by Joseph O’Connor

A Fishamble: The New Play Company co-production with Temple Bar Cultural Trust, as part of the 2009 Dublin Handel Festival

Directed by Jim Culleton

Cast includes Aaron Monaghan & Caitríona Ní Mhurchú with Alan Stanford as ‘Handel’
Costume Design by Leonore McDonagh
Produced by Orla Flanagan

Handel’s Crossing, to be staged on the Jeanie Johnston ship for a limited run, is a theatrical re-imagining of George Frideric Handel’s arrival to Dublin in 1742 for the world premiere of Messiah. Meet the great composer and his servants on board, as they await with bated breath the first performance on Fishamble Street of this now revered masterpiece.

Boarding at the Liffey River Cruises dock at Bachelor’s Walk, audiences will be ferried down the river, to the Jeanie Johnston ship at Custom House Quay marina for the live performance on the ship.

‘a comic commemoration of Handel’s landmark composition, fittingly performed in its stage incarnation on the historic Jeanie Johnston ship.’
Sara Keating, The Irish Times Critics Choice of 2009

4.30pm, 6pm sharp
Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th April
Meeting point: Liffey River Cruises dock at Bachelor’s Walk

Tickets: €15, concession rate €10
Duration of cruise and performance – approximately 1 hour

In association with RTÉ lyric fm