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A very old man with enormous wings

  • Dan Colley & Riverbank Arts Centre, Ireland
  • Duration 50 Minutes
  • in English spoken language
  • Supporter 25,00 € | Regular 18,00 € | Discounted 12,00 €
  • Object Theater based on the work of Gabriel García Márquez

Two storytellers find a strange figure in their kitchen: a very old man, lying filthy on the floor and unable to move his enormous wings. The neighbor says he is an angel. The priest is of another opinion: the man…

Two storytellers find a strange figure in their kitchen: a very old man, lying filthy on the floor and unable to move his enormous wings. The neighbor says he is an angel. The priest is of another opinion: the man must be an impostor since he doesn’t speak Latin. The stranger, who has been put into the chicken coop for the moment, becomes the sensation of the town and unleashes a wave of pilgrims: some hope to be healed, others just want to have a look. But they leave the village different from how they arrived.

Dan Colley’s productions uses the power of object theater and tells the short story by Gabriel García Márquez with objects and puppets made from kitchen utensils. In doing so, they create a poetic space on the search for the beauty of the text and its emotional richness that opens up basic questions about human imagination.

Information about the accessibility of the venue in structural terms can be found here. Early boarding is available.

 

 

Trailer »A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings«

Dates

30.10. Fri

Deutsche Erstaufführung

31.10. Sat

Performance
Manus Halligan, Genevieve Hulme Beaman

Direction
Dan Colley

Adaptation
Dan Colley, Manus Halligan, Genevieve Hulme Beaman

Production
Matthew Smyth

Set and Costume Design
Andrew Clancy

Lighting Design
Sarah Jane Shiels

Sound
Alma Kelliher

AV Design
Eoin Kilkenny

Stage Management
Evie McGuinness

Original Production by
Collapsing Horse

Funded by
Arts Council, Kildare County Council

Supported by
Arts Council Theatre Project Award, Riverbank Arts Centre

https://www.dancolley.com/

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