Thanks to 44 fabulous supporter/funders/believers of our crowdfunding campaign, “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity”, short film starring Evanna Lynch as Lucia, choreographed by Megan Kennedy of Junk Ensemble, with costume by Claire Garvey, photography by Mella Travers, and editing by Aoife Carey is well underway. We…
47% funded, 53% to go! We would love to see your name as a supporter/believer on our extraordinary crowdfunder to make short film “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity” honouring Lucia Joyce’s forgotten creative genius, starring Evanna Lynch as Lucia, choreographed by Megan Kennedy of Junk Ensemble,…
Forget Google maps. Today, we are off the grid in West Clare. On the Doonbeg road 2km North of well known ‘Victorian seaside resort’ Kilkee the road-sign on a bare, ascending left turn announces “L2024”. L2024? You’d never guess that just over the brow of…
I’m delighted that following on from great live events and an extended exhibition “Mother Tongue” at Kilkee’s Culturlann Sweeney (info and pix below), bringing my discoveries back…
I was absolutely delighted to get an original score by the extraordinary Rossa O Snodaigh in the can last week for my upcoming radio doco on Newstalk “Coosheen’s Forgotten Seanchai and Son” – with sound supervisor supremo Neil Kavanagh. As you can see there was…
Listen back to the RTE Sunday Miscellany Live podcast, featuring my story “True North” in a great line-up of contributors also featuring some of Ireland’s most outstandng musicians (including a new composition by Martin Tourish called “True North”!) here: https://rte.ie/r.html?rii=b9_21436446_68_23-09-2018_
September is already upon us! I’ve been busy getting the ball rolling on my new BAI-funded radio documentary, “Clare’s Forgotten Seanchai and Son” for Newstalk. I began by recording the mighty Pat Laffan as the Seanchai, Padraig (Croaker) O Briain, telling one of his quirky…
It was great to get the opportunity to speak on “Lucia Joyce – Dancer, Ah Sweet Dancer” on what would have been her 111th birthday at the National Library of Ireland. Thanks to all who turned out to mark this occasion. Though I didn’t count…
In anticipation of Bloomsday and the Trieste Joyce School, where I am presenting a lecture entitled “Lucia Joyce, Dancer: Method in her ‘Madness’?”, I was delighted to speak about this extraordinary and important, but alas overlooked Irish Modern Dancer on BBC Front Row during the…
To sum up my residency at UL’s Centre for Irish-German Studies as Visiting Researcher this term, I contributed the following report to the Centre’s May 2018 newsletter, thanks to all who made this possible, especially to UL’s Dr. Gisela Holfter: Packed room at “Dance…