Within this playful, immersive experience, the merfolk sip seaweed tea inside eerie underwater buildings, Seagull-John cooks white birds over trash fires, and dreams from the future explore loss, rainbows, and sorrow in a liminal space gone awry with climate chaos. The magician (Ali Keohane) brings the audiences onto Hy-Brasil, the mythical disappearing island, while they walk around Galway listening to stories told by actors Mikel Murfi, Jenni Nikinmaa & Tonya Lenhart.
Duration approximately 1 hr – route approximately 3 kilometers outdoors, please wear proper walking shoes and dress according to the weather.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
2025 TBA – for bookings & enquiries, email jenni.nikinmaa@gmail.com
PAST PERFORMANCES
22.-28.7.2024 West Cork Fit-Up Island Tour!20th of September 2024, 5pm and 7pm Culture Night on Inis Mór
5th of June 2024, Town Hall Theatre Galway 17.30 & 19.30 and 6th of June 14.30 & 17.30
7th of June, 2024 Inishmore 17.00
9th of June, 2024 Inisheer, Áras Éanna 12.30 & 15.00
9th of August, 2023 Birr, Offaly 11 am & 2 pm. Premiere, presented by Birr Theatre & Arts Centre on the grounds of Birr Castle.
21st of July 2023, Cruthu Arts Festival – Preview
2nd of May, 2023 Galway Theatre Festival, Inishmore – Work-in-progress
3rd of May, 2023 Inishmore – Work-in-progress
THE TEAM
Writing, design & concept: Jenni Nikinmaa
Production support: Michelle Cahill
Sound Engineering & Recording: Jack Cawley
Actors on-site: Ali Keohane and Jenni Nikinmaa
Voice actors: Mikel Murfi, Tonya Lenhart, Jack Cawley, Jenni Nikinmaa
Photos: Kylee Dillane
Co-Production of Birr Theatre & Arts Centre & Jenni Nikinmaa for Birr Vintage week 2023. Work-in-progress production supported by Galway Theatre Festival 2023.
Supported by Agility Award / The Arts Council of Ireland
The Enchanted Island has been created with the support of Remote Control residencies 2 & 3 hosted by Brú Theatre and MAKE 2022 residency (Dublin Fringe, Project Arts Centre, Cork Midsummer Festival; Theatre Forum).
Thanks to Max Hafler for help with character development
Thanks to Town Hall Theatre Galway, Áras Éanna, Aran Islands energy co-op, Niamh Cotter, Rocio Redondo, Rena Bryson, Kate McBrearty, Eliza Chapman, Chloe Ní Mháille, Liam Sweeney, Zoe Seaton, Jackie Rowantree, Emma from Birr Theatre, Bee Sparks, Hugh Farrell, Tom Creed, Christian O´Reilly and the Town Hall Theatre playwright´s group, Frankie Moran, Niall Brewster – and numerous other people who have supported the project throughout from 2021 when it started as part of Remote Control to 2023 when it became a show you can actually attend to.
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