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An Irish Spoken Word podcast featuring the some of Ireland's most talented spoken word artists. Hosted by co-founders of Boundless & Bare Melanie O'Donovan and Melissa Ridge

Boundless & Bare


    • Feb 14, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Boundless & Bare

    Beau Williams on Performing Internationally

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 56:35


    Keep in touch with Beau hereMore information on Beau:Produced by Willem McCarthy & Melanie O'DonovanMental Health Services: Samaritans // Childline // Aware // 1800 80 48 48 // DRCC // 1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    Quinton O'Reilly On Improv

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 39:31


    Keep in touch with Quinton here.More information on Improv:Improv Fest IrelandTightrope Dublin Mob Theater DublinLower The ToneStoke ImprovGrand StretchUCB ImprovThe Second City Produced by Willem McCarthy & Melanie O'DonovanMental Health Services: Samaritans // Childline // Aware // 1800 80 48 48 // DRCC // 1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    PHIL LYNCH ON BRINGING LIFE TO POETRY

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 49:16


    In a Changing Light Listen to Phil Lynch on SpotifyMore on Phil Lynch:https://artnetdlr.ie/poet-phil-lynch/ https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/entertainment/poet-phil-lynch-on-the-open-mic-in-the-living-room-37325248.html https://artnetdlr.ie/poet-phil-lynch/ Produced by Willem McCarthy & Melanie O'Donovan Mental Health Services: Samaritans // Childline // Aware // 1800 80 48 48 // DRCC // 1800 77 8888 Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    HAZEL HOGAN ON BEING EARNEST

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 53:12


    In this episode of the Boundless & Bare podcast Melissa Ridge sits down with Hazel Hogan, a 26 year old poet from Dublin. Hazel Hogan who started when she was ten discusses everything from Grangegorman to her brand new podcast Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan. Hazel Hogan is a poet from North Dublin. She was featured in Arbutus Yarns 'This Ain't No Disco' and was selected to take part in the Dublin City of Literature project, Dublin: A Year in Words. Follow Hazel Hogan on instagram:@hazel.hoganListen to Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan here:https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan/id1487890058http://beingearnestwithhazelhogan.libsyn.com/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan-0Echo of Love by Hazel Hogan: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/echo-of-the-love-a-liberties-festival-poem-by-hazel-hogan-1.3160316Grangegorman by Hazel Hogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aedOs_eD8WUStories & Strikes by Hazel Hogan https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0308/858186-poem-for-international-womens-day-by-hazel-hogan/Read more about Hazel and First Fortnight here: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0103/842412-first-fortnight-preview/Produced by Willem McCarthyMental Health Services: Samaritans // Childline // Aware // 1800 80 48 48 // DRCC // 1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    RAVEN ON HOME

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 68:28


    For the halfway point for Season 2 Melissa and Melanie sit down with the acclaimed Raven.Raven is a multi-disciplinary artist – writer, performer, filmmaker and arts educator originally from San Francisco, California, now living in Dublin.In addition to being an Emmy award-winning videographer, his written work has appeared in print in the U.S. and Ireland in numerous anthologies, magazines and in his collection, The Living, the Dead and Americans. He is also an acclaimed performer, having captivated audiences as a poet, rapper and actor on stages at literary, music and arts festivals and events in Ireland, the US, South Africa and the UK for twenty years.As an educator he has taught workshops and courses in poetics, creative writing and filmmaking for even longer; he has worked with children and adults, often with special needs or challenges. He has given private instruction, lectures and taught in diverse settings, in Ireland and abroad – the Junior Certificate School Program (eleven Dublin schools), Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (Dublin), National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (Trinity College, Dublin), National Council for the Blind in Ireland (Dublin), Creativity Explored (San Francisco), and University of Kwazulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa), amongst othersOphelia McCabeRaven & The CroneProduced by Willem McCarthyCheck out more from Raven HereMental Health ServicesSamaritansChildlineAware1800 80 48 48DRCC1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    Tari Takavarasha on Rhyme, Rhythm & Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 66:40


    In this episode we sit down with Tari Takavarasha one of the poets who will be joining us on our Sunshine Tantrum tour. In this episode we explore the importance of good mentors, how rhyme and rhythm can shape a poem as well as expression as a mixed race woman.

