Premiere & Trailer: Joyce Film at TIRFF (March 29) 📽️ 🎞️

JOIN US FOR CHAPTER 3 OF JOYCE’S “FINNEGANS WAKE”

Join us at 11am Saturday 29 March when the Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) screens excerpts from One Little Goat’s new release, “Finnegans Wake, Chapter 3” as part of the festival’s Toronto Irish Showcase at TIFF Lightbox.

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Come see-and-hear Richard Harte’s virtuosic, filmed reading of James Joyce’s divine and delirious comedy, “Finnegans Wake, Chapter 3”, directed by Adam Seelig, filmed live in Toronto. See you on March 29!  

Goat in 2024 & '25

Thanks to your support, One Little Goat has great news from 2024 and for and the year ahead. Read all about it below, and if you can, please support One Little Goat's programming with a tax-deductible donation. As a registered charity in Canada and the USA, we depend on individual donations to realize productions. For over 20 years we have produced poetic theatre of the highest calibre for audiences of all ages, and we couldn’t make our productions happen without your help.

See you in 2025! In the meantime, wishing happy holidays, a healthy new year, and peace, —Adam Seelig, Artistic Director

OUR BIGGEST PROJECT TO DATE…

…is growing, as we film all 17 chapters of James Joyce’s monumental final novel, Finnegans Wake, in a first-of-its-kind filmed audio book.

Chapter 1 film (86 min, 4K) – Following festival screenings in 2023, Chapter 1 has now launched on YouTube. Highly praised in the Irish Voice, it is receiving enthusiastic responses from new audience members in the USA, Canada, Ireland, England, France, Ukraine, Japan and Australia. Enjoy.


Chapter 2 film (50 min, 4K) – screened in 2024 to enthusiastic audiences at the:

Adam Seelig at the EU Film Festival (2024-11-27).

  • Toronto Irish Film Festival at TIFF in March

  • National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre and James Joyce Association of Ottawa in May for Wake’s 85th anniversary

  • Bloomsday Film Festival Dublin in June

  • European Union Film Festival in November.

We launch Chapter 2 on YouTube in the new year.

Richard Harte at the Ottawa River and Canadian Parliament (2024-05-06).

Harte & Seelig at the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre Ottawa (2024-05-06).

Harte & Rosemary O'Brien, President of James Joyce Association of Ottawa (2024-05-06).

Chapter 3 film (81 min.) – Save the date-ish for March 2025, when we return to the Toronto Irish Film Festival at TIFF to screen “Finnegans Wake, Chapter 3”. Details coming soon.

Chapter 4 film (90 min.) – shot with a live audience at Type Books on Queen Street in Toronto, Ch04 is in post production. Chapter 5 film (70 min.) – filmed at the magnificent Fisher Rare Books Library in Toronto, Ch05 has wrapped. Chapter 6 film (130 min.) – shot at Fred Harte’s home (Fred is Richard Harte’s uncle) in the seaside town of Rush, County Dublin, Ireland, Ch06 has wrapped.

Shooting in 2025 – chapters 7 and 8 are slated to shoot in the new year. Stay tuned…

Cinematographer Luke Brabazon (Wake Ch06), Drumanagh Martello Tower near Rush, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company and the Emigrant Support Programme from the Government of Ireland.

PODCAST LAUNCH

On May 4, 2024, the 85th anniversary of Finnegans Wake, we launched our Wake Podcast with introductions by Adam Seelig and readings by Richard Harte. Two chapters and ten episodes in, the series is reaching new and returning listeners globally. Today (2024-12-12) we release Episode 11. Tune in via Apple/Spotify/etc. or at onelittlegoat.org/podcast.

(TAYLOR) SWIFT & JOYCE

“Wake It Off” — Tommy MacKay of Daily Reckless in Scotland combines Richard Harte’s reading of “the prankquean” with Taylor (not Jonathan) Swift’s “Shake It Off.” For real. Listen online.

