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Wonderland Productions proudly presents
Sylvia's Quest

Sylvia's Quest is the story of Sylvia Sylvana, a young Bulgarian archaeologist who works as a cleaner in Dublin, who has to find her way home tonight. Sylvia shares her multiple worlds with you her audience, as she guides you through her secret streets and haunts inviting you to dance with her ghosts, to collect a smile from a stranger and to taste black bread and gherkins.

Throughout the experience the audience wear headphones on which they experience the sounds, voices and worlds which only Sylvia can usually see and hear, and with which Sylvia interacts. To the very best of our knowledge, Wonderland will be the first theatre makers to use such wireless technology in Irish theatre.

It is envisaged that Sylvia's Quest will be part of the annual Made in Temple Bar Festival in July 2012 and then run until the end of the summer. Sylvia's Quest will also be touring to Arts Centres nationwide, and if it follows the successes of previous Wonderland hits to date, it will be revived in Dublin and touring to other Irish towns for years to come.

It is aimed at both an immigrant and Irish audience, and it was particularly encouraging to welcome over 60% of our audience from New Irish backgrounds at the work-in-progress showings.

Audience feedback from our Work in Progress showings of Sylvia's Quest:

'Beautiful, Sylvia's story brought tears to my eyes - this is how my life as a Slovakian worker has often felt in Dublin, invisible.'

'Incredibly immersive and impressive...I felt like a part of the show and wondered as even the people in the streets became a part of things for me.'

'I loved the subtle sound as it combined with the sound of my shoes, and being shown parts of Temple Bar that I wouldn't have discovered for myself.'


Dates

July - September 2012


Performed as a work in progress as part of the Made In Temple Bar festival, July 2011. 		sylvia slideshow

work in progress

Spiral Clock




Credits
From Wonderland Productions Ltd.
Conceived, written and directed by: Alice Coghlan
Starring: Mirjana Rendulič as Sylvia.
Featuring: Elitsa Dimova and Anne Marie O'Donovan.
Sound: Tommy Foster
Costume: Maria Tapper
Devised by Alice Coghlan and Mirjana Rendulič in collaboration with Anne Marie O'Donovan, Elitsa Dimova, Emily Elphinstone and Claire Jenkins.
Featuring the voices of Anne Marie O'Donovan, Elitsa Dimova, Emily Elphinstone and Claire Jenkins.