Derrymullen Farm is thrilled to welcome Sinéad O’Brien, AKA Wandering Stories, to the Derrymullen Straw Shed for our first full performance from a visiting storyteller. Sinead is currently preparing for multiple Fringe Theatre Festivals, and won BEST PLAY, 2025 at the 1st Irish Festival in New York City.
For this visit to Derrymullen, we will welcome people with a short Walk & Talk on the Farm with some insights shared with the resident Farmer, Willie Mulhall, on the history and current activities on the farm. ( with thanks to Kildare County Council), and follow then with Sinead performance. This is suitable for 16+.
Derrymullen Straw Shed - A Meeting place for stories, community and conversations!
AGENDA:
5:00pm Meet in Derrymullen Straw Shed.
5:15pm Begin Farm Walk & Talk - approx 1 hour gentle walk on the Farm lanes & Meadows. Willie will provide some insights to the habitats, history and activities on the farm.
6:15/30pm Tea / Biscuits / Coffee ( BYO Wine / Bubbles if you like for the performance)
6:45pm: Sinead O’Briens Performance of Hero/Banlaoch in the Straw Shed.
8:00pm Performance close, time for conversations!
8:30/9pm Evening closes.
Sinéad O’Brien (Theatre Maker/Performer)
***** “storytelling as it should be”- Herald Scotland 2023
About Sinéad
Sinéad is an Irish theatre maker wandering across Ireland, the UK and the EU. She shares stories, works with local communities and helps others find their voice. Sinéad has performed to sell out audiences in Ireland, Edinburgh, London, Prague and Amsterdam. Hero/Banlaoch was shortlisted for Best of Fringe Award at Amsterdam Fringe 2022 and No One Is Coming was shortlisted for The Scotsman’s Mental Health Foundation Art Award and OffFest Award 2023. A new full length version of No One Is Coming had its New York, Off-Broadway debut earlier this year supported by Culture Ireland. It won BEST PLAY 2025 at the 1st Irish Festival in New York City.
wanderingstories.com
“Hero/Banlaoch”
A storytelling show with an edge. A mix of epic Irish myth & darkly funny personal stories.
The great hero Fionn McCool cups the spring water in his hands. The wounded man waits at the foot of the hill. A few drops of water from Fionn will cure his wounds & restore him. Fionn thinks of beautiful Grainne, and lets the water drain from his fingers.
Growing up in a home with mental health issues & addiction, Sinead likes to think she is amazingly well adjusted all things considered. A real Daddy’s girl, her father was her hero. Mam is scary, Dad’s the fun one. But as she grows up & her father relapses they are forced to face some hard truths & re-examine the stories they told themselves.
Sinead O’Brien, Wandering Stories.