Landmark Productions

{{Short description|Theatrical production company from Dublin, Ireland}}

Landmark Productions is a theatre production company in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2003 by Anne Clarke. The company has forged partnerships with writers and other companies, and has toured its shows in Ireland and internationally. Both the company and Clarke have received awards in the Irish Times Theatre Awards.

History

Landmark Productions was established in 2003 by Anne Clarke.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtheatre.ie/company-page.aspx?companyid=30274|title=Landmark Productions - Companies - Irish Theatre|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.landmarkproductions.ie/aboutlandmark-page.html|title=Landmark Productions Ireland - Leading Theatre Production Company Dublin, Ireland|first=Landmark Productions|last=Ireland|website=www.landmarkproductions.ie}}

Partnerships and touring

Landmark Productions has an association with several Irish writers, including Enda Walsh and Paul Howard, the creator of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. It produces plays in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad.

The company has forged partnerships with arts institutions in Ireland and internationally. Main partners in Ireland include Galway International Arts Festival, the Gaiety Theatre, Olympia Theatre, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival, the Abbey Theatre, and the Everyman together with Irish National Opera and its precursor, Wide Open Opera.

Landmark has also toured shows internationally to venues including St. Ann's Warehouse, Irish Arts Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City;https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/theater/ballyturk-review-enda-walsh.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} the Barbican Theatre, the National Theatre, and Royal Opera House in London, UK;{{cite web |last=Shuttleworth |first=Ian |date=2017-09-19 |title=Woyzeck in Winter, Barbican, London — power and coherence |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cbbd6ea4-9a30-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 |url-access=subscription |website=Financial Times}} and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/reviews/howie-the-rookie-edinburgh-fringe_31519.html|title=Howie the Rookie (Edinburgh Fringe)|publisher=}}

A film version of The Last Hotel, co-produced with Brink Films and Wide Open Opera, was broadcast on Sky Arts in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4289149&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Sky Arts Phil Edgar Jones on Enda Walsh's "The Last Hotel" - The Irish Film & Television Network}}

Awards

In 2011, Landmark Productions received the Judges' Special Award in the Irish Times Theatre Awards in recognition of its "sustained excellence in programming and for developing imaginative partnerships to bring quality to the Irish and international stage".{{cite web|url=https://www.giaf.ie/about/co-producers/landmark-productions|title=Landmark Productions - Galway International Arts Festival 16 – 29 July 2018|website=www.giaf.ie}}

In 2015, Anne Clarke received the Special Tribute Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for her "work as a producer of world-class theatre in the independent sector in Ireland".{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/anne-clarke-to-receive-special-tribute-award-at-irish-times-irish-theatre-awards-1.2505912|title = Anne Clarke to receive Special Tribute Award at Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards}}

