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Macnas presents

AN TREUN - THE SUMMONING OF THE LOST 

Part ecological fable, part dreamscape, part rebellion.

Galway
Sunday 26th October 2025
5.30pm

Directed by Louise Lowe with Lead Designer Owen Boss 

Macnas are excited to announce our brand new Halloween spectacle AN TREUN – THE SUMMONING OF THE LOST, a spectacular, shape-shifting parade inspired by a long-lost tale by Dracula author Bram Stoker and the haunting call of the vanished Corncrake.

Macnas are thrilled to reveal Co-Artistic Directors of ANU Productions Louise Lowe as Parade Director and Owen Boss as Lead Designer for this year’s parade.

Johnny O’Reilly, Macnas’ CEO said “We are delighted to welcome ANU’s Louise Lowe as Parade Director and Owen Boss as Lead Designer for this year’s parade. These two incredible creative powerhouses and visionaries are currently conjuring up pure magic with the wonderful Macnas team in our workshop in Athenry. This year's parade is going to be one of our most exciting yet!”

Expect Macnas' signature collaborative creativity, electric energy and joyous abandon this Halloween in Galway on Sunday 26th October 2025. 

Discovered last year in the archives of the National Library of Ireland, Stoker’s forgotten story flickers with folklore, magic and mischief. At its heart its sonic essence is something small, strange and precious: the Corncrake - once the summertime soundtrack of Ireland, now a ghost in our fields.

Louise Lowe, Parade Director said “For me, this is a work about holding on and letting go. It’s a reminder that culture and climate are not separate things - they’re intertwined, pulsing through each other like blood and birdsong. Grounded in Macnas' worldbuilding ethos, we’re generating a world for An Treun to return to, not as a nostalgic echo, but as a force. As protest. As hope.”

More details coming soon! 

Louise Lowe is a theatre and performance director, writer, and, more recently, a television director and short film writer/director, working in Ireland and internationally. She is the Co-Artistic Director of ANU Productions, established with Owen Boss in Dublin in 2009. As a theatre maker she makes site-specific and immersive art works within communities of space, place and interest. Louise is a member of Aosdána. 

Owen Boss is a Dublin based designer and visual artist who has worked on multiple award-winning productions both nationally and internationally.  He makes off-site work as well as work for the stage and is renowned for his large-scale immersive designs. In 2009 he co-founded ANU and is the co-artistic director.