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Join a real-life mother and daughter on a road trip from Donegal to southern Italy, as they weave their personal stories with those of Italian immigrants in Northern Ireland.
Blending performance, video, archive testimony and live electronic music, the duo meet present-day migrants, activists and strangers along the route, asking who gets to draw the lines between us and them.
Performed in English, French and Italian with integrated subtitles, Aliens is an ‘ambitious, memorable piece that treats familiar themes in new, even alien ways’ (Irish Times). A meditation on inheritance, migration and those who live in between: the aliens.
Written and performed by Marta McIlduff and Alessandra Celesia
Directed by Emily Mitton
Original music composed and performed live by Corgiat
Video editing Piero Oronz
Lighting design Rocco Andreacchio
Surtitles and organisation Elisabetta Scarin
A co-production by Curious Industries & Dumbworld
With the financial support of the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta (Italy)
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
With additional support from the Scottish Documentary Institute
Supported through Spotlight on Theatre and Dance from Northern Ireland, delivered by Theatre and Dance NI.
Part of Aurora Nova 2026
Further details
Performed in English French and Italian with intergrated subtitlesWe strongly encourage pre-purchasing tickets ahead of your arrival at ZOO, which will help speed up waiting and admission times. Doors typically open 5 minutes before the advertised start time. We operate eTicketing. A booking fee of £1.50 per ticket up to a maximum of £6 will be added to each booking.
Azaelia Slade and SLADE Productions
19:40 (1hr)
From 7 to 30 Aug 2026
Technis
18:05 (1hr)
From 7 to 30 Aug 2026
DON GNU / Part of #DANISH
12:30 (1hr)
From 18 to 30 Aug 2026
Peej Productions and Panos Kandunias
15:35 (1hr)
From 7 to 30 Aug 2026
Michael R Speciàle
22:40 (1hr)
From 7 to 30 Aug 2026
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