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Actress Sorcha Cusack, part of Ireland's legendary acting dynasty, joined Oliver in studio to talk about her remarkable TV career and her return home to star in 'Escaped Alone' by Caryl Churchill. Catch her this month at the Everyman Theatre in Cork and the Project Arts Centre in Dublin. For tickets and more, visit hatchtheatrecompany.com
An ceoltóir Kevin McNally atá ag glacadh páirt i saothar nua Mel Mercier agus John Scott sa Project Arts Centre an mí seo chugainn.
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I was delighted to catch up with actor Erica Roe this week in the Project Arts Centre where she's in It's Always Your Bleedin' Own, a new show by Thommas Kane Byrne. Erica is an incredible actor, who you may know from Deadly Cuts, and I loved discussing the challenges of being an actor and her thoughts on how being working class has impacted her career. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer) join our community on Patreon.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Actor and playwright Thomas Kane Byrne and and fellow actor Ericka Roe joined Brendan in studio today, telling him about their play and the theatre they set up with a mission to make theatre accessible to all. It's Always Your Bleedin' Own' - previewing at the Project Arts Centre tonight, opens tomorrow and will run until December 14th
This week we were joined by award-winning actor and playwright Thommas Kane Byrne & best friend and fellow actress Ericka Roe.They discussed their journey from living in Dublin Inner City & Ballyfermot to making it on stage and screen in shows such as Kin and Dublin Murders.Together they have launched their own production company Breadline aiming to make theatre more accessible to the working class.Breadline is bringing its next show It's Always Your Bleedin' Own to Project Arts Centre this December. Looking past the riots and narratives that are sold to you about D1 - resilience meets humour and grit meets glamour. Tickets can be purchased here.
Tadhg Hickey's play GATMAN! runs at Project Arts Centre, as part of Dublin Fringe Festival as he explains more.
In this episode of the IMRO Podcast, we report back from the Music Current Festival 2024.Music Current is an annual contemporary music festival produced by Dublin Sound Lab, and taking place in the Project Arts Centre and Contemporary Music Centre in Temple Bar. The festival showcases contemporary Irish and new international electronic music as well facilitating workshops, professional development classes and public panel discussions.This years festival took place in April and Danny Carroll spoke to some of the people involved as well as doing a bit of interactive volunteering.Over the course of the next half hour we will hear from the festival director Fergal Dowling, the Irish sound artist and performer Lara Gallagher, and Pieter Mathhynssens, the co-artistic director of Nadar Ensemble, a Belgian contemporary music ensemble, that Danny performed with during the festival.0:00 - Danny Carroll intro1:18 - Fergal Dowling Interview7:40 - Lara Gallagher Interview15:45 - Nadar Ensemble rehearsal and interview with Pieter MathhynssensFeatured music:Tak Ensemble - Mouthpiece 28 (composed by Erin Gee) and featured on the Oor:Eryk Salvaggio - Flowers Blooming Backwards Into Noise:Lara Gallagher - Leap Of FoalsNadar Ensemble - Drie (rehearsal audio) - composed by Serge VerstocktLara Gallagher - https://laragallagher.art/Nadar Ensemble - https://nadarensemble.be/Music Current - https://www.musiccurrent.ie/2024/
A special live episode of amplify which was recorded at this year's Music Current Festival panel discussion presented in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. The panel was chaired by CMC's Director, Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes "Here, four composers, academics, researchers and media artists share insights into their personal practices, working methods, compositional techniques, rationale, and the strategies they use to approach compositional problems, and how technology might inform future music developments." Source: Music Current Festival - Future Music Panelists:João Pedro Oliveira (PRT), composer Amanda Feery (IRL), composer Lara Gallagher (IRL), composer Eryk Salvaggio (USA), researcher, new media artist Music In order of appearance in the episode: Daniel McDermott Bezier Lines (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab Amanda Feery Hireth (2024) - performed by The Black Page Orchestra Lara Gallagher Leap of Foals (2024) - performed by lovemusic collective John McLachlan Qualia I (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab Fergal Dowling Total Harmonic Distortion (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab All music featured in this episode was recorded live at Music Current 2024 at the Project Arts Centre. Episode credits Editing: Keith FennellRecording: Garrett Sholdice
Tonight's Arena comes live from the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar as Rough Magic celebrates 40 years. Featuring chat, readings and music from the company's players through the years including Anne Enright, Declan Hughes, Owen Roe and the artistic director, Lynne Parker.
Stephen Rea talks to Marty about tonight's opening of 'Krapp's Last Tape' at The Project Arts Centre.
Rachael Lavelle released her long-awaited debut album Big Dreams on November 10. A brilliant collection of 10 tracks, the press release says: Big Dreams is an existential coming-of-age album that chronicles the journey of a young woman searching for direction and meaning in a very strange world. Inspired by sounds of everyday life and an intriguing obsession with YouTube self-help videos, the album explores romance, directionlessness, ambition and the expectations of the unsatisfied digital native. Recorded in various locations including an artists studio in Lisbon, the album is the result of years of experimentation and destruction. Written and produced by Lavelle, it was created alongside long-time collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Ryan Hargadon and engineer and co-producer Alex Borwick. Throughout, the album features the voice of the Luas, Doireann Ní Bhriain, who narrates the inner monologue of the millennial mind; the ever-wondering, ever-doubting, the contradicting and the aspiring. On this episode of the TPOE podcast, Rachael talks us through Big Dreams track by track, as well as her features with Villagers, Crash Ensemble and others, influences, sleep, CMAT, and dreaming. Buy Rachael Lavelle - Big Dreams: https://rachaellavelle.bandcamp.com/album/big-dreams-2 Rachael Lavelle tour dates: November 23: The Black Box, Belfast November 24: Project Arts Centre, Dublin November 30: Mick Lally Theatre, Galway December 1: The Record Room, Limerick December 6: Prims Bookshop, Kinsale December 7: Coughlan's, Cork December 8: Connollys of Leap, Cork December 9: St Michael's Church, Waterville, Kerry
In this episode, Professor Aoife O'Donoghue (QUB School of Law) and Dr Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University Law School) interview poet Julie Morrissy about Julie's career as a poet. They explore how law influences and resonates in Julie's poetry, the way that legal training shapes thinking and writing, and the notion of law as a performance. Aoife, Julie and Ruth also discuss the writing and language of constitutions and manifestos, with particular focus on women's voices and the Irish feminist tradition. Biographies Julie Morrissy is an Irish poet, academic, activist, and a graduate of UCD Law. From 2021-22, she was the first Poet-in-Residence at the National Library of Ireland. Her award-winning project "Certain Individual Women" uses poetry to examine gender discrimination in Irish legislation and the Bunreacht (the 1937 Constitution). Her awards include the National Endowment for the Humanities, the MAKE Theatre Award, and the Arts Council of Ireland ‘Next Generation' Award. Morrissy's poetry has been exhibited in the TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, and acquired for the Ireland State Art Collection. Her debut collection Where, the Mile End was published in 2019 by tall-lighthouse (UK) and Book*hug (Canada). Her website is www.juliemorrissy.com https://www.bathmagg.com/juliemorrissy/ Dr Ruth Houghton is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Law School. Throughout her research in global constitutionalism and international law, Ruth uses feminist methodologies and constitutional and political theory to challenge the disciplinary assumptions on democracy and constituent power. Ruth's most recent work utilises law and humanities methodologies, including work on speculative fiction, utopias and feminist manifestos, as well as theatre productions to understand (re)constructions of constitutional moments and provide novel re-imaginings of constituent power.
