Makaronik

Type : Theatre

Aisling Ghéar Theatre Co. present the world premiere of Makaronik by Dave Duggan – a multi lingual science-fiction drama in Irish, English & Empirish.

It’s 2084 and a world where ‘The Empire’ reigns supreme. Most European languages are forbidden. We’re introduced to the menacing wilderness that was once Belfast. Makaronik , the last woman standing, has been instructed by ‘The Centre’ to wrap up her archive and send back all remnants of the Irish language for ‘storage’. Diarmuid and Gráinne, two high level officials arrive to ensure that all goes smoothly and that Makaronik comes back with them….. but will it all go as smoothly as planned?

Futuristic yet rooted in an ancient tradition, think of Beckett’s Endgame, Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner with just a hint of The Matrix. This play asks the big questions, the relentless drive of technology as it makes the world seem smaller and asks what are we losing out on? It’s also a story about home, security, and the basic human need to create family and community, even under the most alien of circumstances. A struggle that is at the beating heart of Makaronik.



Customer Reactions

‘I had no problem understanding what was going on even though I don’t speak Irish’
‘It reminded me of Opera, once you have the context you know exactly what is being expressed’
I really enjoyed the language play, Empirish seems suitably plausible and sinister with its echoes of NewSpeak

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