Vaults Live in Dublin’s Liberties
Pat Keenan takes a one-hour walk through Irish history with live actors
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| Some of Vaults Live's cast |
Vaults Live has opened in Dublin’s Liberties, a one-hour walk-through experience with live actors performing events in eight hundred years of Irish history. Currently six scenes from Ireland’s history are are enacted through characters, real and imagined, including Dracula author Bram Stoker bringing Dracula to life in the crypt of an old Dublin church, a Viking, befittingly called Ikea in a Viking settlement, a stern hanging Judge Dolores Fitzroy in her Bandon Courtroom, Bridget in her medieval apothecary, a Cromwellian torturer in his chamber who just hates the Irish and Molly Malone offering more than cockles and mussels in what was once Europe’s biggest red light district - Dublin’s Monto, while a policeman tries to keep order but might find love. The sets, by the way, for each scene are brilliant.
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| Cromwellian torturer |
Vaults Live was conceived and developed by Frontier Entertainment, former broadcaster Paul Blanchfield and producer Gerald Heffernan. The project is backed by the Belfast-based Lagan family who invested €3 million into Frontier Entertainment after the project ran into a few hicups due to cost overruns not surprisingly with the massive job of converting the historic St John’s National School into a top-class interactive venue.
The scripts were largely written by award-winning playwright Peter Sheridan with a comic input from the late Fergus Linehan. Peter: “We want to make every guest laugh and scream and send them away with an unforgettable insight into why we, the Irish, are the way we are”.
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| Bram Stoker unleashes Dracula |
Blanchfield describes Vaults Live as being comparable to London Dungeons. “However” he says “our palette is much broader in terms of characters and scenes we bring to life and yes, we will incorporate others areas of history over time.’ Heffernan added “the show involves thrilling special effects, moments of pure fun, lots of audience participation and dark humour.”
Afterwards visitors can visit The Parlour, to purchase interesting show theamed Irish gifts or to enjoy coffee, tea and snacks.
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| Policeman in Dublin’s Monto |
Vaults Live, John's Lane West, area of Thomas Street, up from Merchants Quay, Dublin. (In the renovated and converted old red-bricked Augustinian St.John’s National School.
The venue can accommodate 35 people per show. There are up to 30 shows a day, seven days a week (10.30-18.30 daily, with a later 19.30 closing on Thursday).Ticket prices from €18, family passes from €44.
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