40 Songs

Written and Directed by Raymond Keane

Cast of Clowns: Clare Barrett, Amy Conroy, Raymond Keane, Niamh McGrath

Singers: Deirdre Moynihan (soprano), Niamh O'Connell (alto), Eugene Ginty (tenor), Eunan McDonald (bass) and the Barabbas Choir (40 Songs Project Choir, Cantairí Choir, Dolce and DCU Music Society)

Musicians: Karl Ronan (trombone), Geraldine O'Doherty (harp)

Lighting and Set Design: Mark Galione

Costume Design: Suzanne Keogh

March 2007: Premiere St. Patrick's Festival at the National Concert Hall

This unique event is one part concert to two parts theatrical insanity. Barabbas' red nosed clowns get caught, literally, in the middle of the choir's performance. The concert, a musical celebration of all things 'Oirish', subsequently takes many unexpected twists and turns. Clowns spring leaks, fall in and out of love and generally cause havoc and mayhem.