The Aran Islands is a compelling adaptation by Joe O’Byrne of John Millington Synge’s classic work. In this grey, sea-battered landscape, full of mist and wild rain, hearth is home and storytellers regale with tales by the fire; here Synge found inspiration for many later works including Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea.
Brendan Conroy, one of Ireland’s finest actors, captures the spirit of Synge and of this bleakly primitive, mystical land on the West coast of Europe. In the great history of Irish storytelling, The Aran Islands is a haunting and transporting experience built around an incredible performance.
Reviews
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Mr. Conroy gives the kind of “invisible” performance that doesn’t look or sound like acting at all; he might almost be Synge himself, chatting with you in the corner pub about something uncanny that happened to him just the other night. He’s a top-class storyteller.
-- The Wall Street Journal
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“At times in this one-man show the narrator is indistinguishable from the locals. It’s a remarkable performance.”
-- Irish Mail on Sunday
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“Joe O’Byrne has done well to cull such an evocative evening for this material from this material and his own lighting design is superb. Brendan Conroy as an actor is a most suitable medium for this material in a subtle, often muted performance.”
-- Cork Evening Echo
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“Conroy’s performance in intensely expressive.”
-- The Sunday Times
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“This is a fine evening’s theatre.”
-- No More Workhorse
Booking Info
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
The Fiona Hurley Auditorium