NOBEL LAUREATE FOSSE ONLINE

Asymptote, the leading site for world literature in translation, recently published a scene from Harry Lane and Adam Seelig’s translation of Someone Is Going to Come by 2023 Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse. The play received its Canadian Premiere from One Little Goat in 2009 — praised in the Globe & Mail as “21st-century Beckett.” Read in Asymptote.

CLAUDE GAUVREAU AT 100

On August 19, 2025, we join colleagues in Quebec to celebrate the centennial of Montreal’s revolutionary poet and playwright, Claude Gauvreau (1925-1971), whose magnum opus, The Charge of the Expormidable Moose, received its English Language World Premiere from One Little Goat in 2013 — hailed in the Globe & Mail as “a tour de force” — and whose Vampire and the Nymphomaniac we published in a bilingual edition with Ray Ellenwood’s translation in 2022. We will keep you posted on details.

ONE LITTLE GOAT IS A CHARITY

King James Bible (1611), Finnegans Wake Chapter 5, Fisher Rare Books Library, Toronto, 2024.

“Toronto's enterprising One Little Goat” (NYTimes) is North America's only theatre company dedicated to poetic theatre. As a registered charity in the USA and Canada, we depend on individual donations to bring productions to fruition. Thank you for supporting our vital, original programming. Our office is volunteer-run, so 100% of your donation goes directly to programming.

THANK YOU!

FINNEGANS WAKE Chapter 1 is out!

“Finnegans Wake, Chapter 1” is now available for free viewing globally on One Little Goat Theatre Company’s website and YouTube (86 min., 4K High Definition)!

Produced in association with the James Joyce Centre in Dublin, this marks the first of 17 chapters in James Joyce’s delirious comedy Finnegans Wake (1939), as brought to life by the virtuosic performances of Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte. The film also includes Irish-Canadian singer Kevin Kennedy’s superb rendition of the “Finnegan’s Wake” folk song that inspired Joyce’s title. Directed by Adam Seelig and filmed before live audiences, this multi-year project marks the first ‘audio-video book’ of the Wake and is a valuable resource for both new and seasoned readers of Joyce’s extraordinary final work.

“Finnegans Wake, Chapter 1” premiered at the Toronto Irish Film Festival, European Union Film Festival, and Bloomsday Film Festival.

“FINNEGANS WAKE CHAPTER 2” AT EU FILM FEST

One Little Goat returns to the European Union Film Festival with a screening of “James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2.” If you couldn't make previous screenings of “Chapter 2” (Toronto Irish FF & Bloomsday FF), now’s your chance to see Richard Harte's outstanding performance, filmed live at Noonan’s Irish Pub, featuring “The Ballad of Persse O’Reilly.” Join us!

  • 6pm Wednesday 27 November 2024

  • Alliance Française, 24 Spadina Road (Toronto, Canada)

  • Admission is FREE (1st-come 1st-served, or $10 to reserve)

The excerpt will be followed by a new feature-length film from Ireland, Verdigris (2023 Galway Film Fleadh Award Winner). Complete details

One Little Goat’s Finnegans Wake series is produced in association with the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. It is supported by the Emigrant Support Programme from the Government of Ireland and Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company.

ONE LITTLE GOAT IS A CHARITY

“Toronto's enterprising One Little Goat” (NYTimes) is North America's only theatre company dedicated to poetic theatre. As a registered charity in the USA and Canada, we depend on individual donations to bring productions to fruition. Thank you for supporting our vital, original programming.

WAKE Chapter 2 in Dublin (June 16) & Trailer

FINNEGANS WAKE, CHAPTER 2 PREMIERES IN DUBLIN!
(JUNE 16)

WATCH THE TRAILER

On Sunday 16 June, the Bloomsday Film Festival will screen One Little Goat's Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2 at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin as part of the 70th annual Bloomsday Festival's celebration of Joyce. Chapter 2 will be screened with One Little Goat's Finnegans Wake, Chapter 1, which premiered at the festival last year. Admission is free! 10am-4pm. Details.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE ("THE MUSEYROOM") IS NOW OUT

One Little Goat recently launched a podcast series of Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte reading/performing James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake with introductions by Artistic Director Adam Seelig.

