I Fall Down: A Restoration Comedy Gina Moxley

”Fearlessly ambitious, both scrappily punk and technically proficient… I Fall Down is fun, funny and unapologetically feminist.“
— Business Post

”Outrageous comedy.“
— The Irish Times

In I Fall Down, Gina Moxley, a former art student, begins by referring to what was her introductory bible to art history - The Story of Art - in which not a single female artist was mentioned. Enraged by that erasure and inspired by Florence Syndrome, a malady where tourists are so overwhelmed by seeing classical masterpieces, they fall into a psychotic state, Moxley confronts classical female statuary head on. The omission of their genitalia propels her on a wild mission to set the record straight.

This immersive, punk and fearlessly feminist show begins with a lecture, segues into an operatic promenade, travels to Florence courtesy of contemporary dance, video and sound installations and finally arrives at a cheeky hands-on clay modelling workshop. A living example of Joseph Beuys' radical dictum: 'Everyone is an artist'. Possibly the best fun you can have getting your hands dirty.

A 'restoration comedy' so to speak.

I Fall Down is a critical and audience hit, appealing to audiences of all genders and across a huge age range from sixteen to ninety-six.

Originally staged across multiple spaces at the Crawford Art Gallery for the Cork Midsummer Festival and restaged at Trinity College Dublin for the Dublin Theatre Festival.

A Co-production between The Everyman and Once Off Productions. Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Please note This is a promenade performance and will require moving by foot to different locations. For ages 16+

Gina Moxley is an award-winning writer, actor and director based in Dublin, Ireland. She has been involved in Irish theatre for the past forty years. A Fine Art graduate, she also holds an M.Phil in Creative Writing.

Her first play Danti-Dan was produced by Rough Magic in 1995 and won the Stewart Parker Award. Since then she has written for companies such as Pan Pan, CoisCéim, Fishamble, Cork Capital of Culture, Controvento and National Connections UK. Her play The Patient Gloria, which she also performs in, has had hugely successful runs at St Ann's Warehouse in New York and at Brighton Festival. Previously presented by the Abbey Theatre for Dublin Theatre Festival and at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, where it won a Fringe First and Herald Angel. The show toured in Ireland in spring 2023. Her most recent piece, I FALL DOWN premiered at the Crawford Art Gallery in association with The Everyman Theatre for Cork Midsummer Festival 2023, and was restaged as part of Dublin Theatre Festival in 2025.
She has written several radio plays broadcast by RTE and has published some short stories.

Gina has toured extensively with companies such as Pan Pan,Dead Centre and Tim Crouch to festivals in Europe, Asia, USA, Australia and New Zealand. ​

She has been collaborating with artist, Sean Lynch, for over a decade, including his show Adventure:Capital which represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2015.
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She was Irish Patron Playwright at New Plays from Europe Biennale, Wiesbaden, Germany from 2010 to 2014. In 2020, she was elected to Aosdána, an affiliation of Irish artists that have produced a distinguished body of work.

Writer Gina Moxley
Director John McIlduff
Original Choreography Emily Terndrup
Tour Choreography Katherine O'Malley
Performers Gina Moxley, Amy Ní Fearraigh, Bláithín Mac Gabhann, Katherine O'Malley, Anne Rowe

ABOUT ONCE OFF PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2006 by Maura O’Keeffe, Once Off Productions provides a structured, supportive and creative producing platform for independent performance artists making ambitious, innovative and collaborative work. Working nationally and internationally at all scales, the company is committed to bringing live performance to audiences in traditional and non-traditional locations.

Once Off Productions facilitates artists to make work outside of traditional company structures while simultaneously offering all of the advantages of producing and administrative support. The Company enables some of the most brilliant and exciting artists based in Ireland to create, develop and present new work for a wide range of audiences.

Since 2020, the company has been funded through a new Arts Council ‘Creative Production Services’ initiative which has allowed the platform and team to expand to provide consolidated, resourced & expert supports to the independent performing arts sector as well as training, mentoring and employment opportunities for producers and production managers.

Once Off Productions is a key part of the performing arts landscape in Ireland, nurturing artists and fostering the development of innovative, collaborative, courageous and ambitious projects while marrying this work with the needs of presenters to serve audiences across the island of Ireland and internationally.

ABOUT THE EVERYMAN
The Everyman’s mission is to produce the best in Irish and international performance for Cork and Irish audiences. We aim to be indispensable to all of the communities we serve: audiences, artists, employees and suppliers, while remaining rooted in, and inextricably linked to, Cork.

We work hard to support and enrich the cultural fabric of our country by delivering an ambitious programme in a beautiful venue that serves the audience of today and builds the audience of the future.
Our Vision is to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence for theatre in Ireland and a vibrant cultural centre for Cork.

Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon