Our Yeats Project, commenced in 2009, sees Blue Raincoat building our selection of dramatic works by W.B. Yeats on an annual basis. These will be available as a collection and as individual touring pieces in our rpertoire.
(Aug 2009) THE CAT AND THE MOON
Two beggars - one blind and one lame - search for a holy well reputed to host a supernatural saint with the power to cure their afflictions.
Directed by: Kellie Hughes
Designed by: Jo Conway.
Blue Raincoat Ensemble: John Carty, Niall Henry, Ciaran McCauley, Fiona McGeown, Sandra O'Malley
Lighting Design: Michael Cummins
Sound Design: Joe Hunt
Download Souvenir Programme Yeats Project 2009 (Pdf) 604kb.
(July / August 2010) AT THE HAWK'S WELL & THE CAT AND THE MOON
In At the Hawk's Well we enounter an old man who has been climbing to a mystical well in a high and barren place every day for fifty years. He is seeking to drink the magic waters of eternal life that one day will fill the well. This day, on foot of a rumour told over too much wine a young Cuchulain has sailed from Ireland to find the enchanted well and share in its magical water…
Directed by: Kellie Hughes
Designed by: Jo Conway.
Blue Raincoat Ensemble: John Carty, Niall Henry, Ciaran McCauley, Fiona McGeown, Sandra O'Malley. With Marketa Formanova (The Hawk)
Lighting Design: Michael Cummins
Sound Design: Joe Hunt
Download Souvenir Programme Yeats Project 2010 (Pdf) 750kb
(July 2011) THE CAT AND THE MOON. As part of the 52 Yeats International Summer School.
(July 2011) Blue Raicoat Theatre Company will direct the theatre seminar module of the 52 Yeats International Summer School.
