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Youth's the Season -? Audio Described Introduction by AbbeyTheatre

Youth's the Season -?: Programme Note from Director Sarah Jane Scaife by AbbeyTheatre

Emma - Audio Described Programme Notes by AbbeyTheatre

Grania Audio Described Programme Notes by AbbeyTheatre

The Quare Fellow: Audio described programme notes by AbbeyTheatre

One of the most uniquely recognisable, and critically and popularly lauded, voices in Irish music, Radie Peat – of multi-award winning Lankum and ØXN – collaborates with the Abbey Theatre on its production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow, lending her vocals to the lyrics of 'The Old Triangle', which ring out hauntingly throughout the performance. Read more here: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/the-old-triangle/

Audio Description notes for Somewhere Out There You by Nancy Harris, directed by Wayne Jordan at the Abbey Theatre.

Ghosts on demand: Audio Described programme notes by AbbeyTheatre

Ghosts Audio-described programme notes by AbbeyTheatre

As part of the run of our new production of Moliere's Tartuffe, we initiated a series of post-show discussions on themes emerging from the new version of the play by Frank McGuinness. The discussions focussed on the origins of these themes in the play and broadened out to encompass reflections on their relevance for Ireland in the past and the present. Our second talk covered Me Too: confronting patriarchy and sexual oppression. This conversation was explored by curator Catriona Crowe along with journalist and novelist Gene Kerrigan and journalist and writer Caelainn Hogan. In their talk they examined hypocrisy, trying to answer the question if it's part of the Irish system of elision of difficult things. Facebook - @AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @AbbeyTheatre

As part of the run of our new production of Moliere's Tartuffe, we initiated a series of post-show discussions on themes emerging from the new version of the play by Frank McGuinness. The discussions focussed on the origins of these themes in the play and broadened out to encompass reflections on their relevance for Ireland in the past and the present. Our first talk covered Me Too: confronting patriarchy and sexual oppression. For this talk, curator Catriona Crowe was joined on stage by Irish Times writer and columnist Roisin Ingle and Consent Project Manager with Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Sarah Monaghan. They discussed the recent Waking the Feminists campaign - how have we done since the campaign was first launched back in 2015 and is there more to be done? The panel also explored if toxic masculinity is a response to women's attempts to defeat sexual oppression. Facebook - @AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @AbbeyTheatre

Audio-described programme note for the Abbey Theatre production of Tartuffe

Tales from the Holywell - Audio Described Programme Notes

The Weir - Audio Described Programme Notes

Joyce's Women Audio-described Programme by AbbeyTheatre

Translations Audio-described Programme Notes by AbbeyTheatre

Audio-described programme notes for the audio described performance of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a radical reboot of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon.

Programme notes for the audio described performance of Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr.

Programme notes for the audio described performance of Faith Healer by Brian Friel.

The Pentagonal Dream Under Snow a single figure speaks with five separate male voices. The voices do not talk directly to one another and appear to be different people, but each is a strand of the whole man. Each voice tries to explain, justify and in the end, understand. The voices can be identified by their order of appearance: Father, Murderer, Storyteller, Fetishist and Messiah/Anti-Christ. The Pentagonal Dream Under Snow by Sebastian Barry, created in collaboration with Olwen Fouéré, Roger Doyle and David Heap. Creators: Sebastian Barry and Operating Theatre Writer: Sebastian Barry Composer: Roger Doyle Performer: Olwen Fouéré Director: David Heap Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

Programme notes for the audio described on-demand performance of The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder.

Did You Hear the One About the Irishman? is a painful love story divided by sectarianism, and punctuated by the tasteless racist jokes of an anti-Irish comedian. Allison's family don't want her to marry Brian, a Catholic whose brother is serving a life sentence for terrorist offences. Brian's family don't want him to marry Allison, as she is a Protestant, and the niece of a Unionist politician. The play parallels scenes of their two families, doubling characters to bring together two groups so impossibly divided. Allison and Brian's brilliant optimistic hope that they will rise above the feud becomes heart-breaking as the play shows that the perpetuation of conflict is more powerful than either of them. Cast: Ruby Campbell Desmond Eastwood Andrea Irvine Aonghus Óg McAnally Eleanor Methven Conor O'Donnell Barry Simpson Dan Gordon Jolene O'Hara Director: Emma Jordan Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

