Miss Mary
Miss Mary by Kristyn Fontanella is a hauntingly beautiful outdoor dance that reimagines the spirit of Ireland’s travelling dance masters.
Moving through space, story, and memory, she arrives not just to perform — but to connect. To ask:
Where did you come from?
How do you move?
Will you dance with me?
Blending Irish step dance with a contemporary voice, Miss Mary is a powerful, poetic gathering of ancestry, nostalgia, and community.
Come watch.
Come listen.
You might even find yourself dancing.
CREATIVE TEAM CREDITS
CONCEPT & PERFORMANCE Kristyn Fontanella
DRAMATURGY & MOVEMENT DIRECTION Rob Heaslip
COSTUME Cherie White
COMPOSER Mícheál Ó Dubhghaill
High Jinks Jig, Farmer's Bridge Polka
MUSICIANS Brian Fleming Bodhran & Bones
Fionn O Neill Bass
Greta Curtin Concertina
Kieran Fitzpatrick Accordion
Martin Schärer Percussion, Sound-design
Mícheál Ó Dubhghaill Vocals, Fiddle
MUSIC PRODUCER Martin Schärer
Pika Studio’s, Annascaul, Co. Kerry, Ireland
SOUND-DESIGN, MIXING & MASTERING Alan Kelly
PHOTOGRAPHY Shane Vaughan, Dani Hernandez & Cyrille Clement
2026 TOUR
15 March
11 April
Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
3 & 4 May
Belfast, Ireland
9 May
Wexford, Ireland
30 & 31 May
Carlow, Ireland
19 - 21 June
Sibiu International Theatre Festival
Sibiu, România
4 & 5 July
Meiben, Germany
7 - 9 July
Dresden, Germany
25 & 26 July
Glasgow, Scotland
1 - 3 August
Spraoi International Street Arts Festival
Waterford, Ireland
1 - 4 October
Findhorn Bay, Scotland
9 - 18 October
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
Galway, Ireland
Past Funder Age & Opportunity as part of the nationwide Bealtaine Festival - celebrating Arts and creativity as we age.
Co-produced by Roscommon Arts Centre with further support from Backstage Theatre Longford and An Tain Arts Centre Dundalk.
IRIS programme: Cairde Arts Festival, Earagail Festival, ISACS and Fira Tàrrega.
R&D Bursaries from: Galway International Arts Festival, Town Hall Theatre, Arts Council, BeMotion Festival in Bassano del Grappa IT, Studio Mór and Echo Echo Dance in Derry NI.
