the yellow room

Daghdha Dance Company, 2003
Artistic Director Yoshiko Chuma

Concept, Direction and Choreography: Yoshiko Chuma
In Collaboration with: John Breen (Script), Colin Dunne, Mary Nunan (Choreography), Robert Flynt (Photography)
Performers: Pádraic Delaney, Colin Dunne, Olwen Grindley, Mary Nunan
Lighting: Pat Dignan
Costume: Doreen McKenna
Premiere Performance: Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Toured: Mermaid Arts Centre. Roscommon Arts Centre. Áras Eanna, Aran Islands. Glór Music Centre, Ennis.  Gater Lane, Waterford. Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick.

Programme + Flyer

Reviews

The Yellow Room’ can’t be conveniently summarised, because its images and stories refuse to logically connect, creating a sprawling, but fascinating, performance. On paper they all seem wildly unmatched mismatched –  former artistic director Mary Nunan, ex-Riverdance star Colin Dunne and actor Pádraig Delaney join Daghdha’s regular Olwen Grindley – but they gel perfectly as an ensemble. Michael Seaver, The Irish Times

Step into ‘The Yellow Room’, a defined place and imagined space where movement and memory collide with and intriguing blend of spoken text and stage design dance and photography…an absorbing and highly polished work. Seona MacReamoinn, The Sunday Tribune

‘The Yellow Room’ sits at the forefront of contemporary art, and although some passages are entirely inaccessible, others are purely eclecrtic poetry in motion. Ross Golden Bannon, The Sunday Business Post