An Triail is set in Ireland during the 1960s and deals with the pregnancy, and subsequent single motherhood, of a young woman, Máire Ní Chathasaigh. She is shunned by her family after becoming impregnated by Pádraig, a married man and a teacher in the local school, and must leave her parish and move to Dublin to find work to support herself and her child. Here she is once again marginalised, first for being a single pregnant woman and then for being a single mother. After her accommodation collapses around her child, she moves into a brothel with a prostitute named Mailí who took pity on her. An encounter with the child's father, where he further rejects her and his child, only serves to make matters worse and the girl takes her own life, as well as that of her child, by natural gas inhalation from her oven. Cast: Orlaith Ní Chearra Eoin O Dubhghaill Mícheál Ó Dubhgháill Garrett Keogh Caitríona Ní Chonaola Caitríona Ní Dhomnaill Michelle Beamish Eoin Geoghegan Hilary Bowen Peadar Cox Edward Murphy Hannah O'Reilly Neasa Ní Chuanaigh Director: Darach Ó Tuairisg Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

Set in the district court of Barrabeg, Co. Kerry, a judge presides over the case of a 13-year-old girl about to be sent to an Industrial School. A humane solicitor argues that young children need “kissing and caressing”, while the Mother Superior of the orphanage, where the girl grew up, says they need harsh discipline in order to learn “humility”. The play ends with the girl taking off her scarf to show her shaved head, a punishment for absconding from the orphanage. Cast Deirdre Donnelly  Philip O'Sullivan  Kate Gilmore  Luke Griffin  David Herlihy  Jane Brennan  Jonathan White  Amilia Stewart-Keating  Peter Coonan  Katie McCann  Mark Lambert  Director: Conall Morrison  Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

The loss of traditional rural values in the West of Ireland is central to this play. The results of emigration from the region are no weddings and no children. Those left there are left to totter in to old age. But Sanbatch Daly, a descendant of the derelict Big House is determined to reverse the problem of rural decline. When Con arrives to cut down the wood at the D'Arcy demesne, he encounters Sanbatch living by the abandoned castle gates and soon meets “some comical Irishmen” in the wood of the whispering; a nether–world, where colourful characters live in “fear of losing themselves” pondering life's path in love and living, against their practical needs. Sanbatch, sensing their way of life stolen away as the fairies stole Sadie, schemes to save the day; in the end of all, the young people with “enough good sense got“ settle in the “Wood of the Whispering”. Cast Steve Blount Venetia Bowe Brendan Conroy Eavan Gaffney Raymond Keane Megan McDonnell Matthew Malone Michael Glenn Murphy Arthur Riordan Darragh Shannon Director: Maisie Lee Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

Set in the midst of the poverty, dirt and smells of the Liffey Lane tenements. Food and decent clothing are scarce, and illness common particularly among the children. But there is also kindness and decency, neighbours looking out for each other, a community very different from that of the small Irish town, but still bound together. But this community is being scattered as the tenements are torn down, forcing the residents to find other homes. Chrissie moves through this world, and the more privileged one on the "right" side of the street, centred in her love for Kevin, whom she helped raise from a baby, and in her simple faith. She also has a true friend in Sister Martha, who makes time to listen and to help when she can. Cast Neili Conroy  Charleigh Bailey  Ruth McCabe  Phelim Drew  Jordanne Jones  Mary Murray  Tony Doyle  Robbie O'Connor  Ciara Ivie  Ben Waddell  Director: Lelia Doolan Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

A one-act play set on a sunny afternoon on the north-west coast of Ireland. Pat Scully, a man of 60, stands at the open door of his house and looks out at this garden and the hill-side beyond. Over the course of the action his son John, his daughter-in-law Mary and a visiting English painter and his wife - Kenneth and Ismay Leslie - come and go. John seems quite taken with Ismay. He pays her a good deal of attention. Pat does not like this and becomes angry with his son on Mary's behalf. Mary pays no heed to John's behaviour and encourages the visitors to stay and experience a cèilidh to celebrate the end of the harvest. Kenneth announces they must leave that afternoon and Mary insists they dance a four-hand reel before they go. The couples swap partners and dance. John enjoys the opportunity to dance with Ismay and makes no effort to dance the proper steps. Mary tries to steer Kenneth around the floor and the couples end up colliding. The Leslies then say their goodbyes. Pat is furious with John for flirting with Ismay and attempts to strike him with his stick but falls. John and Mary come to his rescue and settle him. As Pat dozes in the chair, John and Mary talk. John acknowledges his bad behaviour and realizes his father was acting on Mary's behalf. They reconnect and reaffirm their love and commitment to each other. Pat, over-hearing the conversation, understands he has witnessed a rare and intimate moment in their relationship and is happy. A play about marriage, the nature of relationships and how what is observed from a distance can often have little bearing on the truth between two people. Cast Peter Campion Zara Devlin Maria Guiver Philip Judge Claire O'Donovan Cillian Ó Gairbhí Director: Caroline Byrne Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

