It's been seventeen years since Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats played on the Abbey stage, how will audiences respond to it now?In this podcast Marina talks about the early years, the intervening years, privacy and the cautionary tale that is Medea.

Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Actor Amy McAllister talks about her role as Minnie Powell in Sean O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman on the Abbey stage and being the very best of the worst as a UK Anti Slam Champion.

Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts playwright Jimmy McAleavey talks opportunities, otherness and making his debut on the Peacock Stage.

Sound Opeator: Derek Conaghy

Choreographer Liz Roche talks to coordinator Lisa Farrelly about Bastard Amber, inspired by W.B Yeats and the paintings of Patrick Scott. On the Abbey stage May 25–27 2015

Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Actor Catherine Walker talks to Talks Series Coordinator Lisa Farrelly about her beginnings in Dublin, London and the process of finding Hedda Gabler.

Listen to fashion, film & Hedda Gabler costume designer Peter O'Brien talk about designing for character, killer instincts and being surrounded with flatpack beauty.

Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Theatre-maker Mikel Murfi & Film Director Dearbhla Walsh trade Sligo stories, honour small town characters & celebrate The Man in the Woman's Shoes now playing on the Peacock Stage.

Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy

To celebrate Owen McCafferty's Death of a Comedian opening in Soho Theatre, London, spend a half hour with King Lear himself Owen Roe talking Kings of Comedy, connecting with audiences and Ivan the doner kebab.

A rare live recording with music and verse looking back on Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015 with actor Mary-Lou McCarthy and musician Rónán Ó Snodaigh (Kíla)

Writer Owen McCafferty talks about Death of a Comedian, honesty and different types of love stories in an informal conversation during Tech Rehearsals with Talks Coordinator Lisa Farrelly. 100315

Tickets for Death of a Comedian available here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/death-of-a-comedian/