Rachel Ní Bhraonáin is the Dance Artist in Residence at Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford. Her new show Mosh has humour, heart and a whole lot of headbanging. Mosh will be at Dublin Fringe Festival, September 13-17th in Project Arts Centre.
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with playwright Ciara Elizabeth Smyth about her new show Lie Low which is on at the Traverse Theatre 3rd-27th August 2023 & Abbey Theatre 17th -29th July 2023. We discuss the play, changing focus from preforming to writing, the importance of Government support for the arts and much more. Tickets for Traverse Theatre https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/lie-low-festival-23 Abbey Theatre Tickets https://booking.abbeytheatre.ie/events/16365?hidedate TRIGGER WARNING: brief mentions of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. LIE LOW Faye's Afraid. She's not sleeping, she doesn't trust ducks and all she's had to eat this week is a box of dry Rice Crispies. Award-winning new writing, Lie Low makes its Scottish debut as part of the Traverse Festival 2023. Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed by Oisín Kearney, Lie Low is a surreal comedy that offers a theatrical exploration into the human brain via the genitals. After a break-in at her home, Faye is working through trauma, but it's not moving fast enough. A doctor recommends a form of exposure therapy, so she asks her semi-estranged brother Naoise to help. But Naoise has problems and secrets of his own, and soon the power dynamics are shifting about like mercury on a fork. Lie Low is a darkly funny play that looks at how trauma manifests in the body, filled with bizarre humour, striking visuals and brave, whip smart writing and performed by Charlotte McCurry and Michael Patrick. Lie Low is supported by the MAC and Lyric Theatre Belfast. Originally developed with the support of FRINGE LAB, Fishamble, The Mill Theatre and An Táin Arts Centre. Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. Her plays have been presented by the Abbey Theatre, Fishamble, Dublin Fringe, the MAC and Project Arts Centre. She is under commission with several television production companies and theatre companies across the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 play, LIE LOW, was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Actress and Best New Play, two Dublin Fringe Awards, Fishamble New Writing Award and Best Performer (won) and is due to go on an international tour 2023/24. Ciara's debut short film, SLAY + PREPARE, is due to premiere in late 2023. She is a recipient of the Next Generation Award 2020, the Abbey Theatre's Commemoration Bursary 2021 and a Sharp Shorts 2022 awardee. She has also received funding from Short Circuit's First Features to develop a debut feature film. Ciara is represented by Nick Marston and Katie Battcock in Curtis Brown. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk ED FRINGE FORM NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
This edition of the IMRO Podcast is focused on the Music Current Festival 2023.Taking place in the Project Arts Centre and Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin, the Music Current Festival showcases contemporary Irish and new electronic music across four nights from the 12th to the 15th of April.First started in 2016, this year's Music Current Festival features four new concerts and a chamber opera, as well as workshops and discussions that explore the cutting edge of new music. To find out more, Danny Carroll spoke with the musicians Francis Heery and Izumi Kimura, who both feature in this year's programme, as well as meeting the festival's artistic director Fergal Dowling for a broader look at Music Current 2023.For a full listing of Music Current events, follow the link below: http://www.musiccurrent.ie/2023/Fergal Dowling: 1:05 - 15:02Izumi Kimura: 15:58 - 47:51Francis Heery: 48:53 - 86:30
The story of U2's emergence is connected to the broader story of late 1970s Dublin. From the Project Arts Centre to the explosive visit of The Clash to the unlikely setting of Trinity College Dublin's exam hall, this episode brings you behind the scenes of the recent documentary U2: A Sort of Homecoming.
Film Reviews - Gemma Creagh and Dave Hanratty review White Noise, Nocebo and The Silent Twins. Love Songs is a new dance show by choreographer Philip Connaughton & opens at Project Arts Centre, Dublin in December. The Busk Record, which will be released tomorrow, with all proceeds going to the Dublin Simon Community.
