Exploring the conflicts of motherhood, adventure, and self-authorship, Regan O’Brien’s theatrical ritual MotherKraft premieres at Project Arts Centre’s Space Upstairs this March, with performances Thursday 21st-Saturday 23rd March following a preview on the 20th.

Created, written, and performed by Regan O’Brien, and directed and choreographed by Jason Byrne and Ella Clarke, MotherKraft will feature a live band on stage comprised of Meljoann Ryan (guitar, voice, and beats), Sharon Phelan (electronics and voice), and Robbie Blake (vocals), with video design by Jason Byrne.

A transdisciplinary performance journey through movement, held within an original musical soundscape, weaving stories with sensuous video art, MotherKraft celebrates vulnerability, reparenting, acceptance and the hardcore pandemonium of being simultaneously two bodies and one. This is a contemporary love story of a woman who awakens, suspended in the place at the very beginning of ideas, of time, of experience. She has been framed and in order to rescue herself, builds the MotherKraft, a sentient bioship who guides her on a voyage through the profound isolation of Motherhood. MotherKraft is a call to her arms, a gathering, inviting the audience to witness a ritual to reconceive the power of creation.

Regan sings about sex, politics, escape routes, disrupting patterns and the power of vulnerability. Her song writing is influenced by Bill Drummond, PJ Harvey, William Burroughs, Joan Wasser, Beth Orton, Trans-disciplinary culture, Laura Mvula, Folk Magik, Autechre, Otis Redding, Karen D’Alton, Hip Hop culture, Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush, sea swimming and Rock 'n' Roll. Regan's debut album Bounding will feature tracks from MotherKraft and is due for release in 2025.