Lidija Šola Residency

Right Lung Left is a Supported Research Residency

Following a successful collaboration with the award-winning playwright Sadhbh Moriarty on their production (Un)Holy Blood, Lidija is enthusiastic about continuing their partnership on their second play Right Lung Left. A fusion of absurd theatre, contemporary circus and stage magic, this is a darkly comic descent into what happens when the past refuses to clock out.

During this residency, Lidija will be exploring experimental group acrobatics under the mentorship of Daniel Seabra and Mafalda M. Goncalves (Circo Caótico). The research will also delve into the intersection of acrobatics and stage magic, with support from experienced lighting designer Tim Feehily. Together, they will aim to illuminate the unseen: to conjure scenes where bodies and light perform sleights of story, and where acrobatics become part of the illusion — lifting narrative, bending time, and revealing the mechanics of memory through movement and misdirection.

Lidija Šola is a Croatian, Cork based contemporary circus artist. She has been a part of the independent art scene for over a decade as a performer, author and director. Her main area of work is a combination of contemporary circus, physical theatre and dance with the focus on experimental approach. She has been part of multidisciplinary projects with the Damir Bartol Indos House of Extreme Musical Theatre in performances F:I:L:M:S:K:A:T:E:K:A, Formed in a Stance, and at the opening of the 2020 European Capital of Culture Rijeka with the play Opera Industriale.

She premiered (Un)Holy Blood, a surreal circus play, at St. Luke’s Cork in 2023, Right Lung Left, is her second collaboration with writer Sadhbh Moriarty.

Supported by Arts Council Bursary Award, Pitch'd Productions, Promenade, Circus Factory and Dance Cork Firkin Crane.