don’t copy me (copy)

Original art is dead, and you’re invited to the funeral.  

don’t copy me (copy) is a celebration and interrogation of the myth of originality. None of us are original. We poach stories from legends, base characters on real people, repurpose real life into art. 

What does it mean to make work in the present without responding to the past? What does it mean to adapt a text you love? To work with ideas from someone you hate? 

Gift Horse Theatre wrestles with these questions as they attempt to complete an impossible task: to write something new. Is this idea even theirs? Is it even good? And will the Beckett Estate find out?

Blending lecture, lies, fact, fiction, music, and dance, don’t copy me (copy) is a tongue-in-cheek response to questions of representation, marginalisation, and problematic faves. For theatre virgins and veterans, Gift Horse Theatre presents a brand new play we stole from someone else.

Developed at Dublin Fringe Festival Studios. 
Supported by Rough Magic SEEDS, Samuel Beckett Theatre & Pan Pan Platform at Dublin Fringe Festival.