The Rest Rooms

Role: Production Manager

There is nothing more powerful than community.

Sick crip community. There is strength in simply knowing one another exists. The Rest Rooms are a creative gathering of hope, joy and togetherness for, by and with disabled, D/deaf, chronically ill, neurodiverse people and anyone who wants to relax with us. It’s a living installation, a communal gathering, a space for conversation and a programme of events.

This is a space for anyone else who’s exhausted, who needs a rest.  Get together in an atmosphere of communal care, consideration and survival. 

Ireland is hostile and we are tired. This is a space to: teach each other how to survive and resist, connect, strategise and recharge, dream and find a way to save us all.

Commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival and The Abbey Theatre, supported by The Arts Council of Ireland, The National Concert Hall and Arts & Disability Ireland.

The installation runs from September 10 – 14, 11:00 – 19:00 daily at The Kevin Barry Rooms in the National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin,

with in-person and online events. Quiet time and space is at the centre of this installation, with designated quiet space scheduled each day in our joyful, creative in-person rest room. The events programme features:  panel discussions around creating more accessible spaces; talks on disabled joy, resistance, history and legacy; creative workshops on poetry, visual art and zine-making; great performances and a day-time disco.