Programme notes for the audio described performance of What I (Don't) Know About Autism by Jody O'Neill

A comic tale of Irish village life centring on Thomas Coppinger, a stonecutter, and his wife Mary who states from the outset how much happier she would be in America. When two whales are beached during the night, and the villagers consider that their oil is worth hatfuls of gold, it seems like all of their wishes may finally have come true... Cast: Bryan Burroughs Declan Conlon Fionnuala Gygax Marcus Lamb Fiona Lucia McGarry Máire Ní Ghráinne Ian O'Reilly Don Wycherley Director: Sarah Jane Scaife Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

A dramatic exploration of the occult, the play features a seance in which Jonathan Swift's voice is projected though a medium, along with those of his two lovers, Stella and Vanessa. The Dublin Spiritualists' Association is about to hold a seance in rooms once visited by Stella, the name Jonathan Swift gave to his beloved Esther Johnson. One of the windows has part of a poem by Stella scratched in the glass. After some debate between the various attendees at the seance, amongst whom are a clergyman, a gambler, and a Cambridge student writing a thesis on Swift, the medium Mrs Henderson begins. A spirit Lulu is driven away by an ugly old man, who turns out to be Swift, to whom Vanessa (Hester Vanhomrigh) makes a declaration of love. Swift refuses to be responsible for a child coming into the world, wishing to leave only his intellect to posterity. Quoting Stella's poem, Swift then tells of his love for her. The Cambridge student John Corbet is suitably impressed by Mrs Henderson's performance, but she denies all knowledge of Swift. Left on her own, Swift speaks through her once more: ‘Perish the day on which I was born!' Cast: Bryan Burroughs Declan Conlon Fionnuala Gygax Fiona Lucia McGarry Máire Ní Ghráinne Helen Norton Ian O'Reilly Don Wycherley Director: Sarah Jane Scaife Unseen Plays Curator: Professor Christopher Morash Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios Facebook - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Instagram - @ AbbeyTheatreDublin Twitter - @ AbbeyTheatre More info: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/unseen-plays/

Programme notes for the audio described performance of iGirl by Marina Carr.

Jessica Traynor in conversation with Marina Carr, Olwen Fouéré and Caitríona McLaughlin. Recorded in the Abbey Theatre rehearsal room, September 27th 2021. Interviewer: Jessica Traynor Sound operator: Aidah Sama Image Credit: Barry McCall

The audio play of Last Orders at the Dockside by Dermot Bolger Last Orders at the Dockside follows the death of an elderly docker, as his friends gather in the local pub, The Dockside, to celebrate his life. Over the course of an evening awash with songs, sharp Dublin wit and tales of life on the Docks, hidden tensions expose fault lines in their complex relationships. Last Orders at the Dockside premiered at the Abbey Theatre in September 2019, directed by Graham McLaren. This audio version of Dermot Bolger's original text was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, and features the original Abbey Theatre cast. Cast: Éabha Brady, Anthony Brophy, Juliette Crosbie, George Murphy, Stephen Jones, Aidan Kelly, Lisa Lambe, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Terry O'Neill and Jimmy Smallhorne Musicians: Bill Bergin, Mike Brookfield, Aindrias de Staic and Wayne Sheehy

The audio play of Last Orders at the Dockside by Dermot Bolger Last Orders at the Dockside follows the death of an elderly docker, as his friends gather in the local pub, The Dockside, to celebrate his life. Over the course of an evening awash with songs, sharp Dublin wit and tales of life on the Docks, hidden tensions expose fault lines in their complex relationships. Last Orders at the Dockside premiered at the Abbey Theatre in September 2019, directed by Graham McLaren. This audio version of Dermot Bolger's original text was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, and features the original Abbey Theatre cast. Cast: Éabha Brady, Anthony Brophy, Juliette Crosbie, George Murphy, Stephen Jones, Aidan Kelly, Lisa Lambe, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Terry O'Neill and Jimmy Smallhorne Musicians: Bill Bergin, Mike Brookfield, Aindrias de Staic and Wayne Sheehy

Programme notes for audio described on-demand performance of Walls and Windows by Rosaleen McDonagh.

