File of materials relating to the study of scenography by Gavin Quinn while a student at Trinity College Dublin. Includes a folder of printed hand-outs and copies of excerpts from books and images relating to the study of scenography. Also includes an A4 notebook with manuscript notes and writings by Gavin Quinn on directing and on scenography, including specific headings on environmental scenography.
File from Opera Theatre Company production of "The Four Note Opera" by Tom Johnson, directed by Gavin Quinn and designed by Aedín Cosgrove and Suzanne Cave. Includes printed programme flyer for the Opera Theatre Company production, 1998. Also programme from the 2004 revival production. File also includes some postcards and Christmas cards sent to Quinn and Cosgrove from those including Gallowglass Theatre Company.
File 2 includes photocopy of the libretto for "The Four Note Opera", with music scores, also printed booklet, programme, and flyers from production of the opera by Opera Theatre Company as part of a festival in Dusseldorf.
File relating to Opera Theatre Company production of Cinderella. Includes tour schedule for national Irish tour of the production, manuscript and fax copy set and lighting drawings and plans, wider detail on technical/lighting requirements, and lists of lighting equipment available to the company.
File relating to production of "The (Little Magic Flute) by Mozart and produced by English Touring Opera, directed by Gavin Quinn. Includes printed flyers from the Tricycle Theatre, London, where the production was staged; printed flyer with touring schedule and details from English Touring Opera; printed press pack document with press release information on the play and details of cast and crew.
File also includes (expired) passport of Gavin Quinn, with stamps present from various international trips.
File also includes programme from Opera Theatre Company (Ireland) production of The (Little) Magic Flute, directed by Gavin Quinn and performed on tour at various venues around Ireland.
Two colour polaroid photographs of cast members as part of "Two Lies Told by Children" / "Love Stories", the world premiere in German of works by Gavin Quinn, which took place in a hotel bedroom at Hotel am Ludwigsplatz in Giessen, Germany, commissioned by German Stage Service, Marburg in collaboration with Pan Pan.
File 1 includes A4 notebook (no cover) with notes and writings on planning and administration of Pan Pan Theatre Company and current/future events. Headings within the notebook include draft manuscript notes, agenda planning of meetings re. funding, Office, Youth Theatre, Board, workshops, international touring partners, tour planning, sponsorship. Notes on a heading entitled "The Weight of the World" (c. 9 pages); to-do lists for productions, Pan Pan Symposium etc.
File also includes some loose-leaf pages and notes by Quinn. One page is labelled "Artistic Policy", other pages generally notes on directing/draft notes for a talk.
File 2 contains A4 notebook (yellow pages) containing manuscripts notes and writings relating to Pan Pan administration and productions. Includes notes on minutes of meetings, notes re. Pan Pan Symposium planning and programming, notes on specific Pan Pan productions included "For the First Time Ever", "Deflowerfucked"; strategic planning, budgets, Dublin Youth Theatre.
File 3 includes assorted notes and manuscript writings by Quinn. Also unidentified drawings and pencil sketches, possible set designs - figures are lying in bed in a large window-lit rom; Also includes document entitled "Promotional Theatre Project 1995" re. the Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Catania with the Associazione Culturale Harpago - Gatto Blu, co-ordinated by Piero Sciotto - Eugenio Barba and the Odin Theatre - Nov 1995).
Hardback A4 notebook with manuscript pencil notes and writings by Gavin Quinn, mainly relating to the drafting of works, "For The First Time Ever", "Hamelin" and "Mac-Beth 7". Includes outline design drawings of scenes/sets/ideas. Also writings regarding other Pan Pan projects and collaborations, notes on talks by Quinn, and related production/direction notes.
Files relating to the production of "Disco Pigs" by Enda Walsh, directed by Pat Kiernan with design by Aedín Cosgrove, produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork.
File includes typed script of the play, marked on cover page "Re-Write - Rehearsal Script August 1996" and contains extensive edits and re-written sections throughout. Also printed flyers from the original Cork production of the play with details of cast and crew and touring venues. Also printed flyer from later Irish and UK tour, with venues including Nun's Island Arts Centre as part of the Galway Arts Festival, Traverse Theatre as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Bush Theatre London, Project [Arts Centre] @ the Mint, Dublin, Old Museum Arts Centre as part of Belfast Arts Festival.
File also includes photocopies of press cuttings of coverage for Disco Pigs from Irish national and regional media in 1996.
Manuscript A4 loose-leaf pages with lighting/design notes by Aedín Cosgrove.
Issue of 'Budapest Week', as Disco Pigs is produced in Budapest, Romania (Cillian Murphy on magazine cover), also tourist map of Budapest.
Files relating to lighting design by Aedín Cosgrave for Disco Pigs. Includes lighting design for the original and touring Irish and touring productions of the play. Correspondence, Fax and Letters, with Cosgrove and theatre/technical managers at various producing venues of Disco Pigs. Includes discussions on technical specifications of venues, including the Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo; The Arts Theatre, London; International Buda Stage Theatre, Budapest, Romania; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK; Bonner Biennale, Bonn, Switzerland; Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada; Du Maurier Theatre Centre; Schauspiel, Bonn;
Detail on lighting costs, fees, and budget;
Agreement with Assembly Theatre, Edinburgh re. technical set-up 1998;
File also includes letter from the Lord Mayor of Cork, Dave McCarthy and Cork Corporation inviting Cosgrove to a Civic Reception in honour of Corcadorca's recent awards (Oct 1997).