In this Reboot Republic, I chat with Grace Dyas, artist, activist, writer, director, producer and performer. Grace explains her newest film installation, A Mary Magdalene Experience. We chat and digress about the cult of saviours, egos, social change, housing and the neoliberal religion, social housing and how can we create a value shift and change housing through a right to housing referendum, similar to Repeal and Marriage Equality. Check out the work Grace is organising for Amnesty International, PROJECT PROTECT PROTEST a weeklong act-in for future protest at Project Arts Centre, from 5-10 December. Rory is speaking at it in the session on 7th December 6:30pm-8:30pm: PUBLIC MEETING: The Right To Housing. Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
Today joining our Host Georgina McKevitt (@itsgeorginamckevitt) is Lover of all things spooky and scary, Peter Dunne. Peter is an award-winning writer, playwright, producer, creator of audiodramas, podcasts and unusual experiences. Irish Theatre Magazine described his work as “New Irish writing at its best”, Visit Dublin called him “One of Ireland's most interesting and innovative talents” while Headstuff called his theatre work “brilliant and innovative.” For his horror anthology podcast Petrified, he won a New York Radio Award and an Irish Podcast Award for drama series and recently made the move into live shows at the London Podcast Festival. He co-created two podcast and radio series for RTÉjr - The Living Library and Spooky FM - also an award winner at the Irish Podcast Awards. For the Bram Stoker Festival, he created the audio horror experiences Eerie and Bram, as well as Instaterror - the world's first ghost story to take place completely on Instagram. He made his graphic comics debut in 2020 with the queer horror story Abomination by Hey Dorothy comics Straddling the worlds of horror and comedy, his plays have been staged at the Abbey Theatre, Project Arts Centre, Bewleys Café Theatre, Dublin Castle and Smock Alley Theatre amongst others. For his theatre work he has been nominated for the Spirit of Wit Award and the Georganne Aldrich Heller Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival. This Halloween, Peter will team up with Dacre Stoker for Stoker On Stoker, looking at the work of the legendary creator of Dracula. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today joining our Host Georgina McKevitt (@itsgeorginamckevitt) is Lover of all things spooky and scary, Peter Dunne. Peter is an award-winning writer, playwright, producer, creator of audiodramas, podcasts and unusual experiences. Irish Theatre Magazine described his work as “New Irish writing at its best”, Visit Dublin called him “One of Ireland's most interesting and innovative talents” while Headstuff called his theatre work “brilliant and innovative.” For his horror anthology podcast Petrified, he won a New York Radio Award and an Irish Podcast Award for drama series and recently made the move into live shows at the London Podcast Festival. He co-created two podcast and radio series for RTÉjr - The Living Library and Spooky FM - also an award winner at the Irish Podcast Awards. For the Bram Stoker Festival, he created the audio horror experiences Eerie and Bram, as well as Instaterror - the world's first ghost story to take place completely on Instagram. He made his graphic comics debut in 2020 with the queer horror story Abomination by Hey Dorothy comics Straddling the worlds of horror and comedy, his plays have been staged at the Abbey Theatre, Project Arts Centre, Bewleys Café Theatre, Dublin Castle and Smock Alley Theatre amongst others. For his theatre work he has been nominated for the Spirit of Wit Award and the Georganne Aldrich Heller Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival. This Halloween, Peter will team up with Dacre Stoker for Stoker On Stoker, looking at the work of the legendary creator of Dracula. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the sixth and final episode of the series, presenter Dónal Dineen meets one of Ireland's most important contemporary theatre and performance artists, Olwen Fouéré, an artist known for her remarkable and often physical performances. Fouéré - whose extensive practice navigates theatre, film, the visual arts, music, dance theatre and literature, speaks with Dónal about her multidisciplinary career and creative journey. He meets her at home in Dublin for an extended conversation on the extent of her singular voyage through a plethora of significant theatrical productions and different art forms across countries and continents. We find out about her life before she found acting and the immediate impact that discovery had on her in the early days, through the innovative work of Focus Theatre and immersion in the fertile atmosphere of the Project Arts Centre. There are insights into how she expanded her practice and sated an ever-present thirst for experimentation by sharpening her acting tools and developing significant new strands through collaboration with composer Roger Doyle and the formation of the Operating Theatre company and music group. We hear her thinking behind the subsequent formation of another artistic entity called TheEmergencyRoom for projects ‘in need of immediate attention', in order to provide a virtual holding space for the development of art-based ideas, relationships and performance contexts. One of the first projects to be developed by TheEmergencyRoom was Riverrun which was Olwen's own adaptation and performance of the voice of the river ‘Life' in James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. We take a deep-dive into the genesis and development of this ground-breaking idea which captivated audiences and critics worldwide. Along the way we find out about her love for dance and cinema and how she has carved a space for herself in both those worlds as well as hearing more philosophical thoughts of how theatre works and the nature of performance. Born on the west coast of Ireland to Breton parents Yann Fouéré and Marie-Magdeleine Mauger, Olwen Fouéré is an artist whose extensive practice navigates theatre, film, the visual arts, music, dance theatre and literature. She has received international acclaim for her work and was performer and artistic collaborator in Jesse Jones's Tremble, Tremble which represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 2017. We Are The Makers is written and presented by Irish broadcaster Dónal Dineen and produced by Ian Cudmore. Original music by Ultan O'Brien. Commissioned by Solas Nua in Washington, D.C., bringing contemporary Irish art to U.S. audiences. Photo by Barry McCall. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland. ///
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Drawing on newly released and digitized archival records, Houlihan's Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) examines a pivotal period of social and cultural change in the history of Irish theatre, offering unique insights into the production and reception of Irish drama, its internationalization and political influences. From the 1950s onwards, Irish theatre engaged audiences within new theatrical forms at venues from the Pike Theatre, the Project Arts Centre, and the Gate Theatre, as well as at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey. Incorporating the work of overlooked female playwrights like Edna O'Brien, Mary Manning, Carolyn Swift, and Mairead Ni Ghrada, this book argues for an inclusive historiography reflective of the formative impacts of marginalized performance histories upon modern Irish theatre. This study examines these works' experimental dramaturgical impacts in terms of production, reception, and archival legacies. Theatre and Archival Memory is framed by the device of ‘archival memory' and serves as a means for scholars and theatre-makers to inter-contextualize existing historiography and to challenge canon formation. It also presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory. Bridget English is a scholar of Irish literature and culture, modernism, and health humanities, based at the University of Illinois Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Seminar at the Newberry Library and is the Literature Representative for the American Conference for Irish Studies. On Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies
We hear from John Connolly on his new book The Furies; Emmet Kirwan and Eoin French on their new play Accents! at the Project Arts Centre; and Cristín Leach reviews the new exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery.
amplify #72 - ‘Future Music?’: a discussion from Music Current 2022 Recorded in April as part of the Music Current 2022 festival, this episode features a discussion entitled ‘Future Music?’ on musical life after the pandemic. Introduced and chaired by CMC Director Evonne Ferguson, the discussion, recorded at the Project Arts Centre in front of an audience, includes composer Natacha Diels, Music Current artistic director Fergal Dowling, and Journal of Music editor Toner Quinn. Show Notes FUTURE MUSIC? event details musiccurrent.ie Fergal Dowling Journal of Music Natacha Diels
Sara Greavu, Curator of Visual Arts at Project Arts Centre, Laura Raicovich author of Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest, artist Emma Roche and curator at Kilmainham Gaol Museum/Pearse Museum, Brian Crowley, assemble to navigate the contested space of museums.
