Ar Ais Arís

Ar Ais Arís was most recently presented in Montreal, Canada as part of Green Season, March 17th-22nd 2023

“Absorbing, evocative and sometimes unsettling”
— Deirdre Falvey, The Irish Times
“This is a compelling piece of work that engages both with Irish cultural tradition and with the emerging future of theatre practice.”
— Sara Keating, The Irish Times

A moment of departure. A moment of return. A moment of reckoning.

Irish language literature and visual poetry are combined in virtual reality to make this work, inspired by texts from Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill around the theme of migration. Brú’s team of performers, creators, designers and composers have come together to create three unique 180° films, immersing audiences in a fusion of movement, text, music and Connemara landscape through the use of VR headsets. Lose yourself in this evocative, contemporary take on some of the finest writing in the Irish language.

Ar Ais Arís is a commission as part of Galway 2020/ NUIG’s Aistriú project.

Ar Ais Arís has been presented around the country in festivals including Galway International Arts Festival, the Arts Council’s Brightening Air, Cairde Arts festival, Earagail Arts Festival, Drop Everything and at universities including Dublic City University and NUIGalway.

Nóiméad imeachta. Nóiméad fillte. Nóiméad breithiúnais

Déantar litríocht na Gaeilge agus filíocht fhísiúil a chumasc i réaltacht fhíorúil chun an saothar seo a láithriú, a fuair inspioráid ó théacsanna le Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire agus Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill faoi théama na himirce. Tá foireann taibheoirí, cruthaitheoirí, dearthóirí agus cumadóirí de chuid Brú tar éis a theacht le chéile le trí scannán 180° uathúla a chruthú ina dtumtar an lucht féachana i gcumasc gluaiseachta, téacs, ceoil agus thírdreach Chonamara trí  ghléasanna cinn VR a úsáid. Téigh ar seachrán sa léamh corraitheach comhaimseartha seo ar chuid de sméar mhullaigh na scríbhneoireachta Gaeilge.

Is taibhléiriú nua le Brú Theatre Ar Ais Arís, arna choimisiúnú mar chuid den tionscadal Aistriú ó Gaillimh 2020/NUIG.Credits:

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Text Translation of Ar Ais Arís

Text Translation of Ar Ais Arís

Team


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