    Paulie Doyle on Revisiting Spoken Word

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 62:26


    Thank you to our producer Willem McCartney for recording this podcast.Episode Links:Takin the Mic at The Irish Writers CentreOutStraightTangerine MagazineA Piece on Insta PoetsNational Poetry Writing MonthRupi KaurBilly ChildishIf you’d like to hear more from Paulie Visit:https://twitter.com/BigPaulieDoylehttps://pauliedoyle.contently.com/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/contributor/paulie-doylehttps://www.dublininquirer.com/contributors/paulie-doylehttps://www.businesspost.ie/magazine/lifting-poetry-off-page-439158Mental Health ServicesSamaritansChildlineAware1800 80 48 48DRCC1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    Bibi June on Spoken Word Theatre

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 73:05


    Bibi June is a poet, producer and theatre maker originally from Amsterdam, now an import Glaswegian. Through personal experience, their work explores narratives of race, queerness, migration and social inequalities. They mix Glasgow’s down-to-earth culture with Dutch directness in an intimate high-energy performance.In spring 2017 they received funding from the Workers Theatre to develop their first show, 'Daughter, Mother, Truth', as part of the Megaphone residency, created to promote artists of colour in Scotland. Their first pamphlet ‘Begin Again’ was published by Speculative Books in December 2017. It is a collection of poems on queer life and happiness. Their work has been published in the Beyond Boundaries, Now That’s What I Call Poetry and We Were Always Here anthologies. In 2018, they were part of the judging panel at the National Scottish Poetry Slam, were selected for the Young Arts Industry Programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and received both a Disrupter Grant and a Nurturing Talent fund.They run ‘In The Works’, a spoken word theatre company co-founded with Ross McFarlane and Ellen Renton. ITW was set up to promote innovative spoken word theatre and develop an accessible, diverse and sustainable tradition for the art form. Their first production, A Matter of Time', debuted as part of the Edinburgh Free Fringe 2017. Their second show ‘The 900 Club’ received 4 and 5 star reviews from The Wee Review and The Sunday Post, and SGFringe respectively for its run at the Scottish Poetry Library as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. It has since been performed in Glasgow, Perth and Nottingham. Their newest show, Make/Shift, is currently touring spoken word events across the UK & Ireland.If you’d like to hear more from Bibi Visit:https://www.facebook.com/BibiJunePoetry/https://www.twitter.com/BibiJuneS/https://www.instagram.com/beebeejune/https://www.intheworkstheatre.com/The 900 ClubYou can buy Begin again here.Mental Health ServicesSamaritansChildlineAware1800 80 48 48DRCC1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    Sasha Terfous on Community & Empathy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019


    If you'd like to hear more from Sasha visit:Sasha TerfousWatch VideosWord Up CollectiveMental Health ServicesSamaritansChildlineAware1800 80 48 48DRCC1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

    BND Magazine - Meet the Team!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 47:26


    Play Podcast Bingo with us in Season TwoFor more info visit:@bndspknwrd on Facebook and Instagram@BNDmag on TwitterBoundless & Bare Linkshttps://boundlessandbare.com/gigguide/https://boundlessandbare.com/blog/https://twitter.com/BoundlessBare/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/

    Dimitra Xidous & Keeping Bees

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2018 96:27


    DIMITRA XIDOUS is a poet and writer and her work has been published in gorse (Ireland), Room Magazine (Canada), The Stinging Fly (Ireland), Visual Verse (United Kingdom), The Penny Dreadful(Ireland), NAGYVILAG (Hungary), The Dalhousie Review (Canada) among othersHer debut poetry collection Keeping Bees (2014) is published by Doire Press (Ireland). DIMITRAhttp://www.dimitraxidous.com/https://www.doirepress.com/writers/a_f/dimitra_xidous/Mental Health Serviceshttps://www.samaritans.org/brancheshttps://www.childline.ie/https://www.aware.ie/1800 80 48 48http://www.drcc.ie/1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare Linkshttps://boundlessandbare.com/gigguide/https://boundlessandbare.com/blog/https://twitter.com/BoundlessBare/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/

    Sasha Terfous & Waterford

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 48:03


    Sasha Terfoushttps://www.facebook.com/sterfous/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWP31aIg-6Qhttp://www.wordupcollective.com/#/sasha-terfous/Mental Health Serviceshttps://www.samaritans.org/brancheshttps://www.childline.ie/https://www.aware.ie/1800 80 48 48http://www.drcc.ie/1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare Linkshttps://boundlessandbare.com/gigguide/https://boundlessandbare.com/blog/https://twitter.com/BoundlessBare/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/

