Bellow

Bellow is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Co-Produced by The Everyman, Droichead Arts Centre, Mermaid Arts Centre and Town Hall Theatre Galway. Supported by Dublin Theatre Festivals Futures Award.

Written & Created by Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan & Danny O’Mahony

Performed by: Danny O’Mahony, Gary Keegan & Emily Kilkenny Roddy

Movement Director: Eddie Kay

Sound Design & Composition: Valgeir Sigurðsson

Set Design: Sabine Dargent

Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels

Costume Design: Sarah Foley

Dramaturg: Bjarni Jonsson

Mask Design & Construction: Ger Clancy

Creative Producer: Rachel Bergin

Line Producer: Evie Mc Guinness

Danny O’ Mahony is a traditional musician from Ballyduff in North County Kerry. He grew up playing music with the older generation of musicians in his locality. His late father Mick had a positive influence on Danny as a young child and nurtured his keen ear and interest in traditional Irish music. Both imaginative and fearless in his interpretation, Danny’s musical style is expressive and deeply personal, and reflects his affinity with the music of past masters.

His performance abilities have been acknowledged through winning junior and senior All-Ireland titles and graduating from the University of Limerick with a master’s in performance. In 2013, Danny was awarded Top Button Accordionist by the Irish Music Association in America.

2011 saw the release of Danny’s long-awaited and critically acclaimed debut solo recording In Retrospect, accompanied by Patsy Broderick on piano, Cyril O’Donoghue on bouzouki, and Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh on percussion.

He collaborated with concertina maestro Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh in 2012 and they released their duet album, As it Happened. This features Danny and Mícheál playing unaccompanied in the comfort of Mícheál’s kitchen. As it Happened was awarded instrumental album of the year by LiveIreland Music Awards.

Brokentalkers are an internationally renowned theatre company, based in Dublin, Ireland, led by Co-Artistic Directors Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan with Creative Producer Rachel Bergin. Described as “one of Ireland’s most fearless and path-breaking theatre companies,” Brokentalkers make formally ambitious work that defies categorization. They devise original, accessible live performance and explore new forms that challenge traditional ideologies of text-based theatre. Their working method is founded on a collaborative process that draws on the skills and experiences of a large and diverse group of contributors from different disciplines and backgrounds, including professional artists, performers, designers and writers alongside others who do not usually work in the theatre but who bring an authenticity to the work that is compelling. They make work that responds to the contemporary world, using elements such as original writing, dance, film, interviews, found materials and music to represent that world in performance. They regularly work within the participatory arts sector, collaborating with groups and communities to produce works of artistic excellence. These works, which are often co-authored and performed by non-professional collaborators, have been presented in international festivals throughout the world. Brokentalkers’ previous works performed in New York include Silver Stars (Under the Radar), Have I No Mouth (Coil Festival), and Masterclass (NYU Skirball).