Director: James Riordan

Writer: James Riordan with the ensemble

Producer: Jill Murray

Dramaturg: Hanna Saltine

Musical Director: Julianna Bloodgood

Composer: Anna Mullarkey

Sound Designer: Jennifer O’Malley

Set Designer: Orla Clogher

Costume Designer: Lara Campbell

Lighting Designer: Sarah Timmins

Production Manager: Anthony Hanley

Cast: Julianna Bloodgood, Cáitlín Ní Chualáin, Helen Gregg, Lara Campbell and Ceara Conway

Gol (To cry/ weep) features a 5-strong female ensemble and tells the story of the bean coainte, professional grievers prevalent in Ireland for centuries. This evocative, stylised blend of theatrical performance and powerful vocal lament is unique, intimate and deeply moving as this ancient musical tradition finds its way to a contemporary stage.

Audiences follow the story of Eithne, lead crier of a forgotten community as change comes to her door. This newly written work explores what is lost in society as we strive to progress, and how we might grieve differently together.

Runtime: ~60 minutes.

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

9-12 December, 2021.