Notable productions

Krapp's Last Tape (Stephen Rea), directed by Vicky Featherstone;{{cite web |url=https://www.landmarkproductions.ie/production/krapps-last-tape/ |title=Landmark Productions: Krapp's Last Tape |website=Landmark Productions |access-date=18 February 2025}} playing first in Dublin in October 2024,{{cite web |url=https://www.gaietytheatre.ie/events/krapps-last-tape/ |title=Gaiety Theatre: Stephen Rea in Krapp's Last Tape |website=Gaiety Theatre |access-date=18 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jan/19/krapps-last-tape-review-stephen-rea-project-arts-centre-dublin |title=Krapp’s Last Tape review – Stephen Rea is hauntingly good in Beckett’s masterpiece |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 February 2025}} before touring to the Adelaide Festival Centre in Australia in February–March 2025{{cite web | last=Sutton | first=Malcolm | title=Adelaide Festival to launch with Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett | website=ABC News | date=27 February 2025 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/adelaide-festival-to-begin-with-samuel-beckett-krapps-last-tape/104984356 | access-date=28 February 2025}} and the Barbican Theatre in London in April–May 2025{{cite web |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/krapps-last-tape |title=Krapp's Last Tape - Landmark Productions |website=Barbican.org.uk |access-date=18 February 2025}}
Walking with Ghosts (Gabriel Byrne), world premiere - 2022{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Katy |title=Gabriel Byrne throws away his masks to bring memoir to theatrical life |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/gabriel-byrne-throws-away-his-masks-to-bring-memoir-to-theatrical-life-41309454.html |work=The Irish Independent |date=5 February 2022}}
Ulysses 2.2 (curated, presented and produced with ANU and MoLI), world premiere - 2022{{cite web |title=Ulysses 2.2 1 book. 1 year. 18 artistic experiments. |url=https://ulysses22.ie/}}
Straight to Video (Emmet Kirwan), world premiere - 2021{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Ciara L. |title=Straight to Video: Energetic performances and whip-smart writing |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/straight-to-video-energetic-performances-and-whip-smart-writing-1.4718046 |work=The Irish Times |date=3 November 2021}}
The First Child (Donnacha Dennehy/Enda Walsh), world premiere - co-produced with Irish National Opera - 2021{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Sara |title=The First Child: Equal parts baffling and brilliant |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/the-first-child-equal-parts-baffling-and-brilliant-1.4690670 |work=The Irish Times |date=4 October 2021}}
The Book of Names (co-produced with ANU), world premiere - 2021{{cite news |last1=Meany |first1=Helen |title=Dublin theatre festival review – compelling, exciting drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/oct/12/dublin-theatre-festival-review-compelling-exciting-drama |work=The Guardian |date=12 October 2021}}
Backwards up a Rainbow (Rosaleen Linehan and Fergus Linehan), world premiere - 2021{{cite news |last1=Falvey |first1=Deirdre |title=Backwards Up a Rainbow: Rosaleen Linehan still knows how to put on a great show |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/backwards-up-a-rainbow-rosaleen-linehan-still-knows-how-to-put-on-a-great-show-1.4680764 |work=The Irish Times |date=22 September 2021}}
Medicine (Enda Walsh), world premiere - co-produced with Galway International Arts Festival - 2021{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Maya |title=‘Medicine’ Review: One Dose Reality, Two Doses Absurdity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/theater/medicine-review-domhnall-gleeson.html |work=The New York Times |date=16 November 2021}}
The Saviour (Deirdre Kinahan), world premiere - 2021{{cite news |last1=Meany |first1=Helen |title=The Saviour review – gripping two-hander tackles lifelong effects of abuse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/15/the-saviour-review-gripping-two-hander-tackles-life-long-affects-of-abuse |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2021}}

Happy Days (Samuel Beckett) starring Siobhán McSweeney and Marty Rea - 2021{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Sara |title=Happy Days: Siobhán McSweeney brings a youthful exuberance to Beckett’s scorched world |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/happy-days-siobhan-mcsweeney-brings-a-youthful-exuberance-to-beckett-s-scorched-world-1.4472523 |work=The Irish Times |date=31 January 2021}}

Theatre For One (and a Little One) (Roddy Doyle, Sonya Kelly, Louis Lovett, Pauline McLynn), world premiere - co-produced with Octopus Theatricals - 2020{{cite news |last1=Moloney |first1=Senan |title=Curtain up for culture as indoor shows announced for the National Concert Hall and Abbey Theatre |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/curtain-up-for-culture-as-indoor-shows-announced-for-the-national-concert-hall-and-abbey-theatre-39858381.html |work=The Irish Independent |date=14 December 2020}}

Blood in the Dirt (Rory Gleeson) - co-produced with Keynote - world premiere- 2019{{cite news |last1=Crawley |first1=Peter |title=Rory Gleeson’s Blood in the Dirt: The curse of a family bloodline |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/rory-gleeson-s-blood-in-the-dirt-the-curse-of-a-family-bloodline-1.4075605 |work=The Irish Times |date=14 November 2019}}

Theatre for One (Marina Carr, Stacey Gregg, Emmet Kirwan, Louise Lowe, Mark O'Rowe, Enda Walsh), world premiere - co-produced with Octopus Theatricals - 2019{{cite news |last1=Falvey |first1=Deirdre |title=Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious foo |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/cork-midsummer-festival-2019-daring-work-and-delicious-food-1.3931006 |work=The Irish Times |date=19 June 2019}}

Asking for It (by Louise O’Neill, adapted by Meadhbh McHugh in collaboration with Annabelle Comyn), world premiere - co-produced with The Everyman in association with the Abbey Theatre - 2018{{cite news |last1=O'Neill |first1=Louise |title=I could hear someone quietly sobbing, and jolted when I realized it was me |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/columnists/louise-oneill/i-could-hear-someone-quietly-sobbing-and-jolted-when-i-realised-it-was-me-472220.html?&session=BPvWH4IJh37cCjotX4Gyy+In3oV7LmZMFpH9EPtyXrw= |work=Irish Examiner |date=23 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Asking For It |url=https://askingforit.ie/ |website=Asking For It |publisher=Landmark Productions}}

Grief is the Thing with Feathers (by Max Porter, adapted and directed by Enda Walsh), world premiere, produced by Complicite and Wayward Productions in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival – 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.giaf.ie/tours/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers|title=Grief is The Thing with Feathers starring Cillian Murphy - GIAF|website=www.giaf.ie}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/stage-reviews/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers-spreads-its-wings-on-stage-1.3435018|title='Grief is the Thing with Feathers' spreads its wings on stage|publisher=}}

