By Vincent Woods
Directed by Maelíosa Stafford
Set on the border between Leitrim and Fermanagh, this tragic love story weaves together past and present through the tradition of mumming and storytelling accompanied by toe-tapping dance and live music from fiddle, accordian and bodhran. This play tells a story that would break your heart while touching your comic nerve.
a powerful tragedy of hatred
Maelíosa Stafford’s direction is seamless, Brendan O’Regans music and Ray McBride’s choreography are excellent
a superbly eloquent and heartbreaking statement about tribal war in the Border counties
…sublime, superb, magical…the best night of theatre I’ve had in more than 50 years of theatre going
although invariably and unmistakably Irish, it has crossed the ocean to articulate themes of the broadest significance
Dublin The Gate 14 - 26 February 1994
Limerick Belltable Arts Centre 28 February - 5 March 1994
Cork Cork Opera House 8 - 12 March 1994
Kilkenny Watergate Theatre 14 - 16 March 1994
Sligo Hawk’s Well Theatre 18 - 20 March 1994
Galway Druid Lane Theatre 22 March - 2 April 1994
Kerry Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 4 - 5 April 1994
Toronto World Stage Festival 9 - 16 April 1994
Glasgow Mayfest 3 - 7 May 1994
