SoloSIRENs present double bill on Westport stage

SoloSIRENs are bringing their double bill of 'Enthroned' by Jenny Macdonald and 'Baggage' by Nicole Rourke to Westport Town Hall Theatre this Friday, February 11.

SoloSIRENs is a platform for female identifying theatre artists to collectively explore and share what it means to be a woman today.

This double bill is a coming of age meets a coming of rage!

Both shows played to sell-out audiences in SoloSIRENs 2019 Festival and were then presented in First Fortnight online in 2021. Finally, with restrictions lifted, they can share these wonderful stories of female triumphs, hardships, mistakes and reckoning.

'Enthroned' is the tale of Princess Jenny, an everyday heroine on a quest for a throne of her own. Along the way she needs to fend off some adversaries from outside and within. She has read every self help book so why does she keep letting in the wrong man?!

A modern fairytale charting a woman’s journey to confirm her right to existence, and to be fully herself in a world that still tells women to be less.

'Baggage' is the story of a women unpacked. The seams have burst, the lid is lifted, her secrets are out.

Baggage takes us on a dark comic journey from a small town in Ireland to the dance floors of Buenos Aires. This is not a coming of age story - she is far too old for that. This is a coming of rage!

'Enthroned' is an international collaboration between Jenny Macdonald, NYC-based director Joe Salvatore ('pushes boundaries - both artistic and personal - and takes theater one step further in the process' - Time Out NY) and Toronto-based scenographer Troy Hourie.

Nicole Rourke's spoken word performances have featured in festivals around Ireland and internationally. Her play 'Raven and The Crone' (First Fortnight 2019) was created with the late Dublin-based spoken word artist Raven and directed by Deirdre Molloy.

Tickets can be booked via the link on the Westport Town Hall Theatre Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/WestportTownHall.