The Ballymaloe Grainstore and TírNa Theatre present a one-person show starring Colin Hamell.
Life is short, especially if you're a bee. Not long to make honey, prop up the human food chain, and fall in love.
Bumbled is a fast, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt solo show that follows one bee’s chaotic stumble through life — all brought to life by Colin Hamell’s electric storytelling.
Blending sharp comedy with the warmth of classic Irish yarnspinning, the show channels wit, but with a real emotional pulse underneath.
Audiences will laugh, cringe, and walk away with an unexpected sense of hope.
At its core, Bumbled carries a powerful message about how deeply we rely on bees — and how urgently society needs to respect and protect them.
It’s clever, intimate theatre with something real to say.
Come for the humour, stay for the heart, and leave thinking differently about the tiny creatures holding our world together.
Presented on our intimate Grainstore stage...
“Bumbled is a one-person, bee-twerking, Irish slow-dancing, sex-dodging, odyssey - where 'too late' often comes sooner than you think’”.
Sometimes when you find yourself sitting amid nature and learning how it really works, it dawns on you that you have a definite responsibility to at least try to help preserve it.
And as Irishmen, you also have an obligation to take the piss out of it. Because that’s just what we do. We hope you enjoy Bumbled.´
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• Performed by Colin Hamell
• Written by Bernard McMullan
• Directed by Carmel O’Reilly
• Sound design by Stephen Russell
• Produced by TírNa Theatre and The Here Comes Everybody Players
CARMEL O’REILLY is a director and actor living in Cambridge, MA. Originally from Fermanagh in N. Ireland, she founded the Súgán Theatre, a company devoted to contemporary Irish plays. Besides the Súgán, she has directed for many theatre companies in the Boston-area including the American Repertory Theatre. She is a two-time winner of the Norton Award for Outstanding Director. (The Nortons are Boston’s premier theatre awards.) For Tír Na, she also directed Trad, Jimmy Titanic and Return of the Winemaker.
Writer BERNARD MCMULLAN - A native of Belfast, Bernard now lives in Connecticut and is the author of screenplays - The Hidden Wake, The Chicken House and Soon. Bernard also wrote the award-winning Jimmy Titanic for Tir Na Theatre which played Off Broadway and has toured extensively in the US and Ireland. Most recently he penned the hit show ‘Return of the Winemaker’ which the Boston Globe described as “Theatrical gold.”
COLIN HAMELL, Producing/Artistic Director of Tir Na Theatre in Boston, has performed extensively in the US and Europe. Favorite shows include Trad, by Mark Doherty (Sugan and Tir Na Theatre), The Beauty Queen of Leenane starring Julie Harris, by Martin McDonagh (W.H.A.T), Return of the Winemaker, by Bernard McMullan (Tir Na), and The Weir, by Conor McPherson (New Rep). He toured his one-man show Jimmy Titanic, by Bernard McMullan, throughout the US, including an Off Broadway run at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City and multiple locations in Ireland and New Zealand. Jimmy Titanic had its World premiere at Origin’s First Irish in 2013. He is currently touring his new one-man show, Bumbled, premiered at the Foundry in Cambridge MA, and has played in New York City as part of the Origin First Irish Theatre Festival and in the Cork Fit Up Festival, Ireland.
Bumbled first premiered at The Foundry Theatre in Cambridge MA and then in NYC as part of Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Theatre Festival NYC 2024. It is produced by TírNa Theatre and The Here Comes Everybody Players.
Dearbhla has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, the more she practiced she noticed how grounded and calm she was after yoga. In time the physical rewards became secondary to the mental and spiritual impact of her practice. Yoga and meditation has both become an integral part of her daily life.
Dearbhla currently practices and teaches Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative yoga and Meditation.And she believes through the practice of yoga we can find balance, clarity and stillness of the mind.
Dearbhla has trained extensively and has vast experience teaching retreats both in Ireland and Internationally, she has been the resident teacher at the Cliffs of Moher for 4 years. She also teaches in Little Bird and Samadhi yoga. And in 2020 and 2021 Dearbhla has been teaching online via Zoom!
Dearbhla is very interested in healing and trauma in the body, her retreats have a focus on healing and letting go of all stress, connecting to a place of peace and calm that is always there.
For more information on Dearbhla visit http://dearbhlaglynn.com/
Ballymaloe House has a reputation for delivering delicious food. All meals will be served in the beautiful surroundings of the Ballymaloe Dining rooms with produce sourced from the walled garden and local area. Each meal will be a delicious experience to nourish and rejuvenate.
Dearbhla will lead a warming Vinyasa flow practice in the mornings. Practicing several sun salutations with a different variations. The overall practice is slow, moving mindfully with the breath. Holding some poses a little longer to develop strength and generate warmth in the body. We will flow through different transitions improving overall body awareness and opening the joints, while also strengthening and lengthening the muscles. The practice is slow, warming and requires some physical stamina yet it has a lovely meditative and mindful quality to it. Dearbhla will offer modifications for any of the more challenging poses and rest is always an option! Creating an overall feeling of stillness and calm.
This is a lovely practice which focuses on breathing, stretching and relaxing before lunch.
Slow down, unwind and restore your energy with a ninety minute Yin Yoga and restorative practice, aiming to calm the mind, stretch and relax the body. This two-hour practice will create space and stillness in both the mind and body. Yin yoga targets the connective tissues, such as the ligaments, bones and even the joints, and releases tension and stress in the body.
The focus is simply about letting go of stress and tension, releasing into a deep yin practice followed by a long restorative practice using bolsters and blankets so people can relax, unwind and recharge. Dearbhla will use relaxing essential oils during the restorative practice for an even more relaxing experience.
Come take sanctuary in the beautiful grounds of Ballymaloe House and Grainstore.
We promise to nurture you and create a safe space where you can rest, reflect, reconnect with yourself. Our retreats are for those of us who really want to rest and take some time out to self care, reflect, unwind and simply let go of all stress.
Ballymaloe is is a beautiful, nourishing environment, you are in a safe and cosy cocoon of comfort, where every detail of your stay has been thought of.
All you have to do is show up and we will make sure you have a wonderful, restful stay
There is plenty of time to reconnect with yourself, move, stretch, rest and reset.
Your bedroom in Ballymaloe will be spacious and comfortable.
Ballymaloe Grainstore, as the name suggests is an old grainstore that was turned into a multipurpose venue by Rory Allen. The large airy space offers a calm light filled area for you to practice yoga in a safe and covid friendly environment.
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