Guest Host Stranger Ghost, Once Off Productions, Dublin Theatre Festival, 2024
Written by Kate Heffernan
Directed by Eoghan Carrick
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Costume Consultant: Mae Leahy
Cast: Finbarr Doyle, Shadaan Felfeli, and Maeve O’Mahony
Creative Producers: Cally Shine and Maura O’Keeffe
Production Manager: Eoin Kilkenny
Stage Managers: Evie McGuinness and Zoe Reynolds
Company Manager: Morgan Steele
With special thanks to the creative teams who designed our host productions:
LaurA Fajardo Castro and the company of Afterwards
Ellen Kirk and the company of 0800 Cupid
Maree Kearns and the company of Sandpaper on Sunburn
Eugenia Genunchi and the company of Amelia
Conor Murphy and the company of Agreement
Katie Davenport and the company of Safe House
Frank J Oliva and the company of A Knock of the Roof
Tom Piper and the company of The Jesus Trilogy
Ciarán Bagnall and the company of Content
A story about living in someone else’s home, performed on the sets of other people’s plays.
A mismatched trio rent a house owned by an elderly woman now living her last days in a nursing home. Unlikely housemates, they try to find a connection in the short time they’re here – and a space for themselves amongst the stuff of her entire life. Playful and boldly inventive, this vagabond new play will criss-cross the city to borrow the stages of other festival productions. With no two performances taking place on the same set, each iteration will offer a completely
unique encounter.
A world premiere from Stewart Parker Trust Award winning writer Kate Heffernan (In Dog Years I’m Dead, Peat), Guest Host Stranger Ghost is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for a moment of stillness in a life of transience.
With the support of Mermaid Arts Centre and Dunamaise Arts Centre
Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon