Ar Ais Arís
Brú Theatre
When & Where:
June 12: Gweedore, Co. Donegal.
June 14: Belmullet, Co. Mayo
June 16: Inisheer, Aran Islands, Co. Galway
June 18: Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry
June 20: Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork
Ticketing: Free but ticketed. Book tickets below.
Age Suitability: 12+
Filmed throughout the stunning virtual landscape of Connemara, Brú Theatre has created three unique 180° films which will be shown on VR headsets in arts centres and coastal venues along the Atlantic coast.
Irish language literature and visual poetry combine to create this immersive experience, inspired by texts from Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. The VR presentation will tour to Gaeltacht and island communities in Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry and Cork. As a small audience group, audiences will be invited to enjoy the scenery, soundscape, atmosphere and energy of the Atlantic before adorning a headset and losing themselves in these magical short films.
Through performance, music, song and contemporary dance, each film is a powerful, evocative and contemporary take on some of the finest writing in the Irish language, produced by Brú Theatre’s team of composers, designers and performers led by artistic director James Riordan.
Ar Ais Arís is a virtual reality presentation by Brú Theatre, commissioned by Galway 2020 / Áistriú project.
June 18 Venue Change
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh: Tá an taispeántas VR Ar Ais Arís le Brú Theatre ar Aoine an 18 Meitheamh bogtha ó Mhúsaem Chorca Dhuibhne go dtí Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne: https://tinyurl.com/6tpxe454
Ballyferriter: The Virtual Reality presentation of Ar Ais Arís on Friday 18 June has been moved from Musaem Chorca Dhuibhne to Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne: https://tinyurl.com/6tpxe454 .
Cur i láthair sa réaltacht fhíorúil is ea Ar Ais Arís le Brú Theatre, arna choimisiúnú ag Gaillimh 2020 / an tionscadal Aistriú.
Agus tírdhreach fíorálainn Chonamara roghnaithe mar shuíomh fíorúil don scannánú d’éirigh le Brú Theatre trí scannán uathúla 180° a chur i dtoll a chéile a bhfuil sé i gceist acu a léiriú, trí ghléas cinn VR, in ionaid ealaíon agus in ionaid tionóil chósta ar chósta an Atlantaigh. Baintear leas as meascán de litríocht agus d’amharc-fhilíocht na Gaeilge chun an t-eispéireas tumthach sin a chruthú, agus téacsanna Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, Phádraic Uí Chonaire agus Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill mar spreagadh do na scannáin.
I gcomhar le Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh, tugtar an lucht féachana ar camchuairt, le cur i láthair VR, timpeall na Gaeltachta agus timpeall na bpobal oileánach i nDún na nGall, Maigh Eo, Gaillimh, Ciarraí agus Corcaigh. Agus tú mar chuid de lucht féachana beag, tabharfar an deis duit sult a bhaint as tírdhreach, fuaimdhreach, atmaisféar agus fuinneamh an Atlantaigh roimh duit gléas cinn a chur ort agus tú féin a chailleadh sna gearrscannáin dhraíochtúla sin. Idir léiriú, cheol, amhráin agus rince comhaimseartha, tugtar léamh cumhachtach, dúisitheach comhaimseartha i ngach scannán ar chuid de scríbhneoireacht na Gaeilge, arna léiriú ag foireann cumadóirí, dearthóirí agus taibheoirí Brú Theatre faoi stiúir James Riordan, an Stiúrthóir Ealaíne.
Tar éis an léirithe, cuirfear fáilte roimh bhaill den lucht féachana tuilleadh a fhoghlaim faoi na húdair sin agus faoi scéalta na foirne. Déanfaidh Brú Theatre gléas cinn VR nua den cháilíocht is fearr a bhronnadh ar gach ceann de na 5 ionad ealaíon áitiúla chun go mbeidh na pobail in ann an t-eispéireas sin, mar aon le heispéireas saothar eile amach as seo, a bheith acu agus b’fhéidir chun iad a spreagadh chun saothair den sórt sin dá gcuid féin a chruthú.
Listen
Liam Geraghty, award-winning audio producer of podcasts and radio, has created four special editions of his hugely popular Meet Your Maker series focusing on the experiences within Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh. In this episode, he talks with James Riordan (Ar Ais Arís) and John Conway (The Ballad of a Care Centre) about adventures in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in theatre and the arts.
