Organization

Singer

Spoken

Stephanie Dufresne

Actor

Ronan Leahy

Other

Aoife Spillane-Hinks

Choreographer

Muirne Bloomer

Sound designer

David Sheppard

Video designer

Netia Jones

Lighting designer

Sinéad Wallace

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Fergus Sheil

Voice-over

Amy Ní Fhearraigh

Soprano

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Assistant Conductor

Brian Irvine

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Irish National Opera Orchestra

Irish National Opera

English

Least Like the Other

London

United Kingdom

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Public

Approved

Least Like the Other Irvine

An explosive and thought-provoking work of experimental music theatre. Premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2019, Brian Irvine and Netia Jo...

Least Like the Other | Trailer

Least Like the Other
An explosive and thought-provoking work of experimental music theatre. It traces events in the life of Rosemary, eldest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, sister of JFK, using heavily redacted materials from the archives, and only recently pieced together by biographers and academics.

The events in Rosemary’s difficult life leading up to her disastrous lobotomy at the age of 23 by the “kings of lobotomy,” Walter Freeman and James Watts, create an exploration of definitions of intelligence, expectations of gender, medical showmanship, patriarchy, the impact of the media and the demands of this extraordinary family. Rosemary’s tragic life constitutes a portrait of America in the 1940s and 1950s. It is a picture that is as relevant today as it was then.

Sung in English with English surtitles.

Running time: 70 minutes with no interval.

Please note, there is strobe lighting used in this performance.

Least Like the Other by Irvine, B., From (2023/2023), Directed by Netia Jones,, Conductor Fergus Sheil, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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