Root

2022

 

It is said that there was a time when a red squirrel could have travelled from the north to the south of the island through tree-travel alone. That native forest of 80% has been uprooted over time to leave Ireland with the lowest tree cover in Europe.

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Where has the forest gone? What would its ghost say to us?

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At the intersection of ecology and performance, Root will trace where we have come from , where we are now and where we need to go. A vibrant paradigm of Ireland's forestry system that will hand the microphone over to a tree to hear what is has to say.

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Expect a forest, micro-moments of audience participation and a squirrel.

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Commissioned through Be SpectACTive!, a large-scale European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival, brut Wien (Vienna), SKCNS (Novi Sad) and Kilowatt Festival (Sansepolcro). Supported by Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin. Kindly supported by Creative Ireland Longford.

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