IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival agus Aisteoirí Bulfin

[blockquote_right] 12 Oct | 8pm | Boys School[/blockquote_right]
Sa bhliain 1941, tá Leningrad faoi léigear ag Arm na Gearmáine. Rúisigh na cathrach cráite ag buamáil, ag fuacht agus ag an ocras. Ina hárasán beag lom, tá an file Anna Akhmatova ag plé le seanchara, an t-údar éigiallta Daniil Kharms. Cuireann comharsa leo isteach orthu, bean fhiosrach go mb’fhéidir gur spiaire do na póilíní í. Cíorann an dráma seo an dóigh ina spreagtar scríbhneoirí agus iad i ngleic le saol uafásach. Cabhraíonn an tsamhlaíocht chruthaitheach le duine acu plé leis an saol. Ag an duine eile, is uirlis éalaithe í ón saol céanna.

1941. The city of Leningrad is under siege by the German Army. The Russian citizens strive to cope with bombardment, severe cold and famine. In her bare little flat, the poet Anna Akhmatova tries to entertain a visitor, the ‘absurdist’ Daniil Kharms. They are interrupted by a nosy neighbour, who may be a police informer. Lón Leningrad explores how two real-life Russian writers might have used their creative imaginations in terrible circumstances. For one, it is a way of coping with reality. For the other, it is a way of escaping from reality.

Written by Aodh Ó Domhnaill, produced by Lionel Mac Cárthaigh and performed by Aisteoirí Bulfin, Lón Leningrad features actors Fidelma Ní Ghallchóir, Tadhg Ó Bric and Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. Margaret Lonergan has created screen projections; stage manager is Aoileann Ní Chonchubhair; and sound and lighting is by Mike Donoghue.

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