Acclaimed storyteller and homoseanchaí Richard O’Leary returns to Outburst with a brilliant new 30-minute Irish language storytelling performance, with opening support from Rainbow Reels, the LGBTQIA+ Community Trad Music Group
Please note that English translation will not be provided for Richard’s performance.
Scéal na rún oifigiúil agus faoin ngrá faoi cheilt san Ard Oifig an Phoist i mBaile Átha Cliath. Scéal faoi shuimeanna móra airgid, rianta páipéir agus ghlaonna gutháin. Bhí mé ann agus tá an fhianaise fhisiciúil agam le taispeáint daoibh. Scéal dochreidte, cosúil le síscéal Éireannach ach is fíorscéal atá ann. Is homoseanchaí é Risteard Ó Laoghaire a bhí le feiceáil sa Druthaib’s Ball leis an Array Collective a bhuaigh Duais Turner i 2021. Is é cruthaitheoir na seónna aonair scéalaíochta There’s a Bishop in my Bedroom agus Border Fairies.
A tale of official secrets and hidden love in the General Post Office in Dublin. A tale of vast sums of money, paper trails and telephone calls. Richard O’Leary was there and has the physical evidence to show you. An incredible story, like an Irish fairy tale but this one is true…
Richard’s previous storytelling work includes Array Collective’s The Druthaib’s Ball, their Turner Prize winning work in 2021, and the solo storytelling shows There’s a Bishop in my Bedroom and Border Fairies.
Age Suitability: 14+
Duration: 60 mins (including music)
In partnership with Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
