Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, Vicky Featherstone talks to Lisa Farrelly about directing Cyprus Avenue, the alchemy of writers and the brilliance of David Ireland.

Sound Operator Ben Delaney 04.02.2016

Thomas Kilroy: playwright. by AbbeyTheatre

Actor Niall Buggy talks about his beginnings with the Abbey Theatre, suspensions of disbelief and the challenges of Shaw & O'Casey.

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Actor, director, and playwright Eamon Morrissey recalls his extraordinary career in Irish theatre.

'Tis the season to be singing: Take a little time & enjoy actors Aileen Mythen, Damian Kearney & musician Kieran McEvoy as they serenade us through a lively recording of CHRISTMAS MORNING by Frank O'Connor.

[Taken from a Christmas Noble Call 2013]

[With kind permission of Peters Fraser & Dunlop.All text copyright of Frank O'Connor]

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Brush up on your Bernard Shaw with a triple play of talks with Pygmalion director Annabelle Comyn (Pt 1) Theatre critic Emer O'Kelly (Pt 2)and director of Heartbreak House Roisin McBrinn (Pt 3)

The collaborative process behind the creation of 'The Great Hunger' by Tom MacIntyre is recounted by the playwright, director Patrick Mason, actors Tom Hickey and Bríd Ní Neachtain.

Oedipus director Wayne Jordan talks to Mark O'Halloran about revisions & collisions ,reading his life backwards and how there will always be outsiders(Part Two)

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Director Wayne Jordan talks to writer & actor Mark O'Halloran about adapting a new version of Oedipus, intellectual rigour and seeing colour in black & white.

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Actor Susan Lynch talks to Lisa Farrelly about her character Hester Swane in Marina Carr's By The Bog of Cats, creative fulfillment and the collective experience of theatre.

Sound Operator: Ben Delaney