0800 Cupid
Nightlife gatecrash, raucous cabaret and musical extravaganza, 0800 CUPID is a genre-defying queer countercultural opus from THISISPOPBABY that fizzes between performance and reality.
Through her drag persona, crumbling club-kid ‘Cupid’, Emer Dineen grapples with love in a lonely capitalist paradigm. Hungover, moulting and disorientated, our redundant deity battles modern life, unravelling Emer’s true story of navigating loss, crises, chaotic relationships and feeling the sweet sting of meaningful connection where she least expects it.
0800 CUPID is an SOS response to the swelling social anxiety of a post-pandemic pre-apocalyptic world. A camp catalyst for reconnection; it’s a musical march into and back from the existential brink.
Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. London Tour made possible by Culture Ireland.
Development supported by Cork Midsummer Festival and the Jane Anne Rothwell Award.
Age Guideline: 14+
Accessible Performance: Irish Sign Language interpreted performance 03 October
Text, Composition and Lyrics by Emer Dineen
Directed and Developed by Phillip McMahon
Co-Composer and Musical Director Tom Beech
Choreographer Carl Harrison
Performers Emer Dineen, Isabel Adomakoh Young, Carl Harrison
Tom Beech (keys), Michael McCarthy (drums), Osazee Aiguokhian (bass)
Lighting Design Sarah Jane Shiels
Set Design Ellen Kirk
Music Producer Elaine Mai
Sound Design Team Tom Beech, Elaine Mai, Martha Knight, Lara Gallagher
Sound Engineer Jody Trehy
Costume Design Lambdog1066
Costume Supervisor Therese McKeone
Costume Trainee Yue Yu
Associate Director & Dramaturg John King
Stage Managers Barbara Hughes & Emily Waters
ASMs Úna Nolan, Anika Kidd & Lizzi Adams
Production Managers Seán Dennehy & Molly McAvoy
Marketing Manager Jack O’Dea
PR Jodie Delany, Hive PR / Steph Pennells
Graphic Design Niall Sweeney, Pony Ltd.
THISISPOPBABY General Manager Laura Rigney
Bookkeeper Gael Bradbury
Producer Carla Rogers





