When housing becomes scarce, what happens to family, to language, to community?
Written by Eva O’ Connor, Mairi Morrison, and Mared Llywelyn Williams
Filmed at Grinneabhat, Lewis
Play directed by Muireann Kelly
‘Taigh’ in Gaelic, ‘Ty’ in Welsh and ‘Teach’ in Irish. The same meaning in three languages: ‘House’. The centre of our world, it’s a place for family, for gathering, for music. A place for mourning and for celebration. But it’s a place under threat, with second home ownership, rising rents and lack of affordable housing impacting our communities and our languages.
Taigh Ty Teach is a major, tri-lingual co-production of a new site-specific piece written by Mairi Morrison in Scotland, Eva O’ Connor in Ireland and Mared Llywelyn Williams in Wales, performed in Gaelic, Irish and Welsh with English subtitles and closed captions.
Join us at Taigh Chearsabhagh for a film screening of the play on Saturday 8th November at 6.30pm, followed by a post-film discussion and refreshments. Please book your tickets here.
Western Isles audiences will have the chance to see screenings of this site-specific production as filmed at Grinneabhat in Bragar, Isle of Lewis, as part of a digital tour in autumn 2025.
Three houses, three communities and three stories unfolding, each reflecting the challenges shared by the three countries and the people at the heart of them.