The Trailer of Bridget Dinnigan

16 – 19 JUN 2010 upstairs at Project Arts Centre.

By Dylan Tighe in association with Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group and Irish Traveller Movement.  Set design by Alyson Cummins, Lighting design by Sinead McKenna, music and sound design by Sean Óg, video design by Jack Phelan)

(from Project Arts Centre website…)

Set on a present day halting site The Trailer of Bridget Dinnigan follows matriarch Bridget and her family in the period after her husband’s death. Fiercely protective, Bridget will stop at nothing to ensure that her family’s reputation remains intact. Tensions rise when the eldest daughter announces her engagement and family secrets are revealed, which lead to tragic consequences.

This contemporary adaptation of the Spanish classic The House of Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca, is the result of two years of research and collaboration between theatre-maker/writer Dylan Tighe, Traveller activist Catherine Joyce and eleven women from the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group.