In these times of national stress ,this week Conor Tallon spoke of a work that was hard to take in at first...but gently helping him along and explaining it's context and healing power was Michael Waldron the curator of the exhibition it was part of.Small in scale, Woman with Koebnersing Psoriasis (2003) by Cecily Brennan is a deceptively simple, yet intimate work. The artist employs egg tempera to describe a truncated torso form as dozens of dark irregular blotches, identified by the title, appear across its pink flesh.Koebnersing psoriasis is a condition that occurs at sites of cutaneous (or skin) injury, with new skin lesions appearing on otherwise healthy skin. This painting forms part of a body of work that Brennan made in 2002-03 and exhibited as part of Heat (2005).Exploring how the human body registers stress, these works are characterised by close-up images of eczema, psoriasis, and self-harm. In presenting such conditions in this way, the artist forces us to confront something from which we might otherwise shy away. Informed by pain and painted with care, they prompt feelings of empathy.A native of Athenry, Cecily Brennan (b.1955) has exhibited her work widely, both nationally and internationally. ‘Damage and fortitude are her abiding concerns,' offers Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, ‘and the perennial search for those strategies of survival that allow ordinary human beings to endure and overcome the various afflictions by which they are beset.'In addition to her career as an artist, Brennan has been Director of Project Arts Centre (1983-86), Chair of the Visual Arts Committee (1993-97), and co-founder of the Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment (2015-18). She lives and works in Dublin.Woman with Koebnersing Psoriasis (2003) by Cecily Brennan is featured in lucid abnormalities, in The Crawford Art Gallery and online at www.crawfordartgallery.ie/workoftheweek See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this week's Episode of FNI Wrap Chat is one of Ireland's hardest working and most dedicated actors of stage and screen. Ian Lloyd Anderson. Ian is an Actor's Actor, with a great sense of humour, Ian is a brilliant example of grit, talent and determination. From his brilliant turn in Dublin Old School (stage and screen) to his latest film, working with Clare Dunne on Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, Iron Lady). PBL and Seán T. Ó Meallaigh had a very Frank chat about all things daddy bedtime stories with his kids, the importance of staying sharp, fighting for parts and dealing with rejection and the downside to Acting and the creative life. ****This is an unmissable podcast for actors in particular. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting; Ian was recently awarded best supporting actor at the Irish Times Theatre awards for his performance in Druid Theatre's Beacon at The Gate Theatre. He can now be seen on screen in season 2 of Blood opposite Adrian Dunbar and Grainne Keenan on Virgin Media One. Film/TV credits include: Herself (Element Pictures, Dir: Phyllida Lloyd), Wastewater, Headcases (RTÉ), Honest (IFB Short Film), Dublin Old School (Element Pictures, Dir: Dave Tynan), They Shoot People (Short), Leave (Short), Game of Thrones (HBO), Love/Hate (RTÉ, Dir: Dave Caffrey), Standby (Black Sheep Productions), Scratch (Short), Raw, The Clinic (RTÉ) & Dorothy Mills (Octagon Films). Theatre credits include: The Cherry Orchard (Druid Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Beacon (The Gate Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Evening Train (Everyman Theatre, Dir: Annabelle Comyn), In Our Veins (The Peacock Theatre), Dublin Old School (The Project Arts Centre), Come on Home (The Peacock Theatre), Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Gaiety Theatre), Common (The National Theatre), Sive, The Risen People, Major Barbara, Shibari, Alice in Funderland, Macbeth, The Rivals and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The Abbey Theatre), Every Doris Has His Day, Big Ole Piece of Cake, Bruising of Clouds (Fishamble: The New Play Company), Richard III (Fast and Loose Theatre Company), Ride On Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin' Dred Theatre Company), End Time (Project Arts Centre), Danti Dan (Galloglass Theatre Company), The Colleen Bawn (Bedrock Productions and Project Arts Centre), Bad Sunday (TILT Theatre Company), Ferry Tales and 50 Ways to leave Dun Laoghaire (BDNC and Carpet Theatre Company). FNI Connect (funded by ScreenSkills Ireland) continues this OCT with former head of development at British Screen Stephen Cleary for a world-class workshop on development for producers and directors. Also, our Very own Wrap Chat host, IFTA nominated and award-winning documentary director, Paul Webster for his course 'Finding the Story: Documentary. ' And it's free. Thanks to Screenskills Ireland. www.WeAreFni.com/connect to register for tics. Applicants will be emailed code for classes afterwards. We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. *Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!! https://hopin.to/events/fni-s-hopin-work-the-virtual-room-a-night-of-networking-for-writers-directors-producers Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Please share with a friend or colleague and Share/Subscribe for more content. Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. #WeAreFni #YouAreFNI #StaySafe #StayInformed #StayPositive WWW.WEAREFNI.COM for all things FNI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's Episode of FNI Wrap Chat is one of Ireland's hardest working and most dedicated actors of stage and screen. Ian Lloyd Anderson. Ian is an Actor's Actor, with a great sense of humour, Ian is a brilliant example of grit, talent and determination. From his brilliant turn in Dublin Old School (stage and screen) to his latest film, working with Clare Dunne on Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, Iron Lady). PBL and Seán T. Ó Meallaigh (https://www.facebook.com/seantomeallaigh?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCSb0gSte-r45ggqvVrJ8QC-AXbw-OtiNdjMvs8ioiiblNe4UMlrPe8UaAs-alSNHHKKYw3WhUCxQmV&fref=mentions) had a very Frank chat about all things daddy bedtime stories with his kids, the importance of staying sharp, fighting for parts and dealing with rejection and the downside to Acting and the creative life. ****This is an unmissable podcast for actors in particular. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting; Ian was recently awarded best supporting actor at the Irish Times Theatre awards for his performance in Druid Theatre’s Beacon at The Gate Theatre. He can now be seen on screen in season 2 of Blood opposite Adrian Dunbar and Grainne Keenan on Virgin Media One. Film/TV credits include: Herself (Element Pictures, Dir: Phyllida Lloyd), Wastewater, Headcases (RTÉ), Honest (IFB Short Film), Dublin Old School (Element Pictures, Dir: Dave Tynan), They Shoot People (Short), Leave (Short), Game of Thrones (HBO), Love/Hate (RTÉ, Dir: Dave Caffrey), Standby (Black Sheep Productions), Scratch (Short), Raw, The Clinic (RTÉ) & Dorothy Mills (Octagon Films). Theatre credits include: The Cherry Orchard (Druid Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Beacon (The Gate Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Evening Train (Everyman Theatre, Dir: Annabelle Comyn), In Our Veins (The Peacock Theatre), Dublin Old School (The Project Arts Centre), Come on Home (The Peacock Theatre), Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Gaiety Theatre), Common (The National Theatre), Sive, The Risen People, Major Barbara, Shibari, Alice in Funderland, Macbeth, The Rivals and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The Abbey Theatre), Every Doris Has His Day, Big Ole Piece of Cake, Bruising of Clouds (Fishamble: The New Play Company), Richard III (Fast and Loose Theatre Company), Ride On Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin’ Dred Theatre Company), End Time (Project Arts Centre), Danti Dan (Galloglass Theatre Company), The Colleen Bawn (Bedrock Productions and Project Arts Centre), Bad Sunday (TILT Theatre Company), Ferry Tales and 50 Ways to leave Dun Laoghaire (BDNC and Carpet Theatre Company). FNI Connect (funded by ScreenSkills Ireland) continues this OCT with former head of development at British Screen Stephen Cleary for a world-class workshop on development for producers and directors. Also, our Very own Wrap Chat host, IFTA nominated and award-winning documentary director, Paul Webster for his course 'Finding the Story: Documentary. ' And it's free. Thanks to Screenskills Ireland. www.WeAreFni.com/connect to register for tics. Applicants will be emailed code for classes afterwards. We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. *Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!! https://hopin.to/events/fni-s-hopin-work-the-virtual-room-a-night-of-networking-for-writers-directors-producers Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Ffni%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0kD26R2Tl0YB1WDhfTcIk2kaxFGtra86l3Xn0H5jRead4ww-duXIwz0CY&h=AT3uA2oZ5jDFvi92seoFmEO8IoWlVgC2C8FDMiyt456_btk9OP4WtC3wseLJ8RyjRZdhdZ9U4BZ_E6jetVxgHrB_W1KlESGGuASgTO8wH2H9mpPIRPoC6JA4ijDM22CznS1Vx2QZ1CSwue35GUMSNrqZPSyL) Please share with a friend or colleague and Share/Subscribe for more content. Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. #WeAreFni (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wearefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #YouAreFNI (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/youarefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StaySafe (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staysafe?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayInformed (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stayinformed?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayPositive (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staypositive?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) WWW.WEAREFNI.COM (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FWWW.WEAREFNI.COM%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3O86-JGARQ-lEhbDk1tI4iPs-IveYXswBmtrbLFxlCQR87TtNfcUt7IEU&h=AT3aoqXPN-Ji0hWcR7b1U8F1WKOD6ksGhmepWBN4J4fN1fd4U_ZxOnvRmBah-5hEK2uiv1f-OEJzyYl4lIqzYHUv3plISZZxaS3s6YeRNhnBStz1ainqVe67it4j8FxV7BrNOVGO6U51IWACerTgSVYiAaU9) for all things FNI
Theatre's flight online sees Dead Centre's To Be A Machine streamed to our desks from Project Arts Centre, and Anu's The Party to End All Parties live on YouTube.
"Everything is Always Harder Than It Seemed" by Dylan Coburn-Gray. Dr. Gwendolyn Gill, in her search to bring credibility to the study of magic fish, discovers that the hardest part of solving any problem is knowing what the problem is. The Storykeeper and the Collapsing Horse Ensemble bring you an episode of joyous verbosity and truly remarkable restraint on fish puns. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/dmcradio
“tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you had ceased to play— I tell you, Dorian, that it is on things like these that our lives depend.” Oscar Wilde Culture always seems to be seen as a nice to do and is always first for the chop - even though we rely on it for export; tourism; mental health; employment; damn, culture is a reason to be alive. It shapes the type of world we live in. Without it, what …..is the meaning of life? And in elections, we shouldn’t be pleading for the very fundamentals of being alive, we should be voting for the type of society we want to live in. But even in putting together this episode, it felt like we were putting together a fluffy episode when the issues of the day and of the election are (rightly) housing and health. So how do we make culture a priority issue for voters and ensure it’s front and centre in manifestos and debates? On the day the Social Democrats launched their impressive Arts and Culture manifesto, we’re joined by Cian O’Brien from the National Campaign for the Arts and Artistic Director of Project Arts Centre to talk about the importance of culture for the very essence of our existence.
I sit down with Hannah at the Tara Building to chat about her research in LGBT Theatre in Dublin and The Project Arts Centre respectively. We chat her journey through photography, sculpture and writing that led to her research today and what it meant to be part of the LGBT community through the last few decades in Ireland until the Marriage Referendum in 2015. Her upcoming exhibition at The Project Art Centre will feature archived material from Alternative Miss Ireland. Hannah is a Researcher, Historian, Sculpture, Photographer and Writer. Her thesis 'Foul, Filthy, Stinking Muck' looks at the role The Project Art Centre had during the activist movements of the 70s, 80s and 90s. It highlights notable contemporary theatre works that have addressed LGBTQ issues and demonstrates how Project continues to play a role in platforming LGBTQ works. With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór
Fringe Fest Special #2 featuring:Margaret Perry of "Collapsible" 18-21st Peacock Stage in the Abbey Theatre.Barry McStay of "Vespertilio" 18-21st Smock Alley.Scottee of "Things We've Always Wanted To Tell You" 18th - 21st in The Project Arts Centre.