The Approach (Mark O’Rowe), world premiere – 2018{{cite web|url=https://theapproach.ie/|title=The Approach|website=The Approach}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/playwright-mark-orowe-gets-reflective-with-the-approach-826368.html|title=Playwright Mark O'Rowe gets reflective with The Approach|date=5 February 2018|publisher=}}

The Second Violinist (Donnacha Dennehy/Enda Walsh), world premiere, Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards winner for Best Opera Production, co-produced with Irish National Opera – 2017{{cite web|url=https://thesecondviolinist.ie/|title=The Second Violinist|website=The Second Violinist}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/28/the-second-violinist-review-enda-walsh-donnacha-dennehy-black-box-galway|title=The Second Violinist review – Enda Walsh's fairytale opera is dark but dazzles|first=Helen|last=Meany|date=28 July 2017|website=the Guardian}}

Woyzeck in Winter (adapted by Conall Morrison with lyrics by Stephen Clark), world premiere, nominated for six Irish Times Theatre Awards, including Best Production, winning two – Best Actor for Patrick O’Kane and Best Supporting Actress for Rosaleen Linehan – 2017{{cite web|url=https://woyzeckinwinter.com/|title=woyzeck in winter|website=woyzeck in winter}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/20/woyzeck-in-winter-review-black-box-galway-international-festival|title=Woyzeck in Winter review – a haunting fusion of two unfinished masterpieces|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=20 July 2017|website=the Guardian}}

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Postcards from the Ledge (Paul Howard), world premiere, one-man show starring Rory Nolan, who has played Ross in all the stage shows to date – 2017{{cite web|url=https://postcardsfromtheledge.ie/|title=POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE|website=POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theartsreview.com/single-post/2017/10/31/Postcards-from-the-Ledge|title=TheArtsReview|website=TheArtsReview|date=31 October 2017}}

Arlington (Enda Walsh), world premiere, starring Charlie Murphy, Hugh O’Conor, and Oona Doherty – 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/arlington-review-no-happy-ever-after-in-this-familiar-enda-walsh-story-34877328.html|title=Arlington review: No happy ever after in this familiar Enda Walsh story - Independent.ie|publisher=}}

The Walworth Farce (Enda Walsh), starring Brendan Gleeson, Brian Gleeson and Domhnall Gleeson – 2015{{cite web|url=https://thewalworthfarce.com/|title=The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh|website=The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/review-the-walworth-farce-at-the-olympia-theatre-30909839.html|title=Review: The Walworth Farce at the Olympia Theatre - Independent.ie|publisher=}}

The Last Hotel (Enda Walsh/Donnacha Dennehy), world premiere, Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera Production, co-produced with Irish National Opera – 2015{{cite web|url=https://thelasthotel.ie/|title=The Last Hotel|website=The Last Hotel}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/Online/The_Last_Hotel|title = Dublin Theatre Festival | Dublin Theatre Festival}}

Once (Enda Walsh) – 2015, 2016, 2017{{cite web|url=https://oncemusical.ie/|title=Once|website=Once}}

Ballyturk (Enda Walsh), world premiere, starring Mikel Murfi, Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rea; Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Production, co-produced with Galway International Arts Festival. In a subsequent revival, which toured St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York, the part originally played by Stephen Rea was played by the actress Olwen Fouéré. – 2014 and 2017{{cite web|url=https://ballyturk.com/|title=BALLYTURK by ENDA WALSH|website=BALLYTURK by ENDA WALSH}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/irish-times-irish-theatre-awards-and-the-nominees-are-1.2068589|title=Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are...|publisher=}}

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Breaking Dad (Paul Howard), world premiere – 2014

These Halcyon Days (Deirdre Kinahan) – 2013

Howie the Rookie (Mark O’Rowe), Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Actor - Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – 2013{{cite web|url=https://howietherookie.com/|title=Howie the Rookie|website=Howie the Rookie}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/lovehates-tom-vaughanlawlor-to-return-in-howie-the-rookie-30596913.html|title=Love/Hate's Tom Vaughan-Lawlor to return in 'Howie the Rookie' - Independent.ie|publisher=}}

The Talk of the Town (Emma Donoghue), world premiere – 2012

Greener (Fiona Looney), world premiere – 2012

Testament (Colm Tóibín), world premiere – 2011

Misterman (Enda Walsh), Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, co-produced by Galway International Arts Festival – 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/winners-1.470859|title=Winners|publisher=}}