What's Going On
Recent & Upcoming Projects
Happen/Chance @ Scene+Heard Fesitval of New Work 2024; (L-R) Paul Nugent, John O'Hagan, Anna Nugent, Charlie Kranz; PC Carol Cumins
Coming Up:
Twelfth Night: The Musical
Directing this wonderfully joyous version of Twelfth Night for Principia College in the US.
The company is comprised of immensely talented 1st and 2nd year uni students.
The score is a delight from start to finish. This is one of the few musical adaptations of Shakespeare I have come across that I feel is as worthy of staging as the originals. Definitely one I hope to be able to come back to!
Production runs 14-16 November.
Reputation from Muse of Fire
Was very happy to join this project shortly after arriving in Dublin. In addition to being a really cool day on set it introduced me to Paul Nugent and then, through Paul, a whole host of creatives who I am overjoyed to continue working with.
Reputation is slated for an early 2025 release! Keep your eyes open - I made the trailer!
Just Wrapped:
The Dumb Waiter @ Bankside Rep!
Had an absolute blast playing the role of Ben in Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter for Bankside Rep this past October!
The whole production team were stunned at how timely this piece continues to be. You can still catch some of our discussions about the piece and our process through the "Inside the Dumb Waiter" series from the Bankside Arts Collective Podcast!
Sligo Youth Theatre - July 2024
Spent a fantastic week working with members of Sligo Youth Theatre playing with Shakespeare and Stage Combat - particularly a simple long-sword format.
We spent the mornings exploring Shakespeare's use of rhetorical devices and the variety of ways that he puts everything the actor needs right there in the text.
In the afternoons we explored a few stage combat elements and learned some simple choreography for a "long-sword" fight.
We put all our learning into some brief scenes from a number of plays and presented a showcase performance to family and friends at the end of the week.
What a great group of young artists!
John & Members of Sligo Youth Theatre - July 2024
John & Milo Step Through the Choreo - July 2024
Happen/Chance @ Tallaght Theatre
(L-R) Anna Nugent, John O'Hagan, Paul Nugent, Charlie Kranz; PC Carol Cumins
Anna Nugent & John @ Tallaght Theatre - June 2024; PC Carol Cumins
Happen/Chance had a nearly sold-out performance at the Tallaght Theatre in Kilnamanagh.
For only our second outing as Dublin's newest long-form improvisational theatre troupe we were incredibly pleased to have packed the place out and each of us (audience and actors alike) had a ball riding the Wheel of Archetype!
One audience member gave us this feedback:
"...I just wanted to congratulate you on a really fantastic show...I was amazed at your ability to create such wonderful, funny plays with [what] you were given...I will definitely go to your next show and recommend it to all...I felt privileged to be entertained by such a gifted group!"
Happen/Chance will be back with a Christmas show when John returns from the States!