Belfast by Moonlight
Belfast by Moonlight was produced by Kabosh for Belfast Festival in 2013. Set in St. George’s Church of Ireland on High Street in Belfast.
This ritualistic drama charts the history of this ever-changing city, giving voice to the forgotten, celebrating personal endurance and presenting a refrain for Béal Feirste.
Where the River Farset joins the mouth of the Lagan
Rests the chapel of the sandy ford
An inhospitable place for a city
Yet in 1613 a town charter is granted
400 years on as the full moon rises six spirits congregate to offer a haunting lament
‘Marrying Gebler’s unconventional approach with Kabosh’s ambitious, challenging vision has created one of the most unusual pieces of theatre I have ever seen.’
THE BIG LIST
Cast & Crew
Writer: Carlo Gébler
Director: Paula McFetridge
Composer: Neil Martin
Cast: Bernadette Brown, Maria Connolly, Roisin Gallagher, Laura Hughes, Carol Moore and Kerri Quinn
Costume Designer: Elle Kent
Lighting Designer: Conleth White
Musical Director: Nigel McClintock
Choir Director: Emma Gibbons
Movement Consultant: Sandy Cuthbert
Dialect Coach: Peter Ballance
Production Manager: Jacqueline O’Hagan
Stage Manager: Christine Collins
Technical Stage Manager: JP Conaghan
Assistant Technical Stage Manager: James Kennedy
Chorus: Rachel Adams, Julie Alderdice, Laragh Cullen, Nuala Davies, Emily DeDakis, Elizabeth McConnell, Siobhan Shiels, Elaine Pelan and Rachel Thompson
‘McFetridge’s direction makes effective use of the inherent theatricality of the space: the altar screen a kind of framing proscenium’
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE
‘400 years ago, there was no Belfast. All there was on the site of where the city now stands were a few small houses and a church, which was located roughly where St George’s Church in High Street stands today.‘
Culture Northern Ireland
‘you made my heart soar’ ‘magnificent show; haunting, moving, atmospheric, will linger in the mind for a long while’ ‘a beautiful, haunting piece of theatre in a fantastic location’
AUDIENCE RESPONSES
‘This is an ambitious and daringly different production from Kabosh and there are some spine-tingling moments of storytelling and song.’
BELFAST TELEGRAPH
