Tall Tales presents play set in Navan

Theatre group Tall Tales this week premieres 'Maisy Daly"s Rainbow", described as a wizardly fusion of dance and theatre that offers something very different and special for all the family to enjoy during the Christmas season. Set in Navan in 1940, when Johnny and his Spanish mammy live at the edge of town and Johnny regularly delivers eggs to residents" doors, the play opens in Solstice Arts Centre on Friday 5th December. On his round one morning, Johnny and his best friend Jen discover a magnificent rainbow in the doctor"s garden and vow to bring it home to Johnny"s colourless cottage. They must first, however, strike a deal with the local witch Maisy Daly, and so begins a fantastical journey of self-discovery. 'Maisy Daly"s Rainbow" has a stellar young cast and outstanding artistic team with clever set design by Kieran McNulty, including larger than life quirky costumes from the wartime period. The original music, is composed by Elaine Agnew, composer in-residence with RTE Lyric FM. Elaine, has also been engaged by Deirdre Kinahan in a musical development project in Co Meath, offering school workshops, and professional development sessions for musicians in the county. This project is a collaboration by Tall Tales Theatre Company, Solstice Arts Centre and Meath Arts Office. The play has a lot of heart and humour and gives a perfect sense of integrity to time and place whilst gently dealing with issues of childhood isolation. It is populated by colourful characters careering through a beautifully imaginative and original adventure. 'Maisy Daly" is the second production commissioned in association with Solstice Arts Centre as part of Tall Tales residency at the theatre and it promises some superb theatrical magic this winter, breaking the boundaries of children"s theatre in Ireland. It runs in Navan until 12th December.