Stay Alive

Stay Alive is Field Day’s debut film marking its 40th anniversary (1980-2020). Commissioned by Stephen Rea, the piece is written by Clare Dwyer Hogg, directed by Juliet Riddell, and produced by Sam O’Mahony through 2nd Part Productions. It features Stephen Rea as well as actors Emmet Kirwan, Lisa Dwyer Hogg and Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle. Stay Alive was conceived as a visual pamphlet – a reference to the pamphlets Field Day historically published in order to disseminate ideas - and is imagined as a direct message to someone who is considering taking their own life. It was first screened on RTÉ online platforms in September 2021 for World Suicide Prevention Day. The poetic filmmaking style blends the imaginative with the factual, drawing upon a range of genres from documentary and reportage to theatrical performance and soliloquy.