Arán agus Im

By

 Manchán Magan

Join us at The Viking for an evening of baking, butter churning and fun,as Manchán Magan performs his show Arán agus Im, on Sunday 11th September at 8:00pm

Shall we bake bread together and churn some butter,and talk about things that really matter?” asks Manchán Magan, the presenter of the70-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.

The show is a celebration of language, land and local Irish food.

(Arán agus Im is a bilingual show, entirely understandable to Béarlóirí)

 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 documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ  & Travel Channel. His books Thirty-Two Words For Field and Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Words For Nature are acclaimed best-sellers.  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. www.manchan.com