{"id":722,"date":"2014-12-11T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bos-scheyern.de\/sz\/?p=722"},"modified":"2015-06-30T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T09:41:53","slug":"review-of-the-wilde-shamrock-theatre-performance-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bos-scheyern.de\/sz\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Review of the \u201cWilde Shamrock Theatre\u201d performance in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/em><\/p>\n

Irish music, leprechauns, fairies and other mythical figures transformed the gym of the BOS\/FOS Scheyern into Ireland\u2019s mysterious world.<\/em><\/p>\n

This year again the \u201cWilde Shamrock Theatre\u201d performed on a small stage in the gym of BOS\/FOS Scheyern and fascinated the pupils with traditional Irish music and stories. This year\u2019s theme was Ireland\u2019s mythology, Gaelic language and Gaelic hurling.<\/p>\n

The actors introduced their company with a traditional Irish folk song which was played live on stage by the actors. They performed the song with a typical Irish flute and drums. Eoghan also explained the audience how to play such a drum and so he caught the attention of the pupils. During the play the actors often asked pupils questions or even snatched someone\u2019s jacket or cap when they portrayed a grabby leprechaun. This made the performance exciting and amusing, and made the audience feeling like being part of it.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Especially the performance of the leprechaun at the beginning was very funny and proved the personal idea of a leprechaun excellently. With lots of different costumes and fast scene changings the actors were able to introduce some more Irish fairies in a very humorous way. It was also revealed how seriously the Irish treat the fairy underworld and how Ireland\u2019s early Christians used Irish mythology to explain God\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

After introducing a variety of fairies, the students were taught about the Gaelic language and popular Gaelic sport -hurling. For this act the actors picked a few pupils to be part of the performance on stage. First three students had to write down typical Gaelic names \u2013 a presumably easy exercise. The audience soon learnt that the pupils had spelled the names completely wrong and there was a lot of laughter and amazement when we saw the correct spelling of the Irish names.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Afterwards some male students were selected to help the actors to portray the typical Gaelic sport which is widely unknown outside Ireland. The student\u2019s job was to build a goal with their bodies while one of the actors simulated to play a ball (it definitely was no softball), through the whole gym above the heads of the audience, into the goal. Again the gym was roaring!<\/p>\n

Summing up it can be said that the whole presentation of Ireland\u2019s mysterious world and the introduction of Gaelic language and hurling gave the audience a feeling for the Irish culture and woke the desire to travel to Ireland for exploring this mysterious world.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re already looking forward to another performance of the \u201cWilde Shamrock Theatre\u201d next year, carrying on a very long tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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