CHARMS!

DECEMBER 2020 | SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE

Based on the writings of Daniil Kharms

CHARMS! is a play about the life and works of Russian absurdist poet Daniil Kharms. In 1937, Kharms wrote: “I am interested only in nonsense; only in that which has no practical meaning.” CHARMS! is a story of silliness as protest in Soviet Russia. It is a story about love, friendship, vodka, death, and the purpose of art.

THE COMPANY

CAST

Daniel Hickey

Elishka Lane

Signe Lury

Patrick O'Leary

CREATIVE TEAM

Doris de Vries | Director

Sophie Furlong Tighe | Stage Manager

Morghan Welt | Assistant Stage Manager

Rachel Coote | Production Manager

Jordan Brown | Set Design

Amy Scollard | Set Assistant

Ferdy Emmet | Lighting Design

Aoibheann Moriarty | LX Assistant

Daniel O'Brien | Sound Design

Sarah Joan Kelly | Sound Assistant

Mazana Ronaldson | Costume Design

Jilly McGrath | Costume Assistant

Faith Jones, Markéta Ní Eithir | Producers

Imo Redpath | Publicity

Photos by Jilly McGrath