The Tinker’s Curse WRITTEN AND PERFORMAED BY MICHAEL HARDING
WITH LIVE MUSIC PERFORMED BY FINBAR COADY Style - Theatre
Scale - Small/ Medium
Available All Year round
Region Ireland and Overseas
Web www.thetinkerscurse.net See upcoming tour dates below In his acclaimed production of “The Tinker’s Curse” Michael Harding’s tells the moving story of a traveling man who climbs Croagh Patrick to do penance for the sins of a lifetime. Accompanied by musician Finbar Coady, The Tinkers Curse is a funny and sad night in the theatre; a rare insight into the joys and sorrows that make up the life of an Irish Traveler. EMER O KELLY, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT. 24.01.10.
"He stands on the stage, defeated, shambolic, rambling. He is a helpless father, a bewildered husband, an angry butt of majority hatred.....a traveling man.....MICHAEL HARDING'S NEWLY ADAPTED VERSION of his own THE TINKER'S CURSE is a heart-searing, heart-searching piece of work, provoking tears and haunting the soul. If it doesn't live in dramatic memory, we have neither folk memory nor capacity for pity........Harding's performance is nothing short of GLORIOUS - a piece of sustained dramatic economy that is performance art of SOARING, INCANDESCENT STRENGTH. Every gesture tells, every step is measured, every pause significant, every subtle change of tone adding to a threnody for a dying soul.....If audiences are not hanging out of the rafters in future venues, there is no soul for drama in Ireland. FEATURING MICHAEL HARDING AND MUSIACIAN FINBAR COADY THIS IS A ROUGH, RAW, AND UNCONVENTIONAL PIECE OF THEATRE. NOT TO BE MISSED!! THE WORK IS THE RESULT OF ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELLING COMMUNITY. “Harding’s Theatre is always unique, daring, entertaining and unmissable.” – The Irish Examiner “A provoking and engaging piece of theatre” – David Joyce (Travelers Rights Activist.) Upcoming tour dates Nothing pending
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