Aliens

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 surtitles, Aliens is an ‘ambitious, memorable piece that treats familiar themes in new, even alien ways’ (The 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 Mytton 

Original music composed and performed live by Corgiat 

Video editing Piero Oronzo

Lighting design Rocco Andreacchio 

Technical Manager on tour Gearóid O’ Hallmhuráin 

Touring Producer & Surtitles Coordinator Elisabetta Scarin


A co-production by Curious Industries & Dumbworld

Created 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


ALIENS Autumn 2026 Irish Tour is funded by the Arts Council Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.