Manchán Magan
Venues & dates
Arán & Im celebrates the Irish language in an engaging, accessible bilingual way, through sourdough bread and home-churned butter.
Read Manchán's Irish Times article about Arán & Im.... here
Watch a short intro video .... here
Is taibhiú drámaíochta é Arán & Im ina mbácálann Manchán arán taois ghéir ar feadh 70 nóiméad fad is a thugann sé léargas ar iontaisí na Gaeilge – agus é ag ceiliúradh focail mhealltacha a bhaineann leis an tírdhreach, téarmaí i dtaca le hiomas agus léirstean, agus an iliomad nathanna a thugann beocht do chumhacht agus mistéir an tsaoil nádúrtha.
The Abbey Theatre Presents:
- Presented and Produced by: Manchán Magan
- Design: Tom de Paor
- Direction: Tom Creed
- Costume: Hazel McCague
- Construction: Barry Rogerson
Linen Hall, Castlebar, 1pm & 8pm, 20th March 2019
Belltable, Limerick, 2.30pm & 8pm 23rd Feb 2019
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, 7pm, 16th Feb 2019
Glór Uachtar Tíre, Maginn's , Co Down, 7th Dec 2018
Fumbally Stables, Dublin, Sat, 13th Oct, 2018 - 3pm & 6pm -
Cork Opera House, 21st & 22nd Sept 2018
Townhall Theatre, Galway, 3pm 14th & 15th Sept 2018
Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 3pm 17th & 18th Aug 2018
Lime Theatre, Limerick, July 2018
Buíochas ó chroí le: Amharclann na Mainstreach, Foras na Gaeilge, Baird McNutt, Studio Donegal, The Little Mill, Dunany Flour, Smeg, Bodel, Declan Caulfield. Maura O'Keeffe.
Arán & Im is a theatrical performance/installation in which Manchán bakes sourdough bread for 70 minutes while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language – exploring potent words of landscape, terms of intuition and insight, and the many phrases that bring to life the mysterious glory of our natural world.
It is a celebration of language, land and local Irish food, with freshly-baked traditional sourdough bread for the audience to slice and spread with butter they churn themselves from Irish cream.
Arán & Im is a theatrical performance/installation in which Manchán bakes sourdough bread for 2 hours while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language – exploring potent words of landscape, terms of intuition and insight, and the many phrases that bring to life the mysterious glory of our natural world.
It is a celebration of language, land and local Irish food, with freshly-baked traditional sourdough bread for the audience to slice and spread with butter they churn themselves from Irish cream.
Arán & Im