Sea Warrior - Maiden Voyage 10 Feb 2024
As part of Spike Cello Festival, experience this thrilling music and storytelling performance based on tales of Grace O’Malley, known as Ireland's "pirate queen".
Through music and spoken word, discover more about the fearless Grace O’Malley (Gráinne Ní Mháille). One of the first Irish female Sea Warriors, this performance recounts her adventures and life experiences, from those as a young girl to those as a wise woman.
These stories are interwoven with music from cellist Naomi Berrill’s album, Inish, performed by Naomi and her trio. The music depicts courageous female figures, island life, and various moments of joy, grief, love, solitude, strength, and beauty. The drama is brought to life by the charismatic, bilingual Florentine actress Adelaide Mancuso.
The spoken word elements of the show will be presented in English with a little flavour of Italian.
About Naomi Berrill
Cellist, vocalist and composer Naomi Berrill is originally from Co. Galway, and is now based in Florence, Italy. After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she continued her studies at Fiesole Music School, Italy and at the Musik-Akademie of Basel. In 2010 Naomi founded the Festival ‘High Notes’, an annual music festival which takes place in the Apuane Alps. She has released three solo albums with her fourth, Inish, due for release in September 2023. Naomi has performed her original music at the Biennale Danza in Venice working in collaboration with choreographer Virgilio Sieni, and has also featured as a soloist at numerous festivals. She has collaborated with Arvo Part, Bill Viola, Giovanni Sollima, Bill Whelan, the Crash Ensemble, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and The New York City Ballet.
About Adelaide Mancuso
Adelaide Mancuso is renowned in Italy for her ability both as writer of modern dramaturgic works and also for her skills as an actress. She studied at the DAMS University of Bologna and at the Metastasio Theatre. She has taught drama and theatre at the Le Lido Circus in Toulouse and worked with the theatre Company Cie Diaghramm. Studying in Barcelona, she has worked alongside Enrique Vargas and Teatro de los Sentidos. Upon her return to Italy she collaborated with Francesco Niccolini and embarked on a career as actress, writer and director of theatre works. Currently, she works as drama teacher, writer and director at the Associazione Strabiliarte and also with Compagnia Le Onde.
