presented by Outlandish Theatre in collaboration with Take a Part Carlow

"The Tullow Road is no destination, but it holds many lives."

Fifteen year old Teegan lives on the Tullow Road. A war is raging, and today petrol has run out. No Petrol, no cars, no friends, no shopping, no chipper, no late night drives; Teegan wants to escape the Tullow Road in a rush of adrenaline. She meets Clara and together they run to find a way out.

Rubbish is co-created with people who live on the Tullow Road, who share the love for where they are growing up. They all hope one day to move to other destinations and look back on a childhood full of marvellous people and stories.

12.30pm - Gather on Dereen Heights, Tullow Road, Lisa's House

1pm - Walk to The Visual from the Tullow Road

2pm - Welcome to audience by artists and funders

2.30pm - Rubbish premiere

3.15pm - Post-film discussion

4 to 5pm - Tea, coffee and nibbles

Rubbish is a concept by co-directors Maud Hendricks and Bernie O'Reilly and co-created with filmmaker Michael Higgins, performer James Hosty, sound artist Oli Ryan, and community facilitator Lisa Brooks (Take A Part Carlow) and co-created with a cast of over thirty community performers from the Tullow Road.

This project was commissioned by Take A Part Carlow, with the support of Carlow County Council Arts Office, Carlow Youthreach KCETB, The Arts Council of Ireland and the wider community of The Tullow Road.

Take A Part Carlow is a socially engaged arts initiative led by an Arts Action Group, made up of community representatives from the Tullow Road area along with agency partners including Carlow County Council Arts Office, the community of the Tullow Road, the Arts Council of Ireland, Carlow County Development Partnership and Carlow Regional Youth Services. To find out more please contact Aileen Nolan, Take A Part Carlow Project Co-ordinator on 059-9136234 or email takeapartcarlow@gmail.com

Outlandish Theatre Platform operates from a belief in cultural democracy and invested social engagement, using experimental and participatory processes. We are committed to producing important theatre and performance projects through community collaboration, which places people’s everyday experience central to their own representation. We invest in long-term partnerships with local communities, actively inviting intergenerational diverse community participants as vital co-creators in the experimental process.
Outlandish Theatre Platform operates through two strands: Strand one with master projects in which we collaborate with community participants and professionals in the research, development and the outcome phase. Strand two with Open Theatre Practice, a weekly open performance-making workshop, open to the public, where no previous arts experience is required.

The master projects and Open Theatre Practice interconnect symbiotically. Our long-term objective is to develop and create new audiences and creators through participation focussed on the contexts of community, arts, health and youths.