Free! Introductions / Réamhrá
Free! Introductions / Réamhrá On behalf of Donegal County Council, I am very Our newly-commissioned cover artwork is our happy to welcome the 24th Earagail Arts Festival, invitation to you to come and join us in the wilds which once again lights up the county’s summer of Donegal for an extended programme of street in a wonderful celebration of all that Donegal is circus, family and children’s events. As well as renowned for: the best of music, theatre, visual international music performances from as far afield arts and literature, to be enjoyed in that enviable as Mali and Palestine, this year’s festival hosts variety of intimate venues and spectacular settings home-grown stars of the nation’s indie scene, which we are privileged to have at our doorstep. I Beijing opera theatre and acclaimed UK and Irish am also delighted that the Festival is an enthusiastic drama productions. Coupled with intimate literary participant in Donegal County Council’s “Donegal and discursive events including Leviathan’s Political Gathering” initiative, preceding the national Cabaret and a celebration of the Field Day Theatre Gathering next year, and I look forward greatly to Company there’s no excuse not to visit Donegal what they have in store for 2013 and the years ahead. this summer. Cllr. Noel McBride, Paul Brown Mayor of County Donegal Festival Director Thar ceann Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall, tá Is cuireadh í an obair ealaíne nua-choimisiúnaithe áthas orm fáilte a chur roimh 24ú Féile Ealaíne an atá le feiceáil ar an chlúdach duitse a bheith linn Earagail, a chuirfidh brí agus beocht sa samhradh i gcontae álainn Dhún na nGall, áit a mbeidh clár Chonallach agus ar ceiliúradh iontach í ar na rudaí fairsing imeachtaí á reáchtáil againn – sorcas sráide, a tharraingíonn clú ar an chontae: ceol, drámaíocht, cuir i gcás, imeachtaí don teaghlach agus do pháistí.
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