The lonesome boatman
IN GREEK myth, Charon was the ferryman who carried the souls of the newly departed across the river Styx.
In Across the Lough, a new site-specific theatre piece taking place on Lough Lannagh in Co Mayo this weekend, it is a character called Ciarán, played by Steve Blount, who will transport the audience from one side of the lake to the other in a rowing boat. As he does so, he will relay to his passengers a dramatic tale of loss and life.
