Originally Produced with Once Off Productions in association with Cork Midsummer Festival & the Everyman
THE BLUFFER’S GUIDE TO SUBURBIA
“He can’t seem to reconcile the fact that the world is ending… and the people of Clonsilla are still getting driving lessons.”
Following a hugely successful run at Cork Midsummer Festival ‘19, The Bluffer’s Guide to Suburbia went on to present at the Dublin Theatre Festival ‘19 @ Project Arts Centre.
It’s nearly 20 years since Finn left his family home in the Dublin suburbs for a chance to be the next darling on the indie circuit. But his music career has gone down the tubes, the blinding London lights have burned him out, and he’s on the ferry home with empty pockets and his guitar strap between his legs.
From the concrete jungle of the N31 to a painfully hip music festival on the white sands of the Aran Islands, The Bluffer’s Guide to Suburbia lovingly exposes a generation of adult children living back in the home, struggling to fit into the nuclear family ideal, and trying to make music in the face of rental crises and global catastrophe.
Following the success of Mimic (2007), Alice in Funderland (THISISPOPBABY/Abbey Theatre 2012) and Deep (2013), Ray Scannell made his DTF writing debut with this new apocalyptic black comedy with live music and original songs.
This production was funded by the Arts Council.
Written and composed by Ray Scannell
Directed by Tom Creed
Set and Lighting Design by Sinéad McKenna
Sound Design and Additional Composition by Peter Power
Costume Design by Saileóg O’Halloran
Video Design by Jack Phelan
Produced by Naomi Daly and Maura O’Keeffe
Performed by Ray Scannell, Peter Power and Christiane O’Mahony
“Part ferocious standup, part electronica gig, 100% Theatre****”
Photos by Colm Hogan (video & additional pic by Laura Sheeran)