QUEEN OF THE MEADOWS

8 May Project Arts Centre

Robyn Byrne presents the premiere of her evocative new dance duet, Queen of the Meadows, as part of Live Collision International Festival 2025.

“Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two –
And see what worms are eating
At the rind”
– Langston Hughes

Looping and weaving through atmospheric underworlds, undulating movements, and sonic landscapes, Queen of the Meadows offers a glimpse into a world beyond our current reality. Inspired by folk medicine, feminism and cyclic patterns in life and in history, the show invites us to trust our intuition, in order to break free from cycles we are trapped in.

This is a momentary escape from the present. It is a look to the past, to find hope for the future.

Presented by Robyn Byrne in partnership with Project Arts Centre and Live Collision.

Photo by Faolán Carey | Image edit by Luke Carparelli.

Created by Robyn Byrne

Devised and choreographed in collaboration with Susanne Engbo Andersen
Performed by Robyn Byrne and Susanne Engbo Andersen

Set & Costume Designer – Nina Lopez Le Galliard
Lighting Designer – John Gunning
Composer – Anthony Cant
Audio Engineer – Arran Mac Gabhann
Rehearsal Director – Róisín Harten
Creative Producer – Tilly Taylor
Production Manager – Sarah Timmins
Stage Manager – Fiona Keller

Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon with support from Live Collision and Backstage Theatre Longford, and creative production support from field:arts.

Developed with support from Shawbrook Residential, National Dance Residency Partnership, FRINGE LAB at Dublin Fringe Festival, Dance Ireland, Bækkelund International Residency Center for Artists and Dublin Dance Festival.