After a successful New York run to kick start the year and with further U.S. touring dates to come, Brokentalkers take their critically acclaimed show BELLOW on the road around Ireland this April – this beautiful theatre-music show featuring Irish accordionist Danny O’Mahony, highlights the preservation of traditional Irish music and to the mastery of the craft:

TOURS: Wicklow [Mermaid] / Limerick [Lime Tree] / Kildare [Riverbank] / Cork [Cork Fit Up] / Dublin [Project Arts Centre] / Galway [Town Hall Theatre]: 3 April – 1st May, 2026

Hailed as “One of the best things I’ve ever seen.”, Brokentalkers comes home to tour Ireland with their acclaimed stage show Bellow. It tells the extraordinary real-life story of one of Ireland’s foremost Irish accordionists, Danny O’Mahony – a man who has dedicated his life to the preservation of traditional Irish music and to the mastery of his craft. Bellow tours to six counties this April/May.

Bellow is a unique and astonishingly beautiful theatre performance exploring what it means to be an artist. The show takes the audience on a raw, intimate, deeply personal journey of self-reflection, passion, and the pursuit of artistic purpose. Weaving together past and present as Danny revisits pivotal moments in his life, his first taste of music as a child, the mentors who shaped him and the unrelenting pursuit of mastery that left room for little else.

Alongside Danny’s sublime live playing, Bellow features an original electronic composition by Valgeir Sigurðsson, new writing and contemporary dance, heightening the tension between past and present.

This must-see show brings tradition back to the future and does it with empathy and style and beauty mixing dance, music, theatre and love for terrific Irish storytelling to the stage again and in true and considered approach by the multi-award winning Dublin based theatre company, Brokentalkers.

Co-Produced by The Everyman Cork, Droichead Arts Centre, Mermaid Arts Centre and Town Hall Theatre Galway. Supported by Dublin Theatre Festivals Futures Award.

PERFORMERS: Danny O’Mahony, Gary Keegan & Emily Kilkenny Roddy

CREATIVE TEAM:
Written & Created by Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan & Danny O’Mahony
Movement Director: Eddie Kay
Sound Design & Composition: Valgeir Sigurðsson
Set Design: Sabine Dargent
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Costume Design: Sarah Foley
Dramaturg: Bjarni Jonsson
Mask Design & Construction: Ger Clancy
Creative Producer: Rachel Bergin
Line Producer: Evie Mc Guinness