June 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location: Big Hall of Pogon Jedinstvo
Trnjanska struga 34
DARRAGH MCLOUGHLIN (IR): STICKMAN
Ticket price: €15
For DUSC members: €11
Duration: 45 minutes
Recommended age: 10+
On stage lays a man, and a stick. In the background, a large flat-screen TV flickers. The TV reads “MAN / STICK”, as if to clear up any doubt as to what is right in front of us. This is not a story. There is no narrative. But over time, the Man and the Stick pass through forms together, and a certain independence emerges. All the while, the TV tells us what to see. We don’t like being told what to see all the time, but now how can we see anything else?
Stickman is essentially a piece about playing with sense and perception.
Creators and artists: Darragh McLoughlin, Joseph Summers
Concept and direction: Darragh McLoughlin
Dramaturgy assistant: Marco Chenevier
Artistic contributions: Marco Chenevier, Joseph Summers, Andrea Salustri, Eoghan MacMathuna, Elena Kreusch
Residencies: Panama Pictures (NL), SPAM! (IT), CirkoBalkana/Čarobnjakov šešir (HR), Taileilijayhdistys Hiljaisuus ry (FI), Circus Shatzinsel (DE), 32 du Mois (FR)
The guest performances of Darragh McLoughlin in Zagreb and Split are co-financed by Culture Ireland 20.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/269454983
Darragh McLoughlin
Born in 1987, Darragh grew up in West Cork, Ireland. He is the youngest of three siblings and the son of two professional chefs. In 2006, he completed a full-time program at the Jonglier Katakomben juggling school. Darragh completed her circus training at ACAPA with a Bachelor of Circus Arts degree in 2012. Circusnext laureate in 2013. Author of the shows “Fragments d’un esprit”, “The Whistle”, “Stickman” and “For as Long as We’re Here”. Currently based in Berlin, he lives with his partner and son.
