Make an appointment with Mr Yeats

An Appointment with Mr. Yeats sees the words of one of Ireland's greatest literary sons merged with the music of one of Britain and Ireland's greatest rock bands, in a truly unique and ambitious musical undertaking.

The project has long been a passion for Waterboys vocalist Mike Scott, who first delivered a new dimension to Yeats' poetry in 1988, when he wrote a musical accompaniment for the classic poem The Stolen Child, during the making of the Waterboys seminal album 'Fisherman's Blues'. Five years later he set another Yeats poem to music, Love and Death, which appeared on their 'Dream Harder' album.

Over the years, Scott has been quietly crafting a wealth of material similarly based on the writings of Yeats.

A number of these were performed by him at the Abbey Theatre during the Yeats International Festival in 1991, but most have remained in Scott's private songbook awaiting the right vehicle. An Appointment with Mr. Yeats is that long-awaited conduit.

An Appointment with Mr. Yeats features an extended Waterboys line-up including Irish fiddle virtuoso Steve Wickham, Limerick-based rock/soul drum master Carlos Hercules, and a host of invited guests. The show encompasses twenty of Yeats' poems, spanning both famous and lesser known works, from the wry to the romantic, the political to the mythological, all invigorated with the energy and exuberance of The Waterboys. The concert also features some Waterboys classics reworked specifically for this setting.

An Appointment with Mr. Yeats is a unique and memorable opportunity for lovers of great music and great literature to celebrate the union of song and word in one spectacular live performance.

Tickets, priced 48/39.75/31 are on sale now from the Grand Opera House Box Office.