Get a taste of revolutionary theatre in An Lab

IN commemoration of 1916, Aisteoirí Bhréanainn are staging in An Lab the three plays that Ernest Blythe directed and staged in the same location for the people of Kinard in 1914.

Blythe, like many of the leaders of the Easter Rising, recognised the value of the Irish language and spent almost 18 months in Kinard with the family of Tomás Ághas, learning Irish and helping out on the family farm. Blythe had a lot of experience of the theatre in Dublin and when the locals in Kinard learned of this they asked him to stage some plays, which he did using the Christian Brothers School in Dingle as the venue.

The former CBS Secondary School is now home to An Lab theatre and, 100 years later, Aisteoirí Bhréanainn are staging the plays there in what will be a truly historic occasion.

Thosaíodar ag ullmhú na ndrámaí An Pota Súip le W. B. Yeats, Caitlín Ní hUallacháin le W. B. Yeats, agus Liúdaidhe Óg na Leargadh Móire le Séamus Mac Mághnais. Shocraíodar na drámaí a chur ar stáitse i Scoil na mBráthar i nDaingean Uí Chúis in Earrach na bliana 1914. Rachadh airgead an dorais go dtí Scoil na mBráthar. Bhíodh na cleachtaí drámaíochta acu i dTigh Uí Ghrífín agus, an fhad a bhítí ag fanacht leis na haisteoirí go léir chun teacht, bhíodh roinnt port acu ar an mileoidean ó Thomás Ághas eile (mac Mhaitiú) a maraíodh i luíochán Lios Póil 1921.

Drámaí na Cinn Áirde le Aisteoirí Bhréanainn, faoi stiúir an Ath. Tomás Ó hÍceadha (a bhfuil gaol gairid aige leis an dá Ághasach thuas) agus Marina Ní Dhubháin, (An LAB) ar an Luan(Monday) agus ar an Máirt (Tuesday), an 20 agus 21 de Mheitheamh (June) ar 8.00.

Chun ticéad a chur in áirithint glaoigh ar/ to book tickets call: 087-6496125