Over the coming months, the Gilgamesh Experience will see audiences follow this bored, beautiful and tyrannical young man in his quest to live forever, from the city of Uruk to bogs and deserts, from the Underworld to meet the mighty gods.
They will see him forge battles, wreak havoc on his citizens and meet his match in the wild warrior Enkidu, bringing the contemporary themes of this ancient origin story to life.
The epic of Gilgamesh will play out on screens, in the west of Ireland where the ancient Euphrates meets the Atlantic Ocean, and will burst out onto the streets of Galway City and into the wilds of rural Galway, where audiences can also experience the adventure live.
Macnas is known for pushing the boundaries of theatre and storytelling and in Gilgamesh they are working in a new way and exploring new platforms.
The ambitious Galway 2020 programme, which will run to March 2021, presents both digital and live events which take place across the villages, towns, islands and the city of Galway and offer theatre, music, sport, poetry, film, visual art and much more.
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