The Frost is all Over
A traditional music multi-media performance
project conceived by Tony MacMahon Recent Performances
Tuning Up
By Dermot Bolger In kitchens and pub corners and concert halls
Musicians gather. They open instrument cases,
Tune up, exchange greetings, gossip and jibes
Until, gradually, the noise of everyday life ceases. “The Frost is All Over” brings together two of Ireland’s foremost solo traditional musicians with one of the countries greatest living writers to present an evening of music and poetry entwined and connected by themes and suggestions and set against a backdrop of still and moving imagery compiled by director John Comiskey Poet and playwright Dermot Bolger was commissioned to write a body of work taking as a starting point the solo recordings of Tony Mac Mahon and David Power. The resulting suite of 13 poems connect us to a time which is slowly slipping away into memory. The time of Chief O Neill, Seamus Ennis and the warmth of music by the hearth. Though steeped in historical connections “The Frost is All Over” is a contemporary theatrical presentation which is vigorous, thoughtful and pulsing with life.
Performance Dates 2009 IRELAND Waterford, Garter Lane Arts Centre Fri 4th Dec 2009 @ 8pm Booking +353 (0)51 855038
BELGIUM Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe Paterdamiaanplein, 7, 3000 Leuven Tues 8th Dec 2009 @ 8pm Booking +32 (0)16 31 04 30
FRANCE Centre Culturel Irlandais 5, rue des Irlandais 75005 - Paris Thurs 10th Dec 2009 @ 7.30pm Booking +33 (0)1 58 52 10 30
SCOTLAND Celtic Connections Festival Tron Theatre, Glasgow Thur 28th Jan 2010 Booking +44 (0)141 353 8000 |
| | | Style | Multi-Media / Music / Poetry | | Scale | Small / Medium | | Available | All year round | | Region | Ireland and Overseas | Musicians:
Tony Mac Mahon (accordion)
David Power (uilleann pipes)
Poetry Dermot Bolger
Directed by John Comiskey
Produced by David Teevan / Ten42 Production |
“MacMahon ekes out an almost orchestral sound from his accordion….Piper David Power brings a breathtaking freshness to the set, his fluid, fluent playing as light as a feather.”
Siobhan Long, The Irish Times, Dec ‘08
“a tightly structured homage to the music and the musicians”
Barra Ó Saghdha,
JMI, The Journal of Music in Ireland, Sept ‘08 |
