based work and new writing. I look forward to seeing how they develop their immense talents in time and they deserve all the support they can get.’
Jimmy Fay - Executive Producer, Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Commedia of Errors is the creative collaboration of Benjamin Gould and Clare McMahon. We create work that challenges the norm. We strive to reach isolated audiences and engage in live art that can enrich, entertain and educate our society.
OUR WORK
From Commedia to Shakespeare, new drama to variety-shows we don’t like to be kept in a box! Visit our past productions page for an insight into the work we’ve created and toured around NI, Ireland and beyond!
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