About Brú Theatre
Brú theatre company is based in Galway, Ireland and was founded in January 2018. Working bilingually between Irish and English Brú create interdisciplinary performance, often working working with new writing, mask theatre, live music, dance, trad arts and virtual reality. They have four full productions to date and have received multiple Irish Times Theatre Award nominations for their work. Upcoming productions include: The Libravian about a drag queen librarian and Gol, an ensemble re-contextualising of keening. Brú also runs Remote Control, an artist development program for emerging artists in partnership with Galway Dance Project and the Town Hall Theatre, Galway.
I nGaillimh, Éire atá compántas amharclannaíochta Brú, a bunaíodh i mí Eanáir 2018, lonnaithe. Déanann Brú léiriúcháin idirdhisciplíneacha as Gaeilge agus as Béarla idir scríbhneoireacht nua, masc-amharclannaíocht, ceol beo, damhsa, na healaíona traidisiúnta agus an réaltacht fhíorúil. Rinneadh ceithre lánléiriú go dtí seo agus fuarthas ainmniúcháin do Ghradaim Amharclannaíochta an Irish Times. I measc na léiriúchán atá ar na bacáin, tá: The Libravian faoi bhanríon draig atá ina leabharlannaí agus Gol, ar comhthéacsú ar thraidisiún an chaointe é. Reáchtálann Brú Remote Control chomh maith, ar clár forbartha ealaíontóirí atá ann d’ealaíontóirí atá ag teacht chun cinn i gcomhar leis an Galway Dance Project agus Amharclann Halla na Cathrach, Gaillimh.
Na haisteoirí
Anna Mularkey
Anna is an electro-acoustic composer and performer from Galway. Anna composes, arranges and performs soundtracks for theatre, film and documentaries
Is cumadóir agus taibheoir leictreafhuaime í Anna Mullarkey ó Ghaillimh. Déanann Anna fuaimrianta a chumadh, a chóiriú agus a thaibhiú don amharclannaíocht, do scannáin agus do chláir faisnéise.
Stephanie Dufresne
Stephanie is a dancer, actor and choreographer from the West of Ireland currently based in Dublin. Stephanie enjoys combining her skills in dance, theatre, film and music for companies such as Irish National Opera, Emma Martin/United Fall and Junk Ensemble and her own work is supported by the Arts Council and Galway Dance Project.
Is damhsóir, aisteoir agus cóiréagrafaí í Stephanie, arb as iarthar na hÉireann í agus í lonnaithe i mBaile Átha Cliath. Meascann Stephanie a scileanna damhsa, amharclannaíochta, scannánaíochta agus ceoil do chomhlachtaí dá leithéidí an Cheoldrámaíocht Náisiúnta, Emma Martin/United Fall agus Junk Ensemble agus tugann an Chomhairle Ealaíon agus Galway Dance Project tacaíocht dá saothair féin.
Victoria Mc Cormack
Victoria Mc Cormack is a performance artist based in Galway. Her work has been shown in Galway International Arts Festival, Tulca Festival of Visual Art, Dublin
Theatre Festival and Darklight. She has performed extensively with Macnas both nationally and Internationally and most recently has performed for the closing event for Galway 2020 and TG4
Is taibh-ealaíontóir í Victoria Mc Cormack atá bunaithe i nGaillimh
Léiríodh saothair dá cuid ag Féile Ealaíon Idirnáisiúnta na Gaillimhe, ag Féile Amharc-ealaíonTulca, ag Féile Amharclannaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Darklight. D’oibrigh sí go minic le Macnas, idir go náisiúnta agus go hidirnáisiúnta agus ghlac sí páirt in imeacht chlabhsúir Galway 2020 agus TG4 le déanaí
Credits:
Director: James Riordan.
Producer: Jill Murray.
Dramaturg: Máiréad Ní Chróinín
Performers: Victoria Mc Cormack, Stephanie Dufresne, Anna Mullarkey.
Music Composer: Anna Mullarkey.
Production Assistant: Kate McBrearty.
Musician: Ciara O’Connor.
Sound Designer: Jenny O’Malley.
VR cinematographer: Paul Kinsella.
Costume Designer: Clíodhna Hallissey.
Make-Up / Hair Designer: Michelle Ruane.
Voice-Over, language consultant: Caitlín Ní Chualáin.
Áistriú Creative Associate: Marianne Ní Chinnéide