Across all of this August, an unprecedented five-year theatrical celebration of Brian Friel begins. Starting with five plays in resonant locations across Donegal, Derry and Tyrone and building to all 29 in the year of his centenary, 2029.
An unprecedented five-year theatrical celebration, building to the centenary of one of Ireland’s great literary figures, Brian Friel (1929-2015), begins this summer. Curated by Arts Over Borders, FrielDays brings 29 plays to resonant locations across Friel’s homeland of three north-west border counties - Donegal, Tyrone and Derry.
FrielDays will build each year, adding new plays and places, so that by 2029, the centenary of Friel’s birth, all 29 plays will be performed across the year. Five anniversary plays take place this August, with each opening at the time of year in which it was set and taking place in resonant settings which will become a newly chosen ‘Ballybeg’ and ‘Ballymore’, the fictional towns at the heart of 14 of the 29 plays.
