Dances Like a Bomb, a powerful, uplifting duet exploring ageing and care by dance-theatre innovators Junk Ensemble, is returning to Ireland after its critical triumph at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The 8-venue tour culminates in Dublin with performances at Project Arts Centre on Thursday 28th March & Friday 29th March.

Featuring acclaimed actor Mikel Murfi and leading dance artist Finola Cronin (formerly of Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal), and with music by Denis Clohessy, Dances Like a Bomb is a reclaiming of the ageing body, blending visceral imagery, dance, and music. Celebrating the strength of mature bodies and challenging the cult of youth, the performers are heroic, vulnerable, comedic, and completely themselves in the work. They care fiercely for each other and defend their independence. As they hold each other up and push each other down, the 'performance' of age is unpacked as a reminder of ourselves: our worst and our best.

Junk Ensemble have a long standing relationship with Project Arts Centre as Associate Artists, receiving their first commission from Project Arts Centre in 2006 for their site-specific work The Rain Party and premiering Dances Like a Bomb in their venue in 2022 for Dublin Dance Festival.