Without Distinction of Sex

In 1922, Ireland’s first Constitution promised liberty “without distinction of sex.” Fifteen years later, Bunreacht na hÉireann betrayed that promise. Article 41 reduced women to domestic and reproductive roles, erasing unmarried, queer, trans and non-conforming lives while legitimising a culture of exclusion and silence that has suffocated generations of Irish women. This legacy still shapes Ireland today. Blending spoken text, choral song, dance by sean nós and contemporary dancer Sibéal Davitt, an original score / sound design by Sinéad Diskin and the voice of a powerful chorus, Veronica Coburn creates an urgent theatrical reckoning with gender, power and the unfinished fight for equality.