{"id":15260,"date":"2021-07-22T04:03:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/elsewhere-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T04:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T03:03:14","slug":"elsewhere-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/elsewhere-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><strong><em><span>Elsewhere<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span> is a new opera by Michael Gallen based on the story of the world\u2019s first Soviet commune outside the USSR, which existed for eleven days in the lunatic asylum of Monaghan town in Ireland in 1919. In a bid to win more humane working conditions, the staff of Monaghan Asylum barricaded the gates and declared their independence, revolutionising asylum care in the process. In a colourful and groundbreaking new opera, historical events unfold through the visions of a patient named Celine, who despite the passage of time remains \u201clocked in\u201d to the moment of the Soviet. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>The opera co-written by Michael Gallen with poet Annemarie N\u00ed Churreain and playwright Dylan Coburn Gray will be directed by Tom Creed and features a cast of leading young opera singers and Paris-based ensemble Miroirs \u00c9tendus, conducted by Fiona Monbet. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>In May 2021, the composer, director and musicians will gather\u00a0at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris for the first rehearsal period of the score and in November the full company will head for Gallen\u2019s home town of Castleblayney to rehearse for the world premiere which will be take place at the Abbey Theatre.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Elsewhere\u2019s development is funded by Arts Council Ireland and Creative Monaghan with support from the <em>Centre Culturel Irlandais<\/em>,Paris and the <em>Institut Fran\u00e7ais<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Produced by Straymaker in association with the Abbey Theatre , Miroirs \u00c9tendus and Once Off Productions. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straymaker.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15261,"template":"","class_list":["post-15260","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elsewhere - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elsewhere is a new opera by Michael Gallen based on the story of the world\u2019s first Soviet commune outside the USSR, which existed for eleven days in the lunatic asylum of Monaghan town in Ireland in 1919.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/elsewhere-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elsewhere - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elsewhere is a new opera by Michael Gallen based on the story of the world\u2019s first Soviet commune outside the USSR, which existed for eleven days in the lunatic asylum of Monaghan town in Ireland in 1919. 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