Wake Of The Whale: A Work In Progress
Location: The Clock Tavern
Date: 23 - 23 Oct
WESTIVAL
This is a free event.
It is a little-known fact that whaling was carried out off the shore of Co. Mayo in the early twentieth century. Watcher has lived in Mayo most of her life. When she stumbles upon this fact she becomes, like many before her, obsessed with the whales. Through poetry influenced by medieval sagas and sea shanties alike, Mariner tells the story of not just one whaling voyage, but of the history of commercial whaling itself. Together the authors weave a conversation that challenges our deeply ingrained assumptions about human, and animal, nature. Wake of the Whale asks if the attitudes that brought whales to the brink of extinction are now threatening our own?
Join us for a rehearsed reading devised from Wake of the Whale (Mayo Books, 2024)
Written and performed by:Alice Kinsella and Daniel Wade.
Directed by: Sarah O’Toole.