    ‘Therese Cahill: Ireland's First Female Limp Up Comedian’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 60:53


    https://www.facebook.com/therese.cahill.18https://twitter.com/theresecahill1?lang=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaAh4dydoVr0qXnpYW0eJQMental Health Serviceshttps://www.samaritans.org/brancheshttps://www.childline.ie/https://www.aware.ie/1800 80 48 48http://www.drcc.ie/1800 77 8888https://boundlessandbare.com/gigguide/https://boundlessandbare.com/blog/https://twitter.com/BoundlessBare?lang=enhttps://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/

    Sean Colletti & SAECULUM

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 59:53


    You can buy Sean’s collection here http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/product-tag/sean-colletti/Follow him on Twitter hereTour dates hereOctober Gig Guide hereUNISLAM Performance hereMarc Smith

    FeliSpeaks - Womanhood & Finding your Flow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 78:26


    FeliSpeakshttps://www.facebook.com/felispeaks/?ref=br_rshttps://www.youtube.com/user/F2daOhttps://twitter.com/FeliSpeaksBoyChildhttps://www.facebook.com/events/185889905534134/http://fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/buy/boy-childBoundless & Bareboundlessandbare.comhttps://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/?fb_dtsg_ag=Adxc0mhOgKHgSttQki2dAhW6j7dFUu8deyaUCATwvoeCbw%3AAdyQlU0JfsgY2dffWTd1kYBIZB0KrTLJRSlbVbHdRUrZ6g@boundlessbare

    REPEAL THE 8TH & The Legacy of Autonomy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 93:11


    Together 4 Yeshttps://www.facebook.com/Together4yes/?ref=br_rshttps://www.facebook.com/abortionrightscampaign/https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/Boundless & Barehttps://boundlessandbare.com/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/https://twitter.com/boundlessbareSupport for women who may be abusedWomen’s Aid - www.womensaid.org.uk/National helpline 1 800 341 900 Freephone 24hr HelplineDublin Rape Crisis Centre – www.drcc.ie Freephone 1 800 778 888 (24h/7)Legal Aid board – www.legalaidboards.ie Lowcall 1 890 615 200 (office Hours)Rape Crisis Network Ireland www.rcni.ie (091) 563676 (office hours)Safe Ireland – www.safeireland.ie (090) 647 9078 (Office Hours)Samaritans – www.samaritans.org (1 850 309 090) (24h/7)Services in your local regions, please visit the HSE website www.hse.ie enter ‘domestic violence ‘ in the search boxCosc www.cosc.ieAMEN Helpline 046 9023718 www.amen.ie

    Dagogo Hart & Art over the Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 67:43


    Thank you so much for listening to the Boundless & Bare podcast. For more information contact boundlessandbaremediamedia@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/events/166563103937893/ - See TrueDagogo Harthttps://www.facebook.com/thewoal/https://twitter.com/dondagzhttps://www.instagram.com/ddagzy/Boundless & Barehttps://boundlessandbare.com/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/https://twitter.com/boundlessbare

    Aidan Murphy & Establishing an Event

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 61:24


    Aidan Murphyhttps://www.facebook.com/ThunderclapMurphy/?fref=mentionshttps://www.instagram.com/thunderclapmurphy/https://twitter.com/ThunderclapMurfhttps://soundcloud.com/thunderclap-murphyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVgB17jDG89uM92KNwXV5Fg/https://www.facebook.com/uncertaincityband/https://soundcloud.com/thunderclap-murphy/faithful-comrade-demo-2018-03-08 - Faithful Comradehttps://www.facebook.com/events/1616544591787058/ - Rabble Rouzer 4 Refugeeshttps://www.facebook.com/SlamSundayDublin/ - Slam Sundayhttps://www.facebook.com/internationalbardublin/ - The International Barhttps://www.facebook.com/LingoFestival/ - Lingo Festivalhttps://www.facebook.com/herstoryireland/ - Herstoryhttps://boundlessandbare.com/https://www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/https://www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/https://twitter.com/boundlessbare

    Bea, Bodies & Being A Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2018 64:58


    The Cracked Spine Collective - www.facebook.com/thecrackedspinec…YpfTXylNjX04F1FsBeatricetwitter.com/dreamwortsBoundless & Bare www.facebook.com/boundlessbare/www.instagram.com/boundlessbare/twitter.com/BoundlessBare boundlessandbare.com/April Gig Guide is available on boundlessandbare.com/gigguide/Gemini - www.facebook.com/Intervarsitypoet…o-x4bAVO16dOCAbgSolstice Sounds - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPpweLSjB5c

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