Part interactive lecture, part performance, Distillation features original text, video, sound design, and sculpture. The audience are seated around a large custom-made table and are gently invited to hold organic materials and smell parts of the landscape as part of the experience. The perfume featured as part of the project was designed by Joan Woods, who collected and distilled botanicals from the Irish Midlands as part of the creative process. Each audience member is gifted a small sample of the custom-made perfume as part of the performance.

Performances will be on:

June 19th – 5:30 pm / 8 pm

June 20th – 5:30 pm / 8 pm

June 21st – 5:30 pm / 8 pm

June 22nd – 2 pm / 5:30 pm / 8 pm

We are very excited you’re considering joining us for Distillation, but before buying, here are some things you should know:

– This is an interactive piece that involves smell and touch.

– The Campbell House Museum is a heritage building without an elevator to the second floor. If you need mobility assistance, please email us at communications@canadaireland.com.

– Each presentation only holds 25 people.

The project premiered as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2023. A co-production by Abbey Theatre & Solas Nua. Commissioned by Solas Nua, with support from Goethe-Institut Ireland.