by build_1h7qoh | Oct 9, 2025 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Theatre, Writing
I love Margaret Clarke’s painting “Columbine Rests” (ca. 1923/1924) featuring a tired ballerina being serenaded by Pierrot. (It’s also known as “Pierrot and Columbine”). It is very apt that Thomas McGreevy (as he was then known,...
by build_1h7qoh | Sep 25, 2020 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Film, Photography, Projects
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,...
by build_1h7qoh | Dec 20, 2016 | Culture, Theatre, Writing
I really enjoyed playwright Marina Carr’s adaptation of Tolstoy classic Anna Karenina at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. You can catch this mammoth 3 hour production, directed by Wayne Jordan, with a stunning cast of 21 until the end of January 2017. Read my...
by build_1h7qoh | Nov 19, 2015 | Culture, Dance, Documentaries, Projects
It has been a busy two months. Journey to YU was broadcast on RTE Lyric FM on Friday November 6th – here is a link where you can listen back if you like: Journey to YU on RTE Lyric FM The film version “Journey to YU (in the footsteps of Rebecca...