The ridiculously talented Lisa O'Neill talks with Lisa Farrelly about finding her way into the drama of Patrick Kavanagh's The Great Hunger playing outside at IMMA on the grounds of The Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The two Lisa's discuss artistry, the loneliness of a sharp memory and lit candles that flicker with hope. Recorded on Monday 28 September 2020 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy Image Credit: 04/2020 Broadcast 06/10/2020

Actor Caitríona Ennis talks with Lisa Farrelly about finding the heart of Emer in Corn Exchange & the Abbey Theatre's The Fall of the Second Republic, making the grade and going to war for all her characters. Recorded on Wednesday 4 March 2020 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 03/2020 Broadcast 12/03/2020 Photograph Credit Ros Kavanagh

A grand coalition of Corn Exchange memories, techniques and anecdotes make this podcast a rare recording gem. Mark O'Halloran leads artistic director & founder of The Corn Exchange, Annie Ryan, alongside collaborator, Andrew Bennett, in a conversation that captures twenty five years of their work, so far. Recorded on Tuesday 3 March 2020 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer: Mark O'Halloran Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Conall Coleman 02/2020 Broadcast 06/03/2020

Hansel and Gretel – Directors’ Note Written by directors Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett Read by Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. An Irish National Opera, Theatre Lovett and Abbey Theatre Co-Production. Out of the Abbey: Navan, Solstice Arts Centre: Tues 18 Feb Kilkenny, Watergate Theatre: Thurs 20 Feb Wexford, National Opera House: Sat 22 Feb Cork, The Everyman: Tues 25 Feb Tralee, Siamsa Tíre: Thurs 27 Feb Limerick, Lime Tree Theatre: Sat 29 Feb Galway, Town Hall Theatre: Tues 3 Mar Longford, Backstage Theatre: Thurs 5 Mar Letterkenny, An Grianán: Sat 7 Mar For updates about audio described and captioned performances, text ACCESSARTS to 51444 or head to www.adiarts.ie for more information.

Audio Described Programme notes for Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck at the Abbey Theatre. Welcome to the introductory notes for Hansel and Gretel, by Engelbert Humperdinck. This opera is presented by the Abbey Theatre, Irish National Opera and Theatre Lovett. It is directed by Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett. The score was arranged by Richard Peirson who plays piano and conducts the opera. The Set and Costume Designer is Jamie Vartan. Lighting Design is by Sarah Jane Shiels. The Video Designer is Jack Phelan. The introductory notes for Hansel and Gretel were prepared by Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. Introductory Notes and Audio Description for this and many other productions is provided by Arts & Disability Ireland with support from The Arts Council. For updates about audio described and captioned performances, text ACCESSARTS to 51444 or head to www.adiarts.ie for more information.

For this podcast theatre makerJody O'Neill talks with Lisa Farrelly about creating her show What I (Don't) Know About Autism which is enjoying a sold out run on the Peacock stage. Jody talks about the perception, assumptions, and treatments that are associated with Autism and challenges, educates and celebrates Autistic identity. What I (Don't) Know About Autism Dublin, Peacock Theatre Sat 1 - Sat 8 Feb Cork, The Everyman: Tue 11 – Thu 13 Feb Bray, Mermaid Arts Centre: Sat 15 Feb Cast: Shay Croke Cast: Paula McGlinchey Cast: Jayson Murray Cast: Jody O'Neill Cast: Matthew Ralli Cast: Eleanor Walsh Writer: Jody O’Neill Producer: Melissa Nolan Director: Dónal Gallagher Choreographer: Cindy Cummings Set and Costume Design: Medb Lambert Lighting Design: Eoin Winning Composer and Sound Design: Carl Kennedy Stage Manager: Cian Mulhall Assistant Stage Manager: Shannon Cowan PR: Dairne O’Sullivan Funded by the Arts Council and Wicklow County Council with the support of The Everyman, the Abbey Theatre, Mermaid Arts Centre, AsIAm, Fishamble New Play Company, Rough Magic Theatre Company, KCAT and Triple A Wicklow. Recorded on Tuesday 4 February 2020 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 01/2020 Broadcast 07/02/2020 Irish Independent Article Health & Well Being Courtesy Irish Independent 03/02/20 Photo Emily Quinn (C)

Welcome to the programme notes for What I (Don't) Know About Autism by Jody O'Neill. The play is directed by Dónal Gallagher and the choreographer is Cindy Cummings. The Set and Costume Designer is Medb Lambert. Lighting Design is by Eoin Winning and the Composer and Sound Design is by Carl Kennedy. This production will be in The Peacock Theatre from 1 – 8 February 2020, Monday to Saturday at 8pm with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm. The performance lasts for one hour and ten minutes, without an interval. All performances will be relaxed performances. This means there will be a relaxed approach to noise during the show and audience members are free to move about or leave the auditorium as they need. The programme notes for this production of What I (Don't) Know About Autism were prepared by Máirín Harte. Audio description at the Abbey Theatre is provided by Arts and Disability Ireland with support from The Arts Council. For updates about audio described and captioned performances, text ACCESSARTS to 51444 or head to www.adiarts.ie for more information. Thank you. Go raibh maith agaibh.

