CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ROSE TATTOO
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Conversations about The Rose Tattoo is a forum to discuss The Complex's presentation of the classic Tennesee Williams play reset in a modern Irish Traveller setting. Speakers include: Michael Collins, Senator Eileen Flynn, Catherine Joyce and Rosaleen McDonagh, chaired by Vincent Browne.
The Complex present this solo production with a new version of The Rose Tattoo, reawakening Tennessee William’s play and its theme of female emotional and sexual emancipation, but within a brand new context, never seen before on any stage worldwide. (Previews May 9 & 10) Premieres from May 11 and runs til May 20 at The Complex, Dublin 7.
Delving into matters of marginalisation as it highlights the power of love and sexuality to redeem life. This new production through its language and the play’s transposition into the Traveller community, will create something authentic, contemporary and uniquely Irish.

