KONSTANTIN, Eoghan Carrick+Lauren Jones, COBA Cian O'Brien Arts+Once Off Productions
Dublin Theatre Festival, 2025
Written by Lauren jones
Directed by Eoghan Carrick
Conceived by Lauren Jones and Eoghan Carrick
Choreography: Emily Kilkenny-Roddy
Creative Producers: Cian O’Brien (COBA) and Cally Shine (Once Off Productions)
Assistant Director: Ursula McGinn
Set and Costume Design: Ellen Kirk
Lighting Design: Eoin Winning
Music and Sound Design: Peter Power
Dramaturgy: Jessica Traynor
Cast: John Cronin, Carrie Crowley, John Doran, Bosco Hogan, Genevieve Hulme-Beaman and Sophie Lenglinger
Image credit: Pato Cassinoni
Production images: Ste Murray
“Konstantin is engrossing, ambitious and playful. It riffs on Chekhov without requiring prior knowledge, cleverly and surprisingly playing with his themes. The play sprawls but never bores. It remains intelligent, quick and cracklingly alive.”
**** The Irish Times
A young man has shot himself. He lies in a coma. Around him, his family and friends gather — grieving, confessing, clashing.
Inspired by Chekhov’s The Seagull, Konstantin imagines what happens after the final act. In the hospital, old wounds resurface and hard questions are asked about legacy and the myths we build around artists.
Since 1896, interpretations of Chekhov’s The Seagull have emphasised and reimagined the comic and tragic elements of this classic play, from Tennessee Williams to Katie Mitchell or Thomas Ostermeier. The play has been performed, retold and interpreted in countless forms, through different characters, languages, perspectives and technologies.
Blending live-performance with immersive sound design, the audience experiences the world through Konstantin’s ears — hearing every word, unable to speak back.
Created by Lauren Jones and Eoghan Carrick, Konstantin is a gripping, atmospheric experience that explores what’s left when the artist disappears but the story continues.
Co-produced by COBA: Cian O'Brien Arts and Once Off Productions.
Developed with the support of Fishamble: The New Play Company's New Play Clinic; developed with support from Pavilion Theatre; supported in-kind by the Abbey Theatre and Dead Centre. Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon
World Premiere.
Performed in English.