OFFSPRING (A MOdern frankenstein)

★★★★★
"Supernaturally brilliant. In Offspring, everything is touched by genius… Heartfelt, haunting and hilarious… A rare and genuine treat". The Arts Review

★★★★
"Terndrup unleashes chaos, then controls it with comic timing… A subtle, personal exploration of creation and parenthood. " The Irish Times

WINNER OF 3 DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL AWARDS

BEST PERFORMER | BEST DESIGN | RADICAL SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE

In this visceral, genre-smashing collision of bold storytelling and exhilarating choreography, Terndrup exhumes the bones of Mary Shelley’s horror classic, reanimating them into a fiercely modern meditation on creation, control, and consequence. 

Part gothic horror, part personal confession. Inside this pulse-pounding performance is an artist in her mid-to-late 30s grappling with her conflicting desires — and fears — as she contemplates the closing window to biological creation. As she plunges into the chaos, the beauty, and the terror of creation, the show begins to mirror the very monster it interrogates: alive with contradictions, totally unpredictable, and profoundly human.

Director Emily Terndrup  | Writer Emily Terndrup, after Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | Performed and choreographed by Emily Terndrup, in collaboration with Luke Murphy, Ryan O’Neill, Kath Duggan | Sound Design and Composition Michael John McCarthy |. Lighting Design Matt Burke | Producer Leigh Hussey | Design Consultant LaurA Fajardo Castro  | Mask Design and Construction Nicole Clifford | Set engineer Arran Mac Gabhann 

Funded by the Cork County Council. Developed with support from Cork Theatre Collective, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, MAKE, The Everyman Theatre, and at FRINGE LAB with the support of Dublin Fringe Festival. Supported by Attic Projects and Luail.

 photos: Patricio Cassinoni, Marcin Lewandowski, Simon Lazewski