Rhyme Rant & Renn celebrates Ireland’s amazing traditional arts heritage. The show is unfussy and fresh, offering audiences a wonderful evening of entertainment, filled with tall tales. Wonderful songs. And wickedly wise lyrics.
Len Graham (traditionally singing), Jack Lynch, (actor, storyteller), as well as Theo Dorgan (poet, author) perform Rhyme, Rant & Rann.
Rhyme, Rant & Rann features Theo’s poetry, prose, & stories inspired by his love and admiration for the sea.
The spectacular marine views off Clifden will always bring back memories for Theo Dorgan. Theo embarked on two amazing ocean voyages as a novice sailor in 2001, from Antigua and Kinsale. In 2006, Theo went from Cape Horn to Cape Town. Theo published two books about these sailing expeditions: “Sailing for Home” as well as “Time on the Ocean”, each of which received rave reviews in the press.
Jack Lynch as well as Len Graham will find the proximity to Clifden in America “next stop New York” appealing. Len is Ireland’s foremost keeper of folk songs and ballads. His repertoire mixes sadness with joyful homecomings in heart-warming performances. Jack Lynch is a well-known storyteller who weaves stories with empathy and expertise. This brings the audience along on his theatrical journeys.
Rhyme Rant & rann will perform at Station House Theatre, as part the Clifden Arts Festival programme on Thursday 27 September. This special performance will feature the amazing Irish tin-whist player, Sean Ryan.
Rhyme, Rant and Rann is kindly supported by an Arts Council Touring Award.For more info, please visit www.rhymerantandrann.com
Rhyme, Rant & Rann
Thursday 27 September: Station House Hotel, Clifden, Co Galway @ 8:30pm
Tickets: EUR10
Dublin-born storyteller Jack Lynch has been performing throughout Ireland since 2007 with his Wonder Tales, old myths and folktales, tall Tales, picaresqueries, and other stories. Jack Lynch has represented Irish oral tradition across Europe, in North Africa, North Africas Caribbean, the U.S. and elsewhere. He is a regular performer with Len Graham and has performed at the Whitby Folk Festivals, Sidmouth Folk Festivals and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC. As an actor, he is well-versed in all aspects of acting, including television, radio, film, and television. He has appeared in Fair City (The Tudors), Glenroe and Angela’s Ashes among others. Jack is a founder member of Storytellers of Ireland / Aos Sceal Eireann and currently serves as its chair. Jack’s site is at www.jackstory.com
Theo Dorgan is a respected poet, writer, broadcaster editor, translator, and broadcaster. In 1999, he became a member Aosdana. Theo has produced a wealth prose and poetry over his entire career. This was in addition to other literary achievements such as international translations of his work into German, Romanian Greek, Italian Hungarian, Russian Catalan, Spanish Slovenian, French, Romanian, Greek. He is most well-known for his extensive broadcast media experience with RTE, BBC, and PBS (America). He was coeditor and instigator for THE GREAT BOOK of IRELAND. He also edited several other books. His prose sailing books, SAILING for Home and TIME on the OCEAN have been praised lavishly. His latest collection, GREEK, is a collection of poems that has been praised as “flawless”,’stunning’ and “superb writing”. Theo received the O’Shaughnessy Award in Irish Poetry (USA) in 2010.
On his website, www.theodorgan.com, you can view Theo Dorgan’s work and read reviews.
Len Graham is a well-known Irish singer who has gained a worldwide reputation for his unique singing style as well as his vast knowledge of Irish folkmusic. Len Graham shares traditional songs from North Ireland in English with the help of his many years of singing and collecting memories. Len’s large repertoire of songs spans a broad range of human experience and themes. Len has worked with numerous poets and storytellers over his career. John Campbell, Len’s late friend, helped bring storytelling and song to a global audience. Their collaboration over 20 years was a major contribution to creating a deeper cross-community understanding and respect for shared cultural traditions in the face of many years of conflict within the north of Ireland. Ebb & Flow was recorded in 1998 and Two for the Road in 2001. Len was honored with the Tommy Makem Festival of Traditional Song’s “Keeper of the Tradition Award” and the US Irish Music Award (Sean-Nos singing) in 2008. Len was presented with the Gradam Na mBard CCE at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, na Eireann in 2011.