Brokentalkers present The Mirror Stage a powerful new theatre work created with and inspired by people who have lived through Psychosis.
We began by asking the question: “When you imagine a theatre show about psychosis, what do you see on stage?”
The Mirror Stage weaves images, memories and stories of startling clarity together with movement, music, and arresting visual imagery to create a performance that attempts the impossible — to make the invisible visible, and the unspeakable speak.
The Mirror Stage attempts to understand what happens when the reality you inhabit no longer matches the reality everyone else agrees on?
Brokentalkers have an unparalleled track record for creating accessible, socially urgent theatre that fosters empathy and gives voice to those too often unheard — from The Examination to Have I No Mouth and The Blue Boy. This new work challenges stigma, deepens understanding, and ensures the conversation continues long after you’ve left the theatre.
🗓️Project Arts Centre, Dublin – 5 – 12 Nov (No show Sun 9) | 7:30pm | 2:30pm Sat 8
🗓️ The Everyman, Cork – 18 Nov | 8pm
Performed by: Diarmuid Armstrong, Kévin Coquelard, Bun Kobayashi, Carolina Wilkinson
Written & Directed by Feidlim Cannon & Gary Keegan
Movement Director Eddie Kay
Creative Producer Rachel Bergin
Set Design Sabine Dargent
Costume Design Sarah Foley
Video Design Jose Miguel Jimenez
Lighting Design Sarah Jane Shiels
Composition & Sound Design Valgeir Sigurdsson
Co-Sound Design Fiona Shiel
Associate Video Design Laura Rainsford
Line Producer Evie McGuinness
Production Manager Jack Leitch
Stage Manager Grace Donnery
Assistant Stage Manager Aoife Malin
The Mirror Stage is funded by The Arts Council of Ireland and the Health Research Board Ireland through a Knowledge Translation Award “Psychosis in the Theatre” to RCSI Department of Psychiatry and PSI-STAR, the Psychosis Ireland Structured Training and Research Programme. Co-Produced by Project Arts Centre, The Everyman, Cork and supported by the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre for Translational Brain Science.
