Distillation (Irish Tour)

Created and Performed by Luke Casserly

Booking Information

Tickets are available through the venue websites.

A multi-sensory performance that transports audiences to the Irish bog landscape through scent

Following sold-out performances across Ireland, the US, and Canada, Distillation returns in 2026 for a brand new Irish tour.

Luke Casserly collaborated with renowned perfumer Joan Woods (Waters + Wild Organic Perfumery) to create a unique essence of the Midlands bog – the place where he grew up – as the starting point for an olfactory encounter exploring our relationship to place.

Created in direct response to the cessation of Ireland’s peat harvesting industry, Distillation is dedicated to the future of our broken landscapes – in the hope that by listening to them, we might be able to better understand them.

2026 Tour Dates

12 – 14 Jun The Crypt at St Luke’s, Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork
25 Jun Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois
29 – 30 Jun Ballina Arts Centre, Mayo
4 – 5 Jul Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Tipperary
10 – 11 Jul Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, Sligo
14 – 15 Jul An Grianán Theatre, Earagail Arts Festival, Donegal
23 Jul Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
29 Jul The Dock, Leitrim
1 Aug Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival, Offaly
4 Aug Ceadogán Studio, Wexford
10 – 11 Aug Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny
29 Aug St John’s Theatre, Listowel, Kerry
11 Sept Shorelines Arts Festival, Galway

The production premiered as part of Dublin Theatre Festival in 2023, and has since toured extensively across Ireland, the USA, and Canada, earning widespread critical acclaim. A co-production by Abbey Theatre and Solas Nua, commissioned by Solas Nua. Supported by Goethe-Institut Irland, IMMA, Druid FUEL, AXIS Ballymun, and Backstage Theatre. The 2026 tour is funded by an Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Theatre Touring Award.

Reviews

★★★★
"All of the senses are engaged: not just sight and hearing but also touch, smell and even taste"
The Irish Times

★★★★
"Genuinely inventive"
Irish Examiner

"This is a thought-provoking show, that stays in the mind long after, like the sweet woody smell of the bog perfume that lingers on the wrist"
Irish Independent