The Great Goat Bubble

By Julian Gough

Co-production with Galway Arts Festival.

‘Please, tell me the story. I like stories…’

Ballinasloe train station, 1987. Jude waits for a train. Dr. Ibrahim Bihi, having recently created the greatest financial bubble in history, searches for the next big thing. A sleepy Ireland dreams of a modern and exciting future. None will be disappointed.
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‘The market was soon flooded with goats, many of them sick or lame. However this did not matter, for the demand for goats had become infinite…’

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Created By

Directed by Mikel Murfi
Set and Costume Design by Sabine Dargent
Lighting Design by Nick McCall
Sound Design by Ivan Birthistle and Vincent Doherty
Produced by Marketa Dowling

Cast

Wil Johnson 
​Ciaran O’Brien

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Performances

2012:
12-29 July: Druid Lane Theatre, Galway Arts Festival

The Great Goat Bubble was revived for a special, one-off performance as part of the Swift Satire Festival in Trim during 2013.

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Critical Praise for The Great Goat Bubble

‘vivid, lucid and preposterously amusing’
Irish Times

‘evilly funny, intelligent and accomplished…go see’ 
Sunday Independent

‘lucid, confident and highly enjoyable’ 
Sunday Times

compelling…witty and clever’ 
Irish Examiner

‘a theatrical masterpiece…beautiful…vivid storytelling…it deserves to tour widely and to be seen both for entertainment and instruction’ 
Culture Shock, Irish Times
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