**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our [Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauren Larkin is an actor from Dublin. Her recent work includes Split Ends at Bewley's Cafe Theatre, written and performed by Lauren as part of the show in a bag initiative with The Dublin Fringe festival, Shelter with Druid Theatre company (nominated for best actress at the Irish times Irish theatre awards), My Son My Son by Veronica Dyas at Project Arts Centre. Her work with THEATREclub includes HEROIN, The Game, HISTORY, The Family and Twenty Ten(nominated for best performer at Dublin Fringe) Her work with Shaun Dunne and Talking Shop Ensemble includes I am a Homebird (it’s very hard), Death of The Tradesmen, Advocacy (winner of best performer at Dublin Fringe) and Rapids. Her TV and film credits include, Love/hate, Humble brag (Sinead o’shea) and Everybody Sings (Shaun Dunne). This episode is ahead of Lauren's two week run at Bewley's (1st -13th of April) following a critically acclaimed, sold out run at Dublin Fringe etc etc. ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The reviews hub ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The arts review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The Sunday Times ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The Sunday independent
This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award-winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language. In this special show award-winning, author and comedian Colm O’Regan wants a word in Irish. This time, the show gets a bit of a shake-up, as Colm’s attention is now on Irish words, and phrases, with this opener seeing him welcome guest Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh of Pop Up gaeltacht on to offer their opinions. Throughout the show original sketches are performed by top comedy actors Tara Flynn and Paul Tylak. The 6-part series is produced by Sideline Productions and future shows will be broadcast on Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year. The shows were recorded live May 2018 as part of Comedy Showhouse at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin and majority funded by The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for RTE Radio 1.
Theatre maker Doireann Coady talks to Kathy about her show, I’m Not Here, running at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin next weekend. The piece is a duet with her brother Donal, but he is, in fact, not here. Donal died by suicide almost ten years ago, but we hear his voice in the show through recordings that Doireann's father discovered years after his death. She talks to Kathy about the show, about how we talk about suicide in Ireland, and why her audience has nothing to fear.
This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award-winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language. In this special show award-winning, author and comedian Colm O’Regan wants a word about the weather .Nominated for Best Radio Comedy at the 2018 New York Festival of Radio, this time Colm takes a funny look all things weather with special guest Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather Throughout the show original sketches are performed by top comedy actors Tara Flynn and Paul Tylak. The 6-part series is produced by Sideline Productions and future shows will be broadcast on Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year. The shows were recorded live May 2018 as part of Comedy Showhouse at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin and majority funded by The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for RTE Radio 1.
Most recently Michael-David wrapped a role on ‘Quantico’ for ABC Studios as well as the Irish feature film ‘The Comeback’. He will be seen in 2018 playing Shane Twomey for Element Pictures’ ‘Red Rock’. He performed in Reality:Check Productions’ ‘Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin’ which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Ensemble. In 2017 he appeared in White Label’s production of ‘The Eurydice Project’ which ran at the Project Arts Centre, as Edmund in ‘King Lear’ at the Mill Theatre, as well as ‘The Voice Factor [X]’ at The New Theatre. Further screen credits include '3 Friends', ‘Summon Her Children’ and ’Bonsoir Luna’. Previous theatre credits include Rough Magic’s ‘The Critic’ at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the premiere of ‘According To His Need’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as ‘HOSTEL 16’ at the Dublin Fringe Festival directed by Raymond Keane. He is a singer and a multi-instrumentalist proficient with piano, guitar, and mandolin. Michael-David McKernan is a graduate of The Programme for Screen Acting at Bow Street Film Academy. He has previously trained in Physical Theatre at the London Academy of Dramatic Art and holds a First Class Honours degree in Drama & Theatre Studies at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College.
Ericka is cast in the recurring role of 'ALANNAH SHOREY' in the BBC Television drama "THE DUBLIN MURDERS" which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin. Later this month will see Ericka reprise her role of 'Charleigh' in The Breadline Collective's play "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD" which will run in The Project Arts Centre in Dublin's Templebar from November 26th to December 1st. This must see play is written and directed by Thommas Kane Byrne. She also plays 'TINA' in "TAKEN DOWN" which airs on RTE 1 on Sundays. "TAKEN DOWN" is directed by David Caffrey (LoveHate). Ericka's screen credits also include 'Shauna' in JELLY BABY directed by Naomi Fagan, and 'Erika' in “A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY” directed by Maria Doyle Kennedy. Ericka performed in NASSIM acting alongside Soleimanpour reading a script that they were given at the beginning of the show in the Project Arts Centre Cube as part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festival. Early September saw her perform as 'Joni' in Ali Hardiman's play 'ELECTRIC' which ran at this year's Electric Picnic. Other theatre credits include "MY SON, MY SON" (Mary) which ran in Dublin's Project Arts Centre, The Axis in Ballymun, and The Mermaid Theatre in Bray, 'Ilse' in SPRING AWAKENING (Ill Advised Theatre Company), 'Paula' in THE BOY WITH THE HALOGYN HAIR written by Eddie Naughton and directed by Kieran McDonald, and 'Alma' in Derek Masterson’s QUEENS OF PIMLICO (No Tears Productions). Ericka is a founding member of The Breadline Collective and played the role of 'Charleigh' in their production “SAY NOTHIN’ TO NO ONE” written by Thommas Kane Byrne which has been recently nominated for The Stewart Parker Trust Award. Ericka is a graduate Bull Alley Theatre Training Company and is also a graduate of the full time programme at Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting.
Ste is a photographer and an actor from Dublin. He studied Architecture in UCD, getting involved with the Drama Society during his time there. Since graduating, Ste has been a freelancing as a photographer at www.ste.ie, and as an actor on stage and screen projects. His recent work includes ‘BlackCatfishMusketeer’ at Camden People’s Theatre and Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe with Malaprop , ‘Sunder’ with Anu Productions, ‘Carmen Disruption’ at the Beckett Theatre, ‘Panned’ at Theatre Upstairs, a tour of ‘Angels in the Park’, ‘Cornerstones’ at Civic Theatre, ‘The 24 Hour Plays’ at The Abbey, ‘Fused’ at Project Arts Centre, ‘Tales from Briar Hall’ at Theatre Upstairs, and Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Dundrum. Previous work with WeGetHigh Collective includes ‘Narf!’ and ‘Sluts’ at Smock Alley and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, respectively. On screen, he has appeared in TV Series ‘Eipic’ and ‘Corp + Anam’, short films ‘Summon Her Children’, ‘A Long Shot’, as well as web series ‘The Goo’. His next appearance will be in Caitriona Daly's 'Panned' - a one man show that looks at mental health issues. It runs at Project Arts Centre from the 12th-17th of November 2018. ***
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
Margaret graduated from the 2 year full-time acting course in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2010. Since then she has worked in many productions including Chris in Broadening directed by Ronan Phelan (Rough Magic – associate director) for the ABSOLUTE Fringe Festival in The Lir Studio 2 (2012), Emily in Digging for Fire directed by Matt Torney (Rough Magic – associate director) in the Project Arts Centre (2013), and as Robin in the touring production of Jezebel directed by Lynne Parker (Rough Magic) (2014).
