A Little Room presents Kicking and Screaming by Wayne Power
Down and out in John Street. Stevie and Dylan are facing into a quarter life crisis feeling. They’ve seen all Waterford has to offer. And slept with it too
As they contemplate wanderlust and navigate this crisis , there’s still Stevie’s mother Beryl and her impending divorce to deal with. And a spark of romance that may be enough to stick around for. For all concerned they’re guaranteed to face into a new chapter of life Kicking and Screaming.
About the Artist
Wayne is a writer, poet and spoken word artist based in Waterford city. In 2020 he released his debut poetry collection entitled ‘Everyone’s A Star After Midnight’
Playwright Jim Nolan described it as collection that “will speak for and to a lot of his generation”. Nolan subsequently launched Power’s follow up collection in 2021 , the gritty ‘Neon Hearts and The Angry Mob’.
He released his third collection ‘Only When I’m Dancing Can I Feel This Free‘ in October 2023 as part of the Waterford Writers Weekend. It was named as Best Book of 2023 by Liam Murphy of The Munster Express.
In 2023 , he was resident in Garter Lane’s A Little Room with debut play ‘Dress You Up’ It went to full production with Stagemad Theatre Company in October 2024 for 4 consecutive nights in Bank Lane, as part of the Imagine Arts festival, it played to over 200 people.
He has released six spoken word videos, his most recent, ‘A Place for Us’ was premiered by Hot Press magazine in November 2022. Directed by Cian Cusack, the piece was a rally cry for the queer community , written in response to the rise in hate crimes.
In October 2022, he founded the bi-monthly event ‘Slip of the Tongue’. This curated event fuses spoken word, poetry, live music, drag performance and comedy.
A Little Room
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