Deirdre’s Diary
“Brancusi Bird” new play scene readings at Ranelagh Arts Festival
It was magical to bring a few scenes from my new play "Brancusi Bird" to life for the first time at Ranelagh Festival on Saturday May 13th in Lios na nÓg, with fabulous actors Sarah Lafferty, Bairbre ní Chaoimh, David Herlihy, and Darragh Scannell. Here is to further...
‘Come and See Me, I’m a Crossword Puzzle’, Saint Lucia’s Day ritual at Dublin’s James Joyce Centre
After dark on Saint Lucia's Day, Wednesday, December 13th, we presented a four part immersive experience at the James Joyce Centre entitled "Come and See Me, I'm a...
Dance & Joyce at ‘Ulysses in the World Symposium’, Georgetown University, Washington DC
It was an honour to participate in Global Irish Studies 'Ulysses in the World' Symposium at Georgetown University, Washington DC at the weekend. I was part of the opening 'Joyce and Dance' roundtable discussion on Saturday morning with Michelle Clayton of Brown...
Around Ulysses in 80 days, with #Ulysses80
As I write this reading Ulysses is still in progress, but we are in the final countdown to our destination - "yes I said yes i will Yes. Trieste-Zürich-Paris 1914 - 1921. Just 30 pages to go, in four days! It has been great to realise my New Year's resolution, to...
Lucia Joyce: FULL CAPACITY in “Brief Encounters: New Joycean Shorts” at Bloomsday Film Festival at the IFI
Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity will screen in a fantastic lineup curated by Tommy Creagh at the Irish Film Institute in "Brief Encounters: New Joycean Shorts" as part of Bloomsday Film Festival 2022 this Saturday June 11th at 4pm. (Choreography by Megan Kennedy,...
Behind the scenes on Finné Finalé Episode on “Limerick’s own Billy Elliot” Roy Galvin
The TG4 Finné episode I directed for TUA films about “Limerick’s own Billy Elliot” Roy Galvin will be broadcast on TG4 on Wednesday March 9th, at 9.30pm, and be available to view thereafter on TG4 Player. The programme charts Roy’s childhood in Limerick city centre...
TG4 Finné Episode on “Limerick’s own Billy Elliot” coming soon!
I was delighted to get the opportunity to direct an episode of the great TG4 series "Finné", exploring the seismic social change in Ireland over the last 50 years, as embodied in compelling Irish people. With the help of a great team at Tua Productions, my episode is...
“Dream, Comfort, and Memory to Spare” in Belfield Literary Review
I'm delighted to be included in the first issue of this stylish new journal "New Transatlantic Dialogues", edited by Gregory Betts and Lucy Collins, designed by Simon O'Connor of MoLI, from where it can be purchased.
Fabulous BBC Gaeilge Animation of “An Cuimhin Leat Damhsa”/ “Do you Remember Dance?”
I was really thrilled to see this fabulous animation of my radio essay "An Cuimhín Leat Damhsa?", now available to all, subtitled in English, on BBC Gaeilge! As a pandemic project, i undertook to brush up on my Irish by sitting Ardteist Gaeilge Ardleibhéal/ Honours...
Bon voyage to 1920s Paris with “Calico” by Michael Hastings at the Bloomsday Festival June 11 – 30
I'm happy to have produced, directed, and edited Michael Hastings' 2004 RSC-commissioned play "Calico" about Lucia Joyce with such a wonderful cast for Bloomsday Festival 2021: James Joyce: Phelim Drew Nora: Paula Greevy-Lee Lucia: Evanna Lynch Giorgio: Ross Gaynor...
“An Cuimhín Leat Damhsa?” my Irish language début on BBC Radio Ulster’s “Blas”
I was delighted to make my début in the Irish language on BBC Ulster show 'Blas' last week! Did I mention that the pandemic has me doing honours Irish for the Leaving Certificate at Crumlin College of Further Education, and that I have been reborn as Deirdre Ní...
Know your 5km: Surrender on Grand Canal Street
Well it looks like we are destined to remain within our own 5km for quite a while longer. So keeping this in mind, I decided to celebrate my lovely neighbours and our little known local lore by sharing my BAI-funded documentary "Surrender on Grand Canal Street',...