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Brìghde Chaimbeul, Maëva Berthelot & Temitope Ajose 'Where the Veil is Thin'

Part of Brighton Festival 2024

Musician and composer Brìghde Chaimbeul joins forces with performance artists Maëva Berthelot and Temitope Ajose in an ode to the enigmatic Cailleach Bheur, as her final dance unfolds.

The Cailleach Bheur is a significant character in Gaelic mythology, a one-eyed giantess who lived for centuries on the island of Erraid. Closely associated with the creation of the landscape and bad weather, she brought in the winter and fought against the spring, and her death marked the fulfilment of a bleak prophecy. It is said that as she died, she sang.

As the Cailleach meets the echoes of her past, navigates the complexity of her duty and reckons with the consequences of a world forever altered, 'Where the Veil is Thin' explores what it is to be a creator and a destroyer, to be feared and revered.

Together, Chaimbeul, Berthelot and Ajose weave a narrative that evokes the delicate balance between life, death and the eternal dance of nature’s forces.

Featuring new music from Chaimbeul, 'Where the Veil Is Thin' is commissioned by Somerset House Studios and supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Organisations