The Selfish Giant & The Happy Prince

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Things to do in County Wexford, Ireland - The Selfish Giant & The Happy Prince - YourDaysOut
5A Cornmarket, Ferrybank South, Wexford, Y35 A260, Ireland
Oct 28, 2020, 2:00:00 PM - Oct 28, 2020, 3:00:00 PM
Oct 28, 2020, 7:00:00 PM - Oct 28, 2020, 8:00:00 PM
Adult - €10.00 Child - €10.00 Family - €35.00
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The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant are probably the best loved and most enduringly popular of all Oscar Wilde’s stories. The former is the bittersweet tale of a gregarious swallow who befriends a melancholy statue while en route to Egypt. The bird helps the Prince to alleviate the suffering of his poor citizens and in doing so learns profound truths about the nature of love and suffering.

Michael James Ford’s highly energised and physical performance has been acclaimed as a virtuoso piece of storytelling and has travelled widely.

It is now paired with a new production of The Selfish Giant devised and performed by well-known actress Bairbre Ni Chaoimh and Michael James Ford and three endearing puppet children, created by master puppeteer, Martin Cahill. Together they inhabit Wilde’s wonderful fairy tale in which a grumpy giant is changed forever through the innocence and friendship of children.

Both stories are underscored with haunting live violin music arranged and performed by Philip Dodd and adapted from the orchestral works of Sergei Prokofiev and Camille Saint-Saëns.

The Wilde Garden Adventure is the name given to this new project for staging two of Oscar Wilde’s greatest stories within current Covid safety regulations. Originally conceived for outdoor performance, the long established Bewley’s Café Theatre production of The Happy Prince is now joined by a brand-new production of The Selfish Giant devised and performed by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh and Michael James Ford. Working in collaboration with violinist, Philip Dodd and puppet maker, Martin Cahill, they have created a seamless double bill of Wildean storytelling for all ages that can be presented in socially distanced spaces both indoors and out.

The Garden theme is central to both tales and to the Company’s desire to celebrate the green shoots of re-emergent live theatre.

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