
Oona Doherty
In “Specky Clark”, Oona Doherty tells the story of her great-great-grandfather, a boy from Belfast who started working in a slaughterhouse at a young age.
Using dance, theatre, and Irish folklore, she paints a powerful picture of a tough life and inner strength.In her new work, choreographer Oona Doherty, who is always fearlessly inclined towards the darker sides of existence, deals with her own family history. Named after and inspired by her great-great-grandfather, “Specky Clark” follows the life of a working-class Belfast boy who moves in with his two aunts at the age of ten to work in a slaughterhouse.
She tells this story in theatrical scenes, and combines them with contemporary dance, Irish folklore and multi-layered inspirations. These range from the cult film “Billy Elliot” to George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm” and works by the painter Francis Bacon.
1 h 00 min
Additional information
Production OD WORKSCo-production Ballet Preljocaj / CCN Aix-en-Provence, Dublin Dance Festival & The Abbey Theater, Sadler’s Wells London, International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Tanz Köln, MC2: Grenoble, CCN-Ballet national de MarseilleSupported by Adami & Culture IrelandThanks to Jen Malarkey and Enda WalshIn cooperation with Radialsystem
Participating artists
Oona Doherty in Zusammenarbeit mit der Besetzung (Choreografie, Text, Regie)
Diarmuid Amstrong (Von & mit)
Maëva Berthelot (Von & mit)
Malick Cissé (Von & mit)
Gerard Headley (Von & mit)
Clay Koonar (Von & mit)
Gennaro Lauro (Von & mit)
Zoé Lecorgne (Von & mit)
Michael McEvoy (Von & mit)
Erin O’Reilly (Von & mit)
Lankum (Musik)
Gavino Murgia (feat. David Holmes (Musik)
Raven Violet) (Musik)
Maxime Jerry Fraisse (Komposition & Sounddesign)
John Gunning (Lichtdesign)
Sabine Dargent (Bühnenbild)
Caroline Menassol (Assistenz Bühnenbild)
Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust (Kostümbild)
Constance Tabourga (Kostümbild)
Aela Bristiel (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Lena Manin (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Paul Escamez (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Ambre Beylier (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Meryl Degez (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Christina Clerisse (Kostümbild Assistenz)
Solène Weinachter (Probenleitung)
Louise Conaghan (Audio-Aufnahmen)
Janie Doherty (Audio-Aufnahmen)
Sam Finnegan (Audio-Aufnahmen)
Stephen Rae (Audio-Aufnahmen)
Garry Rowntree (Audio-Aufnahmen)
Marie Prédour (Technische Leitung)
Thibault Gambari (Lichttechnik)
Lisa M. Barry (Produktionsleitung Bühnenbild)
Juliette Pierangelo (Bühnentechnik)
Nadir Bouassria mit Francesco Leto (Übertitel)
Dates
August 2025
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