This week, The Parish Hall, Gortahork celebrates the Irish inspiration for Monty Python, with Donncha Crowley from 'The Tudors' in a starring role.
Belfast's Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company presents 'The Poor Mouth' by Flann O'Brien aka Myles na Gopaleen – part-time journalist/Civil Servant and full-time comic genius.
This is a brand new adaptation for the stage by Bríd Ó Gallchoir, Artistic Director of the company with contributions from Gearóid Ó Cairáillean & Owen McCafferty.
The star of the show, Donncha Crowley has been in 'Kings', 'The Clinic' and 'Father Ted' most recently he's been in TG4's new comedy drama series 'The Galway Races'.
The Poor Mouth/An Béal Bocht' - is a two-fingered salute to all things 'excessively, excessively and excessively ' Gaelic.
It tells the story of one, Bonaparte O'Coonassa - 'son of Michealangelo, son of Patrick, son of Owen, son of Sarah, son of Thomas, son of Maire' who was born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland.
From the front door of this 'small lime-white house situated in the corner of the Glen' you could (allegedly) see Gweedore, Connemara, Galway, the island of Aran and The Great Blaskets. Famed as much for its beauty as the abject, relentless and 'much prized' poverty of its residents, the daily fare consists of potatoes, potatoes and yet more potatoes, which they shared with a horse called Charlie, a bunch of sheep 'a slim thighed cow', a clutch of chickens and Ambrose the pig.
You're invited to discover buried treasure, underwater homes and the perils of marathon Irish dancing. A perfect marriage of satire and gazumping.
The company provides a free translation service for every single show and how that works is, you're sitting in your theatre seat watching the show with a comfy pair of headphones on and you're hearing the English through them, there's someone backstage doing the translation simultaneously so you don't miss a thing.
Don't miss this exciting show at the The Parish Hall, Gortahork on Saturday, November 21, at 8pm. Admission is ¤15/12 and tickets can be booked on Tel 048 90208040.
