Seán Bean ~ Erin’s Intervals

Two bards representing Ireland’s rival northern and southern Gaelic clans awaken together in a ditch after a heated debate—on poetic form, ethnicity and mythology—that turned violent.

Overnight, the dismantling of Gaelic society by the British colonisers has left the bards patronless—stripped of their official social function, class position, and language. Left only with portable instruments, and having already dedicated their life to their craft, they have little choice but to allay their regional differences and band together desperately to sell their labour on the market, travelling between villages as entertainers and agitators.

Recognising the need for new work for a new reality, the band task themselves with the musical imagination of a new horizon—Ireland as a nation undivided.

Join them for their new duet, Erin’s Interval.

1“The Contention of the Bards (1616-1624)”

AEROPONIC ACTS 2024 ~ Chameleon Orbit