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		Manchán Magan & Roxanna Nic Liam in BÁS TONGUE directed by Willie White written by Manchán Magan


		Mother Tongue is in the emergency ward; each focal ag cryáil amach for the kiss of life. In this bilingual exploration of the fragile soul of Gaeilge, a Béarlóir and a subtitle operator slug it out with tongue tying, grammar wrestling, dictionary massacres and a mutant version of the Pepsi challenge. It’s a celebration of language as weapon, chicaning into some farcical linguistics and a revelatory revival meeting for forgotten words.


		"Since Manchán made his theatrical debut at ABSOLUT Fringe 2009 he's been pretty busy. Reinventing Irish language performance one microphone at a time. This new piece promises wit, belly laughs as well as true insight into our relationship with our first official language." Róise Goan, Festival Director Praise for Magan’s multi-award-nominated Broken Croí/Heart Briste. “a nimble comic double act’ Irish Times. “the most accessible and interesting Irish language play since An Triail”(1963). Sara Keating, ITM Fully subtitled bilingual theatre.Developed with co-operation from PROJECT CATALYST and Foras na Gaeilge. Previews: Mon, 19th & Tues 20th Sept @ 8.30pm. €10 Dates: Wed, 21st to Sat 24th @8.30pm. €14/€12 Venue: Project Arts Centre, Cube as part of ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 Book Tickets


		Willie White - stiúrthóir Willie White is director of Dublin Theatre Festival. He was artistic director of Project Arts Centre 2002-2011, also co-founder of Loose Canon Theatre Company and co-founder of Irish Theatre Magazine. He was reporter/researcher on RTÉ’s Later with John Kelly and Assistant Producer of The View. In 2008 Willie was awarded the Jerome Hynes Fellowship on the Clore Leadership Programme, supported by the Arts Council.


		Roxanna Nic Liam - aisteoir Roxanna recently appeared in The Passing by Paul Mercier at the Abbey Theatre, and Perve by Stacey Gregg at the Peacock . Other theatre credits include Paper Boy and Friends, THEATREclub Stole Your Clock Radio What The Fuck You Gonna Do About It?, Rough (THEATREclub), Complexity (The Complex), Daily Bread, This is Still a Life, The Cripple of Innismaan (Project Arts Centre) and City Breaks (Dublin Fringe). Film credits include Agnes Brown and The General. She recently starred in the short film Two Hearts (Calipo Productions).





		Cén Fáth Nach Bhfuil an Leathanach seo as Gaeilge? Is dráma dhátheangach é seo le fortheidil. Is iarracht é dráma a scríobh de dhaoine a bhfuil suim acu i dteanga dhúchais an hÉireann, ach nach bhfuil líofacht acu. Tá sé léirithe i gcomhpháirtíocht le PROJECT CATALYST agus le cabhair ó Fhoras na Gaeilge. Cad 'tá i gceist? Beocht agus bás teangacha, go bunúsach. Nuair a bhristear isteach ar léacht filíochta, ní fada go mbíonn sé ina cíor thuathail le comhrac foclóra agus greadadh ghramadaí. Cé a bhuann i dtroid idir tuairimí agus teanga? Huh? Téann Manchán Magan i mbun iomrascála le cailín ar mhaithe le croí rónaofa na Gaeilge. Cíorann siad trí eilimintí de áiféise na teangeolaíochta, ag úsáid téarmaí i bhfoirm trampailín agus ag foghlaim faoi conas a mhilleann tuismitheoirí a bpáistí.