Spectacular outdoor theatre event to open in Mayo

A brand-new out door theatre event will open in Mulranny on June 26, with an aerial circus spectacle titled Grace: The Story of a Pirate Queen.

This most westerly theatre in the world has been created by Mulranny Arts Centre as part of their commitment to bring exceptional live performance to the west coast. The specially designed arena, using local and reused materials, is set high on a hill above Clew Bay with views out across the Atlantic Ocean. The opening performance of Grace: The Pirate Queen will take place on June 26, at 7 p.m.

Mulranny Arts Centre Director Cherly Cobern Browne believes that the area is ideal for an outdoor theatre. “Creativity is about using resources at hand and making it all work,’ she says. We’re thrilled to have Grace: The Story of a Pirate Queen as our first public performance in the very land she where she lived and ruled.”

“It’s part faith and part pure hard work,” says Dea Birkett, Director of Achill Island based Circus250, the company behind the Grace show. "Mulranny Arts Centre have created not only the westernmost but the most beautiful performance space in the country. From your seat, you look out across the waves that Grace O’Malley conquered. Live original music on traditional harp and fiddle accompanies the performance. You’re transported to Grace’s 16th century watery world. Where else could you do that.”

Grace: The Story of a Pirate Queen is taking place at Mulranny Arts Centre from June 26 to June 28. For further information and event times, you can visit here and here.

Further details and information are also available by emailing ringmaster@circus250.org