Gerard Mannix Flynn - Founder & Director
Born in Dublin in 1957, Gerard Mannix Flynn is a playwright, performer and author whose work has dealt with such issues as institutional abuse, imprisonment and injustice. In 1977 The Liberty Suite , co-written with Peter Sheridan, was premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival with Gerard Mannix Flynn as the protagonist in the play, set in a juvenile prison. In 1983 his novel Nothing To Say was published by Ward River Press and was translated into German. It tells the story of a boy sent "to be corrected" by the Christian Brothers. On the strength of this book, the Association of British & Irish Publishers selected Gerard Mannix Flynn as one of thirteen great Irish authors.
Gerard Mannix Flynn's other work includes: He who laughs wins (1981) which was one of a series of six half hour plays commissioned by Paines Plough Theatre Company, England, and produced by them. Inside , was co-written for RTÉ in 1986; Hunger and Thirst , written for Red Rex Theatre Company was performed in Italy in 1989. Talking to the Wall was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre in 1990: it was performed by the author at the Edinburgh Festival in 1997, where it won a Scotsman's Fringe First Award. His screenplays include: Twist of Fate , a screenplay based on the Kerry Babies Case, commissioned by Trisquare Films, Pinewood, London in 1998; in 2001 a screenplay, Alma Mater , based on the novel Nothing to Say was developed with the support of An Bord Scannán na hÉireann. Gerard Mannix Flynn's play, James X brings to conclusion a 10 year work-in-progress which began with Talking to the Wall . It was published in 2003 by Lilliput Press along with a reissue of his first novel Nothing to Say . 'Extallations' were held in 2004 at a Leeson Street site: Call Me By My Name - A Requiem for Remains Unknown 1889-1987 and Victim Impact Report . In 2009 he was elected as Councillor to Dublin City Council for the South East Inner City Area. He is a member of Aosdána (an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts) and is currently on the board of the Toscaireacht.
Mission Statement
Far Cry Productions is a company that devises, develops and delivers art processes. 'Process' holds within it the notion of change or transformation and for this reason it is central to the company's work. We recognise that people come to a piece of art complete with their own values and life experiences. As such, they are not passive receivers but active participants in an act of co-creation, which sometimes strengthens and sometimes challenges their existing feelings and beliefs.
Aims and Objectives
Far Cry Productions is committed to making intelligent comment on urgent cultural and political concerns and encouraging the audience to actively engage in this dialogue with us.
Far Cry Productions is committed to the creation of work that encourages people to explore, meditate on and question subject matter that, to date, may have been ignored or considered taboo.
Far Cry Productions is committed to creating artwork which engages people emotionally, physically, spiritually and politically. The work is designed to encourage the audience to focus, not just on the issues being explored, but also on the way in which their own individual attitudes and feelings colour their perception of the work.
Far Cry Productions is committed to the provision of a safe space in which the audience is able to sit with the uncomfortable feelings that this process generates, leading people, we hope, to a greater ownership of their history and their lives, both as individual citizens and as a society.
