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Somnium,2024. Image: Emilija Jefremova

“Brú Theatre reaffirming their reputation as one of the bravest, innovative, risk taking companies in the country’ ”

— The Arts Review on Somnium 2024

Irish language literature and visual poetry are combined in virtual reality to make this work, inspired by texts from Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill around the theme of migration. Brú’s team of performers, creators, de

Selvage was first developed through the Druid  FUEL  program. Further development happened in Annamakerrig funded by Galway City Council. The show was preformed in March 2019 to sold out audiences. in the Mick Lally Theatre Galw

Audiences are invited on a journey through literature led by Lynn, a lovable ‘libravian’. Lynn chats with audiences and lip syncs to original audiobook soundscapes that immerse the audiences in the world of each book, all written by Irish authors a

A lament for the land, Olagón merges newly composed music based on the tradition of Irish lament with cutting-edge Immersive technology and stunning Mayo landscapes to offer audiences a transportive experience viewed through a Virtual Reality heads

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A piece of mask theatre inspired by the Claddagh in the west of Ireland, Cleite tells the story of a Fisherwoman waiting for her husband to return from sea. Featuring live Sean Nós songs and based on superstitions of the old fishing communities of

Brú Theatre, together with Claddagh Community School, Galway City Museum, Atelier f ür Physisches Theater (Berlin ) and Galway 2020's Small Towns Big Ideas created a street performance based on the Fishmarkets of Galway 100 years ago. Mixing m

A 3-month Artist Development Programme for Galway based artists developed as part of Artistic Director James Riordan’s Theatre Artist in Resident program with the Town Hall Theatre along with Galway Dance Project.

Brú School is a series of workshops with national and international theatre professionals Our next Brú School (Virtual Reality) will take place in the Black Box Theatre, Galway on Dec 10th and 11th led by Camille Donegan.

Colliding electronic music, choral voice, group movement and solo dance, the piece explores shelter- those who need it and those who guard it. Co-created by director James Riordan and Belfast based choir master, composer and performer Katie Richard

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