The Delirium Archive, Rough Magic Theatre Company, Project Arts Centre, 2026
Writer: Shane Mac An Bhaird
Directed by: Eoghan Carrick
Cast: Úna Kavanagh, Ronan Leahy, Megan McDonnell, David Rawle and Ian Toner
Set Design: Ellen Kirk
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Music and Sound Design: Denis Clohessy
Costume Design: Sorcha Ní Fhloinn
Video Design: Eoin Robinson
Rough Magic Associate Director: Dominic O’Brien
Marketing, Publicity, Socials, Content, Design and Website: Sync & Swim
Production Photography: Ros Kavanagh
Technology remembers everything. Families remember what matters.
On the coast of Mayo, the O’Connor family have been locked down for years, sealed inside by a toxic yellow fog. They are part of a memory-collection trial that promises digital immortality. All they have to do is tell the truth. Every last bit of it.
When an agent from the Delirium Corporation arrives to collect their data, the family begin to doubt the tech, the trial, and whether anyone, family or algorithm, can ever really know you. A challenge to our faith in technology, memory, myth, and who gets to decide what forever looks like.
The Delirium Archive is a world premiere by Shane Mac an Bhaird. It is about family, and the intangible love technology can’t capture