Debs Newbold gleefully delivers the boisterous, remarkable and inspirational story of her hero: Grainne ni Mhaille - Grace O'Malley - legendary Irish clan chief and queen of the sea.

Stowing away aboard her father's ship aged eight, Grace became a 16th century force of nature. A multilingual, seafaring weapons expert, leader of 2,000 men, rebel, politician, kingmaker and slayer, prodigious lover, avenging hero and notorious pirate. Best of all, she was real.

From the west of Ireland to the court of Elizabeth I, from wild youth to even wilder old age, Dauntless is an epic celebration of uproarious storytelling, high drama and one fascinating 16th century feminist. No knights in shining armour need apply.

★★★★
'Entrancing.'
Hector Gilchrist, eFestivals

'Newbold is a master of words and space.'
Views From The Gods

CONTENT WARNING: this performance may contain descriptions of birth, postnatal bleeding, sex, violence and death, contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.

DEBS NEWBOLD

Debs Newbold is a passionate and skilled performer with a gift for bringing the epic out of the everyday. She has made and performed work for the Royal Opera House, the BBC, Hay Festival, the RSC and Shakespeare's Globe. She also takes her work to theatres, festival stages and community spaces all over the world.

Debs' work spans myth, legend and new writing and has seen her described as 'a master of words and space' (Views From The Gods) and 'sublime, a consummate performer' (Sam Lee). Her one-woman re-tellings of Shakespeare's tragedies have toured internationally. Her genre-defying collaborations with renowned director John Wright (Trestle Theatre Company, Told By An Idiot) have helped re-define contemporary storytelling, resulting in two highly acclaimed shows; Lost In Blue, and Under Her Skin. In 2022 Lost In Blue was nominated for both an OFFIE and a Standing Ovation Award after a two week run in London.

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CRICK CRACK CLUB

'The Crick Crack Club is something special.'
A Younger Theatre

Founded in 1987 by world-class performance storyteller and sector pioneer, Ben Haggarty, today Crick Crack Club is the UK's busiest and boldest performance storytelling programmer and promoter. It creates exuberant, intelligent, wild, weird and wonderful events in London, Bristol, Dorset, and across the UK, that draw people from all walks of life into a shared experience and the stunning content of international fairytale, folktale, myth and epic. Featuring outstanding performance storytellers and the very best new talent, its annual public programme of shows and residencies can be found in theatres, at festivals, in castles, caves, village halls, rose gardens and derelict warehouses.

'A treasure house of humour, romance and myth.'
City Limits

'Unforgettable.'
Plays To See

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Every month, Crick Crack Club brings its wild haven of fairytale, myth and epic to the awesome red velvet surroundings of Bristol's finest independent cinema, theatre and place of happenings, The CUBE Microplex; THE place in Bristol for unusual events, performance art, spoken word and live storytelling for grown-ups.