{"id":556613,"date":"2026-07-18T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556613\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:02:15","slug":"new-site-specific-play-bound-for-belmullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556613\/","title":{"rendered":"New site-specific play bound for Belmullet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This August, audiences are invited aboard a bus for an unforgettable theatrical journey through the spectacular landscape of North Mayo, where family, biodiversity and the future of the Irish language collide.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00edr an Traonaigh \/ Land of the Corncrakes is a major new Irish-language site-specific production from An Taibhdhearc and The Performance Corporation, inspired by one of nature\u2019s most extraordinary migrations.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by An Taibhdhearc, The Irish National Language Theatre,T\u00edr an Traonaigh is written by Tom Swift and directed by Jo Mangan and runs from 19\u201323 August.<\/p>\n<p>This unique production unfolds across multiple locations in and around Belmullet, with audiences travelling together through the landscape as the story is revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The production stars Caitr\u00edona N\u00ed Mhurch\u00fa (Ros na R\u00fan, Acceptable Risk) and Maeve McGrath (Fair City, Ros na R\u00fan) as two sisters returning home to confront the future of their family, their language and one of Ireland\u2019s rarest birds.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be bought via the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/antaibhdhearc.ticketsolve.com\/ticketbooth\/shows\/873688498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/antaibhdhearc.ticketsolve.com\/ticketbooth\/shows\/873688498<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 This August, audiences are invited aboard a bus for an unforgettable theatrical journey through the spectacular landscape&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-556613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}