Is í Aisling Ghéar an t-aon chompántas proifisiúnta amharclainne in Éirinn a shaothraíonn go lánaimseartha chun scoth na léirithe a chur ar fail i nGaeilge. Tá sé lonnaithe i mBéal Feirste, i gCultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich – ionad ealaíon agus cultúir ina bhfuil Amharclann Siobhán Nic Cionnaith.

Bunaíodh an compántas in 1997 agus ó shin i leith, léirigh sé agus thug ar chamchuairt saothair d’ardchaighdeán le húdair chomh héagsúil le Machiavelli, WB Yeats, Tom Murphy, Rosemary Jenkinson, Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Brian Friel, Dario Fo, Willy Russell agus Marie Jones. Cuid bhuan den fhéilire scoile anois é ár léiriú ardmholta de ‘An Triail’ le Máiréad Ní Ghráda, léiriú ar taca é ag múinteoirí chomh maith le bheith ina eispéireas amharclainne ardchaighdeáin do scoláirí A-leibhéil.

Tá muid tiomanta don scríbhneoireacht nua Ghaeilge agus go dtí seo, d’fhorbair muid agus léirigh 8 ndráma úra don stáitse.

Aisling Ghéar is Irelands' only professional theatre company working full-time to deliver great shows through the medium of Irish language and it's based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the resident theatre company in the Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich - an Irish language arts and cultural centre on the Falls Road in West Belfast and home to the Siobhan McKenna Theatre.

Briefly about us...

Established in 1997, the company has produced and toured work of consistently high quality from playwrights as diverse as - Machiavelli, WB Yeats, Tom Murphy, Rosemary Jenkinson, Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Brian Friel, Dario Fo, Willy Russell and Marie Jones. We provide a simultaneous translation service from Irish into English for each and every performance by personal headset.

Our highly regarded schools' production of 'An Triail' by Máiréad Ní Ghráda is now firmly set on the schools' calendar, and provides support for teaching staff while offering A-level students the opportunity to experience a quality theatrical production of a timeless Irish language drama.