Arán & Im - Manchán Magan

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Market Street, BT61 7BW Armagh, United Kingdom | Armagh

The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh
Publisher/HostThe Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh
Ar\u00e1n & Im - Manch\u00e1n Magan
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Wednesday 19 November
8pm
£16.50
“Shall we bake bread together and churn some butter and talk about things that really matter?” asks Manchán Magan, the presenter of the 75-minute bilingual show, Arán & Im, which explores what makes Irish so unique and potent. “What’s the word for the lonesomeness of a cow bereft of her calf? Or, for the sound horses make when they meet after an absence? To what extent is the language embedded in the Otherworld?” Join Manchán as he bakes bread and churns butter and reveals the link between sourdough and the transformational power of Irish.
Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports on travel for various radio programmes, and has presented dozens of television documentaries on issues of world culture.
He has received commissions to write plays from The Abbey Theatre, BBC and Project Art Centre. His bilingual plays have been nominated for numerous awards, including 2 Irish Times Theatre Awards. He won the Walter Macken Taibhdhearc Drama award, and the Stewart Parker Irish Language Theatre Award.
"Hugely informative and entertaining... (His) focus (is) on the wealth of beauty within the Irish language and how it connects us to place, spirituality, nature and each other"
– The Irish Times (on Listen to the Land Speak)
Recommended for age 12+
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Market Street, BT61 7BW Armagh, United Kingdom, 9 Market Street, Armagh, BT61 7BW, United Kingdom

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