Anna Sheils-McNamee grew up with a dad who couldn’t see. For her, it was nothing out of the ordinary, yet for others her dad would either be classed as a ‘hero’ or treated as a ‘child’. Inspired by her life, Anna wrote a play that breaks down boundaries and challenges the infantalisation of people with disabilities. Chatting with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley, Anna explains what we can expect from her play and why it’s so important to open dialogue about sight loss. ‘My Dad’s Blind’ will run from 18th – 22nd September at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin. For tickets go to: [https://projectartscentre.ie/event/my-dads-blind-by-anna-sheils-mcnamee/](https://projectartscentre.ie/event/my-dads-blind-by-anna-sheils-mcnamee/)
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
From the pen of Ireland’s No.1 female comedy writer Fiona Looney WAITING is a collection of sketches, ads and mini plays. Some feature conversations overheard while Fiona was waiting – and some totally made-up mad stuff as well. Fiona has always been impressed by women’s ability to talk to strangers and to discuss anything but the subject at hand. It’s when they find themselves in waiting situations that their extraordinary – and occasionally bizarre – talents really come to the fore. So Sideline Productions with the support of the BAI and RTE Radio 1 brought together some of the finest comedy actors in Ireland to stage some of those journeys that go absolutely nowhere. And this being produced for radio they also threw in a few possibly not-quite- genuine ads in there as they well. Recorded in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the show was originally broadcast on RTE Radio as part of Sideline’s COMEDY SHOWHOUSE – a new season of shows by Irish comedy writers. The stellar cast includes – Caitriona Ennis – ISDA Award for Best Actress (2011), nominated for Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013 and Best Supporting Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015. Rose Henderson – credits include “Fair City” (RTE); “Raw” 3 (RTE/ITV); “Single Handed” 4 RTE/ITV) “Father Ted” (Sister Assumpta – Ch 4) & “Nighthawks” (RTE) Deirdre O’Kane – Credits include IFTA winning lead in Noble plus TV comedies Moone Boy (SKY); Paths To Freedom (RTE) and voices Gogglebox (TV3).
This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language. In this special show award-winning, author and comedian Colm O’Regan wants a word about PROPERTY. This episode to presents an exciting opportunity, a commuters dream, a smartly furnished, endearing, accessible yet secluded tastefully appointed discussion about property. And providing me with breathtaking views over Dublin and beyond, boasting a sunny aspect, is journalist and author Dearbhail McDonald! Throughout the show original sketches are performed by top comedy actors Tara Flynn and Paul Tylak. The 6-part series is produced by Sideline Productions and future shows will be broadcast on Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year. The shows were recorded live May 2018 as part of Comedy Showhouse at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin and majority funded by The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for RTE Radio 1.
Camille Lucy Ross was last seen on stage at Smock Alley as Margaretta in The Grimm Tale of Cinderella and recently appeared in Coast by Tracy Martin with Red Bear Productions at Dublin Fringe 2016/Project Arts Centre. She can also be seen in Bridget & Eamon (RTE) and regularly appears in sketches for Republic of Telly (Jason Butler/RTE) and Callan’s Kicks (James Cotter/RTE & Catchy Title). Camille is Artistic Director of Brazen Tales Productions and recently co-wrote & performed her one-woman show Big Bobby. Little Bobby at Dublin Fringe 2015, First Fortnight festival & Brighton Fringe 2016 (Winner First Fortnight Award* Best Performer & Little Gem Nominee). Camille is a graduate of LA’s iO West Improv school (where alumni include Amy Poehler & Tina Fey), The Gaiety School of Acting, has an honours degree from UCD and completed Play On (a Playwriting programme with Dublin Theatre Festival). Camille is part of a Long-form improv group called Tiny and is also developing her comedy writing for stage and screen.
This is the RTE Radio 1 PPI & Celtic Media award winning comedy show that takes a humorous funny tour around the brain of the top selling writer and performer as he talks about one of his favourite subjects – our use of language. In this special show award-winning author and comedian Colm O’Regan wants a word about TRAVEL and looks at holidays (home and abroad) plus, with a satirical eye, exploring everything associated with the marketing and selling of them; how we discuss them and what we say before we go / after we return. Special guest is travel writer and historian Turtle Bunbury who provides context and traces how the Irish viewed travel as proof of class and status. Throughout the show original sketches are performed by top comedy actors Tara Flynn and Paul Tylak. The 6-part series is produced by Sideline Productions and future shows will be broadcast on Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year. The shows were recorded live May 2018 as part of Comedy Showhouse at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin and majority funded by The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for RTE Radio 1.
Lee Coffey is a writer from Dublin. His shows include Leper + Chip in Theatre Upstairs, Project Arts Centre, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Nominated for the Broadway Baby 5 Star Award and the National Student Drama Award for best play) Electric Picnic, The Lyric Belfast, The Axis, Cork and an American production by Inis Nua in Philadelphia. Peruvian Voodoo in Theatre Upstairs, 24 Hour Plays in the Abbey Theatre, Slice, the Thief in Smock Alley and The Axis. Murder of Crows in Theatre Upstairs, Project Arts Centre, Garter Lane and the Lyric Belfast, From All Sides in The Dublin Fringe Festival and a radio play The Matron for Dead Air as a part of the Bram Stoker Festival. Lee was a participant in Rough Magic Theatre Company’s SEEDS programme 2016 - 2017 and he will be a participant on Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic programme 2017 - 2018. He has also written plays for Inchicore College, The Gaiety School of Acting and is currently under commission for Dublin Port Company. He is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of Bitter Like A Lemon Theatre Company. Credits Follow Tom Moran on Twitter and join like Personality Bingo with Tom Moran on Facebook If you're interested in more podcasts, join The HeadStuff Podcast Network on Facebook Personality Bingo original artwork by Conor Nolan
"Everything is Always Harder Than It Seemed" by Dylan Coburn-Gray. Dr. Gwendolyn Gill, in her search to bring credibility to the study of magic fish, discovers that the hardest part of solving any problem is knowing what the problem is. The Storykeeper and the Collapsing Horse Ensemble bring you an episode of joyous verbosity and truly remarkable restraint on fish puns.
