MEDIATHEK

Bluebottle is an oratorio for orchestra, children's choir, narrator and puppeteer. It tells the story of Nancy who is a young girl whose live is held afloat by the songs that her father sings but when one day he suddenly stops singing everything falls apart and when Nancy begins to investigate why he no longer sings she comes to believe that it is because of the flies and so she sets off to massacre all pesky flying insects! But as with all good children's stories there is a narrative that the adults in the audience will better understand. The story of a young girl living with a father who is depressed and desperately trying to reconnect with him. Bluebottle was first performed in Dublin with a choir of 500 children form school in the wicklow area, the RTE Symphony Orchestra and narrated by actress Aoife Duffin. Visuals were created by artist Matthew Robins.