A world premiere written by award winning writer, Antoine Ó Flatharta, directed by Stephen D’Arcy and designed by world class Lulu Tam, will kickstart Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc’s 2023 season of theatre.
On a dark night, an ageing Mac Liammoir stops for a 'small pleasure.' He is denied by a young Garda who safeguards him home - but there's a storm coming.
‘Wáltsáil Abhaile’ is a surreal play about the life of the great Irish actor, director and theatre impressario Micheál Mac Liammoir. Presented as a theatrical multimedia fantasia, 'Mac,' in the autumn of his years, goes on a dreamlike journey that weaves in and out of time and place, reality and fantasy. Written by one of Ireland's leading writers in the Irish language, this is an ode to theatre, and a heartfelt love song to one of Ireland's theatre legends. This production is also a spiritual home-coming for Mac Liammoir; the first artistic director of An Taibhdhearc.
Antoine Ó Flatharta, who devised the long running TG4 series, ‘Ros na Rún’ commented, 'Although this play is about Mícheál Mac Liammoir, it’s also about me. I started out writing a play about Mac Liammoir but I ended up slipping into the play in ways I didn't expect. This happens with any art that I think has merit. But it happened more with this play than any other play I've ever written. Why? The content and the stroke of chance, they come from the heart. And age too. It has been a long six years since I wrote any stage play. I was young then and I'm not anymore. I'm not sure sense comes with age, but one thing that comes with age is freedom.'
Wáltsáil Abhaile will begin on Tuesday March 21, and will run until Saturday April 1. Tickets cost €18 and are available from here: www.eventbrite.ie
