Deirdre’s Diary
Bon voyage to 1920s Paris with “Calico” by Michael Hastings at the Bloomsday Festival June 11 – 16
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',...
Rejkavik Feminist Film Festival – a cool way to kick off 2021
Happy 2021! Here's to the scientific magic of the vaccine, and being able to meet and brush up off of each other again! I'm delighted that "Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity"'s first twirl in the new year will be at Rejkavik Feminist Film Festival, January 14 - 17th. Alas...
Catch ‘Lucia Joyce: FULL CAPACITY’ at Waterford Film Festival & MexIndex “Displacements” curated by Richard Ashrowan
We are delighted that Lucia Joyce: FULL CAPACITY has been selected by curator Richard Ashrowan to be part of the "Displacements" MexIndex 2020 Screening, on Monday December 14th at 8pm, followed by a Q & A (more details, and the text, by Ashrowan, to follow soon);...
My heroic relative John Michael Hennessey (OAM), his Mother, the Mother and Babies Homes, and… Family Karma?
He found his way home. In my interior, and totally subjective map of Ireland, Waterford was always a bit of an eerie black spot. Certainly, in my family, over in Limerick and Clare, we stayed well away from Waterford. Deep in the recesses of my childhood memory, I...
My Princeton FÍS Zoom with Paul Muldoon / “Sweet Dancers: an Illustrated Talk on Irish Dance”
It was an honour to be Paul Muldoon's inaugural virtual guest with my talk "Sweet Dancers: An Illustrated History of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland" to kick off his 2020/ 2021 Princeton Fund for Irish Studies series over Zoom last Friday, September 18th. Here...
IFF International Film Festival, Elysium Gallery, Wales
"Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity" made its UK premiere at Swansea's Elysium Gallery, in esteemed experimental film company on the opening night of IFF International Film Festival on Wednesday August 12th at 7pm among artists Lily Dean, Shir Handelsman, Alexander Iasenko,...
Phone Call with Mr. Joyce/ Bloomsday 2020
It was such an honour to hear my "fabulous work" on Lucia Joyce mentioned in President Michael D Higgins' wonderful Bloomsday Speech yesterday evening. I am still recovering! President Higgins' speech was extraordinary, not only passionately highlighting the...
Online Premiere of Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity at first ever virtual Bloomsday Festival 2020
We are delighted that our short dance film “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity” is making its online premiere as part of the first ever online Bloomsday Festival, from June 11th to 16th. The film stars Evanna Lynch (best known as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter), channeling...