Director Dan Colley talks with Phil Kingston about Collapsing Horse's devising process, artistic choices and challenging the imagination. Cast: Genevieve Hulme-Beaman & Manus Halligan Based on the short story by: Gabriel García Márquez Adapted for the stage by: Dan Colley, Manus Halligan and Genevieve Hulme-Beaman Directed by: Dan Colley Set and Props Design by: Andrew Clancy Lighting Design by: Sarah Jane Shiels Composition and Sound Design by: Alma Kelliher Photographs: Ste Murray Recorded on 12 December 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer: Phil Kingston Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 19/2019 Broadcast 20/12/2019

Actor Marion O'Dwyer talks with Lisa Farrelly about all the roads that have lead her back to Inish; from shy beginnings to determined debutante, from Diceman days to the tenements of O'Casey, from Ballybeg to Broadway. Marion talks about working hard at being funny and the tricky balancing act of keeping a life on and off the stage. Recorded on Tuesday 10 December 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 18/2019 Broadcast 13/12/2019 [Edited for sneezes and Chekcoughs] Photo Malcolm McGettigan(C)

Drama at Inish director Cal McCrystal talks with Lisa Farrelly about the freedom of directing, the limits of comedy and the pride & delight he takes in making people laugh. Recorded on Wednesday 13 November 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 17/2019 Broadcast 19/11/2019 Photo Malcolm McGettigan(C)

For the last order in the series of mini-podcasts, Docker Paddy Daly talks with writer Niamh Gleeson about the working conditions, sharp wit and everyday education of a lifetime on the dockside. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre Friday 4 October. The Abbey Theatre's Last Orders at the Dockside is a Dublin Port Commission and runs as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. Interviewer: Niamh Gleeson Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 16/2019 Broadcast 25/10/2019 Edited for broadcast.

Former Docker Paddy Nevins talks with writer Niamh Gleeson about his forty eight years working on the docks, the dangers of working and the even more dangerous work of navigating a dating life. Paddy talks about being one of the last men on the job, the bond with the men and chasing the last ferry home, Recorded at the Abbey Theatre Thursday 3 October. The Abbey Theatre's Last Orders at the Dockside is a Dublin Port Commission and runs as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. Interviewer: Niamh Gleeson Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 15/2019 Broadcast 23/10/2019

Writer Niamh Gleeson talks with Declan Byrne of the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society about his life working on the docks, the dangerous altruisim of smuggling and the luckiness of unstickable nicknames. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre Thursday 3 October. The Abbey Theatre's Last Orders at the Dockside is a Dublin Port Commission and runs as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. Interviewer: Niamh Gleeson Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 14/2019 Broadcast 16/10/2019

Programme notes for the audio described performance of Last Orders at the Dockside at the Abbey Theatre, Saturday matinee, 19th October, 2019. The Programme Notes for Last Orders at the Dockside were prepared by Bríd Ní Ghruagáin who, along with Máirín Harte, will audio describe the performance live on the day. Audio description at the Abbey Theatre is provided by Arts and Disability Ireland with support from The Arts Council. For further details about other accessible performances, text ACCESSARTS to 51444 or head to www.adiarts.ie for more information.

In the latest installment of the dockside series, haulier Michael Foran talks with writer Niamh Gleeson about being born on the docks, scutting trucks, mitching school and meeting the scholars on the way home. Michael talks about his love of storytelling, recites his own poetry and delights us with his favourite ballad song. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre Thursday 3 October. The Abbey Theatre's Last Orders at the Dockside is a Dublin Port Commission and runs as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. Interviewer: Niamh Gleeson Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Rob Flynn. 13/2019 Broadcast 14/10/2019

The second in a series of mini podcasts to accompany Dermot Bolger's Last Orders at the Dockside, writer Niamh Gleeson talks with Margaret Cullen, daughter of docker Glimmer Byrne, about the hardship and happy childhood days being reared in Sheriff street & the way of life that stays with you all your life no matter where you roam. The Abbey Theatre's Last Orders at the Dockside is a Dublin Port Commission and runs as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. Recorded on Wednesday 03 October 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre Thursday 3 October. Interviewer: Niamh Gleeson Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Rob Flynn. 12/2019 Broadcast 11/10/2019