Mairead Delaney and Catriona Crowe discuss 'Archive the next Play' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Grace Dyas debates 'Making History: Artists and the past' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Dr. Fearghal McGarry debates 'Archive the next Play' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Eleanor Methven debates 'Making History: Artists and the Past' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Declan Smyth discusses 'The Figures tell a story too' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Carl O'Brien discusses 'What does Direct Provision mean?' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Bairbre Ni Chaoimh debates 'Making History: Artists and the Past' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Stephen Rea and Tom Kilroy discuss 'A Family of Memories' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Prof. Richard Kearney speaks on 'Writing Trauma; From Memory to Fiction' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [17 January 2014]
Roddy Doyle discusses on 'A Star Called Henry' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Patrick Mason speaks on 'Theatre as a treasure trove: plays new and old' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Wayne Jordan speaks on 'Theatre as a treasure trove: plays new and old' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Stacey Gregg speaks on 'Theatre as a treasure trove: plays new and old' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Dr. Emilie Pine speaks on 'New Memory' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Louise Lowe speaks on 'New Memory' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
Gerard Mannix Flynn speaks on 'New Memory' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre. [16 January 2014]
President Michael D. Higgins opens The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre with an address entitled 'Of Myth-Making and Ethical Remembering'. [16 January 2014]
This January the Abbey Theatre embarks on a new initiative as it takes The Risen People on an Unplugged tour throughout Dublin, bringing the experience of live theatre into the heart of local communities. Developed by our Community and Education Department, the tour is designed to make the work of the national theatre accessible to a wider audience. The first stop was at Wheatfield Place of Detention (Prison) in Clondalkin, and RTÉ Morning Ireland's Cian McCormack was their for the historic occa...
Rick O'Shea performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/…e-risen-people/
Lisa O'Neill performs her Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/
Fiach Moriarty performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/
Bell X1's Paul Noonan performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/
Listen to acclaimed singer / songwriter Mundy perform the old traditional Dublin ballad 'Easy and Slow', his Noble Call for The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/
Sean Rocks and Evelyn O'Rourke preview The Risen People on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena [25 November 2013]
Theatrical dynasties are challenged in this insightful, amusing and touching talk with Jane Brennan, Aonghus McAnally Snr & Óg. [October 2013]
Irish Times columnist, novelist, and playwright Michael Harding reads from his book ‘Staring at Lakes’, remembers John Moriarty and reflects on what it is to be human. [October 2013]
Listen to friends Olwen Fouere and Pat Kinevane discuss the writing process, the vulnerability of homelessness and the celebration of fantasy. [June 2012]
Theatre critic Emer O’Kelly discusses the complexities of Bernard Shaw
Aonghus Óg McAnally (Rise Productions) interviews his fellow Major Barbara cast members. [August 2013]
Seamus Heaney discusses his version of Antigone: The Burial at Thebes. [August 2008]
