Borradh Buan in the Axis 2012
October 16, 2012
The Irish Language and bilingual festival, Borradh Buan returns to the Axis Theatre, Ballymun for its ninth year, and will commence on the 15-27 October 2012.
This year’s festival has a lot more events added to it such as: live music; dancing; theatre; puppetry; and storytelling for all age groups. Among the highlights of the festival is the music session ‘Briseann an Dúchas’ with Ray Yeates and his son Macdara, which will take place on 16 October. On the 23 October Cathal Ó Searcaigh’s play Salomé will be staged for an audience aged 12+. The festival will also cater for younger age groups with a morning of music and dancing on 15 October, and ‘Spraoi’ a play in Irish and in Catalan will be performed for children between 3-6 years of age on 17 October.
26 October will feature an evening of poetry and short plays by Samuel Beckett ‘Ag Taibhreamh ar an nGrá’ which have been translated to Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock, and will star Geraldine Plunkett, Peadar Lamb and Marcus Lamb. On the 27th October, the festival will host an opera, featuring singers and musicians from across the country, based on the old story of Clann Tuireann written by David Sheehan and Aideen Mc Bride. ‘Every year Axis are dedicated to new development and new work, in Irish and bilingually for its audience of all age groups’ says Niamh Ní Chonchubhair, Manager of the Axis Theatre.
For More information here or contact The Axis Theatre, Ballymun 01 8832100
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