Random Happenings in Macnas
Great work going on in The Field this week. The costume room is getting a re-vamp in preparation for the Summer Parade. Space is at a complete premium and thankfully we have managed to transform a small space into a modest costume department.
Macnas & Zooropa
Over 2.5 million people will experience Macnas in action in 12 different European countries. (Páraic Breathnach, Sunday Independent, 1993) In 1993, Macnas was approached by a member of the U2 production team, John (Jake) Kennedy, asking them to submit an idea for the U2 Zooropa Tour in 1993. The concern for Turkish immigrants in Germany, [...]
Gulliver
Gulliver on Grattan Beach, Galway, 1988 Photograph courtesy of Galway Arts Festival Archive Early on the morning of 12 July 1988, children on horses discovered the giant Gulliver washed up on Dollymount Strand. Helicopters appeared on the horizon, journalists sought out the story and photographers clicked furiously. Garda cars came zooming in on the action [...]
The Big Game
Leo Moran, first SES scheme participant It was 1987, the country wasn’t as colourful as it is nowadays, not as prosperous – but don’t be mistaken; there was imagination and ingenuity and daftness and divilmint. “Community Arts” was the title, the agenda, the intention. Macnas brought performance art right before the eyes of the ordinary [...]
The Story – Introduction
This is the story of the first 21 years of Macnas, the creative community arts company. The journey of this iconic Galway-based company has been influenced by every person who has crossed the threshold of the workshop in Fisheries Field. Everyone associated with the company, past and present – artists, facilitators, managers, technicians, sponsors, volunteers, [...]
