We are delighted to be in Boston!
We hear the call of the sea and the taste of the salty air and the promise of adventure! We are the Selkie Project, Josephine from Ireland and Roksana from Poland, visiting Boston to eat doughnuts and play with puppets.
We are adapting the Selkie myth into a puppet show, using the Irish, English and Polish language. The Selkie myth is famous in Ireland, Scotland and all across Europe. It is about seals that can turn into humans. Our story involves the troubled relationship between a fisherman and a Selkie, and how they struggle to communicate and understand each other.
Work on this project began in the middle of a very hot summer in 2021, where we worked online from Ireland, England, Poland and Italy. Only being able to see each others’ little faces on a tiny screen, we could hardly imagine what our show would look like. Now we are finally able to work in-person here in the beautiful seaside city of Boston to bring our show to life before an audience
Our show uses different languages as it weaves our two cultures together. It is exciting for us to work on it in a whole new way, in person for the first time!
We look forward to seeing where our work takes us, and to exploring this new city and culture!
Want to see what The Selkie Project has been up to during their time in Boston? Register for the sneak peek & workshop today!
