Bealtaine Theatre Festival
Enjoy some of Ireland’s most captivating and award-winning contemporary theatre productions.
From May 21 to June 7, The Corleck Building is hosting an incredible series of award-winning performances and theatre productions.
Festival Schedule
Chicken
Synopsis:
Don Murphy is a proud Irishman, a hopeless addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken. A Kerry cock to be precise.
Over one fateful night, the feathered Oscar-winner shares his star-studded story with an intimate audience — from his big break, to his first bird-on-bird sexual experience, to navigating life in the (human-dominated) celebrity spotlight.
But along the way, Don will be confronted with some harsh truths about himself, chickenkind and humankind.
Date: May 21-24
Where: The Corleck Building, 3 Eireann Quay
Production: Sunday's Child Theatre
Bellow
Synopsis:
Danny O’Mahony has dedicated his life to the mastery of his instrument as well as to the preservation and performance of Irish traditional music.
Now, after 40 years of breathing life into centuries-old tunes to honour the memory of those who have come before him, this walking repository is finally taking a breath, a moment to stop and consider what this lifelong dedication has cost him
Date: May 27-30
Where: The Corleck Building, 3 Eireann Quay
Production: Brokentalkers
Ulysses
Synopsis:
Ulysses for Children?
Yes, Ulysses for Children.
James Joyce’s epic story of one day in one city is brought to life in this inventive new show, bringing Ireland’s most notorious book to audiences aged 8 and upwards, and to all those who haven’t got around to reading it yet.
Date: June 6-7
Where: The Corleck Building, 3 Eireann Quay
Production: Branar