Friday 26th October 2-6pm & Saturday 27th October 10.30 – 3.00pm
Come and enjoy free talks and a short play from leading Irish female performers and theatre practitioners in the Library of Strokestown Park House. The event is hosted by Strokestown Park House and the Irish Heritage Trust in partnership with Roscommon County Council Library Services, with funding from Creative Ireland. This event is FREE and online booking is required.
Friday 26th October 2-6pm
2-2:30pm: Opening Remarks: Cllr Ivan Connaughton, Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council. Caroilin Callery: Strokestown Developing Projects – Stay Connected!
2:30-3:15pm: Mairead Ní Chróinín, Co-Director, Moonfish Productions’ Star of the Sea (bilingual Irish and English adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s novel Star of the Sea)
3:30-4.00pm: Coffee and Tea.
4.00-5.00pm: Keynote address: Louise Lowe, Artistic Director, ANU Productions. ANU Productions is an award-winning theatre company devoted to an interdisciplinary approach to performance / installation that cross-pollinates visual art, dance and theatre in an intensely collaborative way.
5:15-6.00pm; Performance. Mary Morris in Words Can Kill?: The Priest, the Landlord & the Maid in Black ‘47 (a one act play written by Caroilin Callery)
Saturday 27th October 10:30-3pm
9:30-10:30am: Strokestown Park Run (optional) – a newly established weekly event. Why not participate! Meet at Glasswall memorial at 9:30am.
10:30-11.00am: Caroilin Callery and Cathal Póirtéir on Great Famine Voices play in development.
11:30-12.00pm: Maggie Dagge on Developmental Transformations, Drama Therapy, and Supporting Trainee Actors
12-12:30pm: Leanna Cuttle (ANU Productions) and Samantha Cade on large-scale collaborative production on women and the Famine.
12:30 – 1:15: Lunch.
1:-15 – 2:15pm: Reading: Strokestown Poetry Festival presents Roscommon Women Poets.
2:15-3pm: In Conversation about Irish Women and Theatre. Moderated by Caroilin Callery.
“Irish Women in Theatre” is supported by the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-Government five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy. Further information from creative.ireland.ie