Act 1

Prologue

From out of Ireland’s mythic past the dance brings forth our story’s main characters, Diarmuid, Grainne and Finn McCool.

At the Court of Finn McCool

We enter the court of Finn McCool, leader of The Fianna, the Irish military force, and meet Diarmuid who is revered as the finest of The Fianna

Grainne’s Arrival

Grainne arrives at Finn’s Court to meet her intended husband for the first time

 

 

The Gift of the Bodyguards

To show his love for Grainne, Finn presents her with 4 of the elite Fianna force who are sworn to be her personal bodyguards.

Diarmuid & The Fianna

In another part of Finn McCool’s fortress home, Diarmuid puts the elite Fianna force through their paces in a training session during which Diarmuid demonstrates the skills which make him matchless amongst his peers

The Women of the Court

The women of Finn’s Court take centre stage in a dance celebrating the forthcoming nuptial ceremony

 

 

The Meeting in a Late Night Bar

Out on the town for an evening, Diarmuid’s encounter with a musician leads him into a late night bar where he joins a boisterous session of music and dance amidst which he is unexpectedly drawn into a passionate tryst with another man’s bride to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act 2

At the Wedding of Finn & Grainne

Finn & Grainne are now husband and wife and the celebrations are well underway in the Great Hall at the Court but take an unexpected turn when Grainne conspires with the women of the Court to ply Finn and the Fianna with adulterated wine

 

 

The Awakening

It is the morning after the wedding and the Fianna struggle to shake off their drugged stupor as they prepare themselves to respond to an enraged Finn’s cry for vengeance

The Cry for War

The women of the Court dutifully assist the Fianna in their preparations before demonstrating the military side of their nature as they similarly prepare themselves for the hunt for the fugitive lovers

The Pursuit

The chase after Diarmuid & Grainne follows them deep into the forest where the pursued lovers have fled in the hope of finding sanctuary from the forces of Finn’s rage. For a time it appears they have found a safe retreat. But Grainne has a nightmarish premonition of impending disaster which all too quickly becomes reality

 

 

The Capture and a Death

At the height of the pursuit Diarmuid and Grainne become separated and Diarmuid is cornered by the Fianna. With every possible escape route closed his pursuers close in on Diarmuid with fatal consequences

Grainne’s Lament

The terrible and tragic events in the forest are now in the past and Grainne is found alone in her grief, bereft of her one and only true love

Epilogue

Their story now told Diarmuid, Grainne and Finn return to the mythic past from whence they came.

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