Lourdes! The Musical!
Supporting Documentation
THE SHOW
A show that explores how people live with illness and how faith: personal, improvised & sometimes theatrical, helps them make sense of what medicine & the industrial faith complex cannot.
Lourdes! The Musical is a transgressive and heartwarming new musical about faith, fantasy, and finding yourself at the end of your rope.
THE TEAM
Created by Xnthony
Book & Lyrics by Xnthony
Music & Lyrics by Matthew Flloyd Jones & ODU
Directed by Sarah Meadows
Dramaturgy by Eleanor White
Produced by Hannah Turk
Set & Costume by Niall McKeever
Movement by Meadhbh Lyons
Show documentation
Work in Progress Sharing at Dublin Theatre Festival 2024
LETTERS OF SUPPORT
arts depot
Dublin Theatre Festival
Stanley Arts
London Irish Centre
Letter of Support - Mentoring Toby Marlow
About xnthony
Xnthony is an award-winning performer, writer and producer making musical theatre, cabaret and club experiences. He explores pop culture, social phenomena and community life to create multi-platform performances that are thought-provoking and acerbic. The work often focuses on revisiting historical moments or long-held cultural traditions as a way to create new conversations.
He has undertaken commissions and collaborations for organisations including Roundhouse, Dublin Fringe, National
Theatre and Southbank Centre. He is funded by Arts Council Ireland. His new musical ‘Oliver Cromwell is Really Very Sorry’ premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival in September 2022. The show was critically acclaimed and was awarded Best Ensemble.
Xnthony’s long-term ambitions include challenging institutional norms to make accessing space and support easier for queer creatives. This includes mentoring LGBTQI+ creative practitioners in Ireland and the UK through his support platform WERK and WERKshop, which have featured at Roundhouse London and Dublin Fringe Festival, respectively.
Xnthony’s theatre and cabaret work has toured internationally to commercial and critical acclaim. He premiered CONFIRMATION at Dublin Fringe Fest which visited Edinburgh Fringe at Pleasance in 2019. CONFIRMATION explored rural life and queerness through pop music and was funded by Arts Council Ireland.
In 2017 Xnthony was awarded Ireland’s LGBT+ Entertainer of the Year.