WAKE

“Riverdance for Club Queens.” ★★★★★ Experience WAKE, the electrifying Irish variety phenomenon that remixes traditions in a high-octane, heart-thumping celebration of life and connection. In WAKE, customs collide with club anthems, creating a euphoric soundtrack for a night filled with aerial artistry, Irish tap, cabaret, slam poetry, pole-dancing and more. Best known as an ancient funeral rite, the Irish wake is actually a celebration of transformation, of moving from one realm to another. Ushering in fabulous change—caterpillar to butterfly— the WAKE is a timeless reminder to live fully. Acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY invites you to witness an anthemic spectacle with the spirit of epic traditional music session and the ecstatic energy of a stadium concert. After acclaimed, sell-out runs in Dublin, London, Manchester and Sydney, this theatrical phenomenon is going global. Expect joy, connection, release…and, of course, glitter. Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre 219 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 WAKE contains strong language and partial nudity. Note: This show is currently available as part of an ArtsEmerson Season Package or a group sale. Single tickets for the production will go on sale at a later date. THISISPOPBABY has been igniting stages around the world for two decades with an exhilarating mix of theatre, night club, festival and activism. The company has thrived at the cutting edge of contemporary live performance in Ireland, pioneering large-scale shows such as WAKE, RIOT and Alice In Funderland, incendiary multidisciplinary festivals Where We Live and Queer Notions, iconic underground performance like WERK and Salty, and via award-winning contemporary new writing. THISISPOPBABY is the long-term theatre collaborator of the“Queen of Ireland” Panti Bliss, with seven shows, multiple world tours, and a Soho Live streaming special in the repertoire to date. THISISPOPBABY’s shows have played to audiences of over 500,000 and counting, collaborating with an innumerable number of artists to light up the city and speak to the world through the lens of what it means to be Irish. Originally created with support from The Arts Council of Ireland, Irish Arts Center New York, Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin City Council and Cork Opera House. Tour dates generously supported by Culture Ireland. Photo Credit: Simon Lazewski Photo Credit: Simon Lazewski Photo Credit: Simon Lazewski Photo Credit: Simon Lazewski Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Allen Kiely Photo Credit: Allen Kiely Photo Credit: Allen Kiely Photo Credit: Allen Kiely Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Ruth Medjber Photo Credit: Allen Kiely “An adrenaline shot of joy to the heart.” ★★★★★ “A rainbow river of dance, song, and so much else.” ★★★★★ “Rude, raucous, silly and then suddenly poignant, celebrating all that you can stuff into life.” “Mightily impressive.” ★★★★