New episodes release every other Thursday:
* Ep.004, Thursday 13 June 2024
* Ep.005, Thursday 27 June 2024
* Ep.006, Thursday 11 July 2024 etc.

The podcasts are free and available on our website as well as through Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and similar services.

2 REVIEWS OF GAUVREAU'S THE VAMPIRE AND THE NYMPHOMANIAC (EN FRANÇAIS)

Two reviews (en français) praise Ray Ellenwood's translation of Le vampire et la nymphomane, Claude Gauvreau's revolutionary 1949 libretto published in 2022 by One Little Goat in a bilingual edition:
— Infosurr (journal of surrealism, France)
— Circuit: Musiques Contemporaines (Montréal)

ARE YOU IN TORONTO ON BLOOMSDAY (JUNE 16)?

Join our friends at Anna Livia Productions for the 39th annual Toronto Bloomsday celebrating James Joyce's great novel Ulysses! 7:30pm Sunday 16 June at Hugh's Room, 296 Broadview Ave, Toronto.

With support from the Emigrant Support Programme from the Government of Ireland and
Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company

One Little Goat is a registered charitable organization in Canada and the USA. Donations receive an official tax receipt. For more info and to donate, click here.

Free Podcast Series

On 4 May 2024, to commemorate the 85th anniversary of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, One Little Goat Theatre Company is launching a podcast series entitled — appropriately enough — “James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.” Join us for Joyce's divine and delirious comedy as read by Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte, with introductions by Artistic Director Adam Seelig.

The podcasts are free and available on our website as well as through Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and similar services.

TRANSCRIPTS for all episodes are available here.

New episodes biweekly
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Join us in Ottawa! 2-4pm Saturday 4 May

Richard Harte with the author (photo: Tim Leyes)

Join us 2-4pm Saturday 4 May when the James Joyce Association of Ottawa screens excerpts from One Little Goat’s films, Finnegans Wake, Chapters 1 & 2 at the National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts (310 Saint Patrick St, Ottawa) in celebration of the Wake’s 85th anniversary. The event will include live music and a reading by Irish-Canadian actor Richard Harte, Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada Dr. Eamonn McKee, former Executive Director of The Ireland Fund of Canada Paul Farrelly, One Little Goat Artistic Director Adam Seelig, plus a new short film ("FW85") produced by Joyceborough's Des Gunning featuring the Wakean paintings of Irish artist Carol Wade.

Richard Harte, "Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2"

The Audience, "Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2"

With support from the Emigrant Support Programme from the Government of Ireland and
Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company.

"FINNEGANS WAKE" 5pm Sat 23 March & Irish Radio interviews

TWO IRISH RADIO INTERVIEWS

Malachy McCourt

(1) REMEMBERING MALACHY McCOURT, WBAI RADIO NY

The exceptional Malachy McCourt (1931-2024), "Actor, Memoirist and Gadabout," died this month.

(2) IRISH RADIO CANADA SAINT PATRICK'S DAY INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD HARTE

Listen to Austin Comerton's interview with Richard Harte about "Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2" on Irish Radio Canada.

JOIN US FOR CHAPTER 2 OF JOYCE’S “FINNEGANS WAKE”

Adam Seelig (piano) & Richard Harte, "Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2"

Join us at 5pm, Saturday, March 23 when the Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) screens excerpts from One Little Goat’s new release, “Finnegans Wake, Chapter 2”, followed by a new documentary on musician John Murry, “The Graceless Age” at TIFF Lightbox.

Three ways to purchase:

  1. Phone the TIFF box office: 416.599.2033 (10am-5pm)

  2. In person at TIFF: 350 King St W, Toronto (Tue-Sun)

  3. Online: https://am.ticketmaster.com/tiff/2024TIRFF (24 hours)

PLEASE NOTE: The event name is “The Graceless Age”

With support from the Emigrant Support Programme from the Government of Ireland and Friends of One Little Goat Theatre Company.