Jeda de Brí is a director, writer and Artistic Director of Sickle Moon Productions. Directorial Credits include: GPO 1818 (Fishamble), 24 Hour Plays Dublin (The Abbey Theatre), The Egg is a Lonely Hunter (Nominated: Little Gem Award, First Fortnight Award & Fishamble New Writing Award, Dublin Fringe 2017), TRYST (Nominated: Fishamble New Writing Award, Fringe 2016) Mimes in Time (Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Dublin Fringe 2016 - Nominated: Little Gem Award), Cirque Des Reves (Smock Alley & Bewleys Café Theatre). Her short film, Procession will shoot in March as part of The Irish Film Boards Short Stories Scheme. In April, TRYST will return for a full run at Project Arts Centre.
A new panel comedy series presented by the nation’s favourite comedy star BARRY MURPHY (Apres Match, Pictorial Weekly). If you like your live comedy smart and funny packed with inspired improv & crafted jokes this is for you. Hypothetically this could well be the best radio / tv comedy show EVER. Barry is joined by star guests Joe Rooney (Killinascully, Fr Ted); Colum McDonnell (Pictorial Weekly, Brigid & Eamon), Tara Flynn (Actress & singer) & Chris Kent (London based Cork born stand up & writer) as the quintet offer their unique insights and humorous look at the world around them. Recorded live for RTE Radio One May 30th at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin.
Thursday 1 November 2012For this, the final podcast, there was only one person we could have as our guest – the Vince McMahon of Irish Theatre, Fiach Mac Conghail. Here he chats about his early days directing Irish language student drama at Trinity, highlights from his time at Project Arts Centre, the challenges of taking over the Abbey at such a tempestuous time in its history, his work with Brother Films, and balancing the day job with his new role as Senator. It’s Episode 52 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!
Thursday 11 October 2012Without question the most influential figure in Irish theatre over the past decade, Willie White has been at the forefront of shaping contemporary performance and bringing on a whole new generation of Irish theatre makers. Here, he chats about his first forays as an actor and director at UCD DramSoc, the formation of Loose Canon Theatre Company, his role in Arts programming at RTE, his decade in charge of Project Arts Centre, and his new position as Artistic Director of Dublin Theatre Festival. It’s Episode 49 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!
DREAMGUN presents a film read of Stephen Spielberg's Jurassic Park. With investors threatening to shut down Dinosaur Island, John Hammond turns to a plucky team of scientists to save his dream. Jurassic Park was recorded at The Project Arts Centre for The Dublin Fringe Festival. Film Reads is funded through Patreon! Support us there and get each episode one week early plus a bonus episode exclusively for our Patreon Subscribers: www.patreon.com/dreamgun For upcoming recording dates check our twitter at: www.twitter.com/dreamgunandsons Each episode is adapted by: Stephen Colfer, Gavin Drea, Heber Hanly and James McDonnell. Jurassic Park also features: Finbar Doyle, Vanya Eccles, Hannah Mamalis, Erin McGathy, Ed Salmon, Ben Waddell and Ronan Carey as the Narrator.
Hannah Mamalis is a Dublin based actress, writer and comedian. Her screen credits include RTE’s Republic of Telly and Des Bishop’s:This is Ireland. Hannah brings her show The Egg is a Lonely Hunter to the Dublin Fringe from the 13th to the 17th of September at Project Arts Centre. Here’s how the show works: 60 Balls. 60 Minutes. 60 Questions. In […] La entrada Hannah Mamalis plays Personality Bingo with Tom Moran se publicó primero en Headstuff.
Listen back to a special Comedy Showhouse radio show recorded live at The Project Arts Centre. The star of the International Emmy award-winning Moone Boy and IFTA award-winning film Noble, Deirdre O’Kane hosts She’s Having a Laugh featuring some of the best female comedy minds in Ireland today – actress Amy Huberman, comedy writer and playwright Fiona Looney, Film and TV producer Rebecca O’Flanagan. Produced by Sideline Productions in association with The Broadcast Authority of Ireland & grintage for RTE Radio 1.
Maxine Jones is Sounding Off with special guests comedy actors Sue Collins (The Nualas) and Colm Reid (SHIFTS sketch trio) on Comedy Showhouse. UK born Maxine Jones’ previous show was Embarrassing Mother and now she’s sounding out about everything, from getting older to living in Dublin since 1990 to possibly moving back to England as her 2 sons grow into adults. Maxine recorded this exclusive show for Comedy Showhouse last February 2016 live at the Project Arts Centre and aired Saturday Sept 24th on RTE Radio 1 6:30pm after ep5 of panel show Don’t Quote Me! with special guest historian Diarmaid Ferriter at 6 pm.
In Episode 14 – recorded live at the Project Arts Centre as part of the Dublin Tiger Fringe – comedian Karl Spain shares the greatest story about a burger you will ever hear. Karl has very strong opinions about Sex and the City. He's currently on your screens as part of Celebrity Operation Transformation but […] La entrada Karl Spain | The Alison Spittle Show #14 se publicó primero en Headstuff.
This week the lads are joined by one of the nicest men in Irish entertainment and a third generation actor - the great Aonghus Óg McAnally. He is a third generation actor, following in the footsteps of his father Aonghus McAnally and his grandfather, the late, brilliant Ray McAnally. Aonghus has done it all in the acting world, from award winning performances treading the boards of international theatres, to starring on both the small screen and big screen. On top of all this he is the man behind Irish production company Rise and commentator for the amazing OTT Wrestling. We spoke to Aonghus about acting, wrestling, The Dublin Fringe Festival, Mother Teresa and a whole lot more... including the best Tinder story you will hear for a long time. Aonghus will be featuring in The Dublin Fringe Festival from September 21st-24th in the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar as he stars in the play, "Traitor". Follow @AonghusOg on Twitter for more.
'The Art of Sound and Theatre' with designers and composers Tom Lane, Alma Kelliher, Denis Clohessy and Karl Kennedy, recorded in the Project Arts Centre as part of the 2015 Dublin Theatre Festival