Seo taibhléiriú neamhchríochnaithe de chomhar ealaíonta drámatúil dátheangach, 'Goll', idir Strive Theatre agus an banna ceoil ó Chorcaigh, Mac Bóchra. Is saothar turgnamhach drámaíochta é 'Goll', ag sní ceoil, filíochta, scannánaíochta, rince agus scéalaíochta le chéile chun scéalta agus seanchas faoin mBradán Feasa agus 'Goll Essa Ruadh' a léiriú. Is ionann Goll Essa Ruadh agus an seanchaí is sine, an t-ilchruthach, Fintan Mac Bóchra.
Strive Theatre and Cork band MacBóchra present a work in progress performance of their bilingual theatrical collaboration 'Goll'. An experimental theatre work fusing music, poetry, drama and dance, 'Goll' explores the stories and seanchas associated with the salmon of knowledge and Goll Essa Ruadh, the oldest seanchaí and shapeshifter known also as Fintan mac Bóchra.
Throughout medieval literature Fintan appears as Ireland’s oldest breitheamh and file…a repository of Ireland's most ancient traditions and stories. Medieval literature depicts him as the sole survivor of the Biblical flood, living on in different forms as sole witness to the various migrations (Partholónian, Nemedian, Fir Bolg, Tuatha Dé Danann, Gael) to Ireland throughout the millennia.
In development through Strive Theatre’s Play Development Scheme since early 2023, the project has undergone two residencies, a series of development workshops as well as previous work-in-progress sharings at Only Your Footprints 2023 and Hazelwood/ An Chollchoill, Electric Picnic 2023 & 2024, with the support of Conradh na Gaeilge.
CREATIVE TEAM
BRENDAN DUFFIN, CIARÁN MACARTAIN, BRIAN SHEEHAN, GORMFHLAITH NÍ SHÍOCHÁIN NÍ BHEOLÁIN, BEN BURNS, JOANNE HACKETT, DEBBI REILLY, BRIAN LEACH, CAOIMHE FEEHILY, AISLING MACDONOUGH AND ANGELIQUE EVERITT
