Paper Dolls begins with a quiet ambient track with Emily Aoibheann (the other performers are Elaine McCague, Karen Anderson and Niamh Creely) coming centre stage, walking along the outstretched rope across the stage floor. Wearing a carnivalesque basque-cum-lightshade,  this set the tone of a show that modulates between the playfulness of childish exploration and a dark solemness.

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