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  • Translations at The Abbey Theatre

    Translations :The Abbey TheatreBrian Friel’s ‘Translations’ opens at The Abbey Theatre from Wednesday June 29th, with previews from today and will run for seven weeks.  Tickets start at an very affordable €13.

    Here’s the lowdown:

    Directed by  Conall Morrisson, it features a cast that includes Denis Conway in the role of Hugh, and Barry Ward playing Owen, the rest of this stellar cast includes Janice Byrne, Tim Delap, Michael James Ford, Donal O’Kelly, Aoife McMahon, Janet Moran, Aaron Monaghan and Rory Nolan.

    It’s late August 1833. At a hedge school in the small Irish speaking village of Baile Beag, the pupils gather for their evening class. They worry about potato blight, gossip about a new baby’s father and make fun of the Royal Engineers from England recently arrived to survey the area.  (more…)

  • Nessycast #4: Interview with Final Composition

    Nessycast #4: Interview with Final Composition

    Episode 4 of the Nessycast sees me chatting with Birmingham based electro group ‘Final Composition’ .

    Thomas Janak has been a musician for over thirty years and has released 16 albums but this is the first Final Composition album. The album entitled ‘Pure’ was released last month.

    Enjoy!

  • Last chance to see Perve on the Peacock Stage

    This is your final chance to catch Stacey Gregg’s first full length play ‘Perve’ at the Peacock Stage at The Abbey. The show closes this Saturday June 25th.

    The play was commissioned by the Abbey as part of new writing which is taking place both in The Abbey and The Peacock. Get booking now!

  • Nessycast #3: Interview with Von Trash

    Nessycast #3: Interview with Von Trash

    Electro pop artist Von Trash plays Dublin Pride party on June 25th in The Purty Kitchen in Temple Bar.

    I caught up with him a little while back to chat about life and music as a solo artist.

    Enjoy, you can hear my sore throat during the intro, cough!