https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/beckett-sa-chreig-guth-na-mban
“FOUND” by Aideen Wylde at Cork Midsummer Festival and Clonmel Junction Festival
BrokenCrow and The Everyman in association with Clonmel Junction Arts Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival present
FOUND by Aideen Wylde
THU 22–SUN 25 JUN
Preview THU 22 JUN
Live at Graffiti Theatre
CAST
Aideen Wylde, Aidan Crowe, Cathal Ryan, Fiona Lucia McGarry and Siobhán Callaghan
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Aideen Wylde
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Dramaturg Deirdre Dwyer
Scenic and Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell
Costumes and Props Medb Lambert
Composer Kevin McNamara
Sound Designer Tyler Kieffer
Producer Hugh Farrell
Production Manager Hanan Sheedy
BrokenCrow and The Everyman bring FOUND, Aideen Wylde’s new play, to Graffiti Theatre as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
Bridget Jones meets Indiana Jones, with talking fish, in a joy-filled night of theatre, traditional storytelling and music directed by Julie Kelleher.
Eileen is lost. According to everyone else, her life is as beige as the back of a hand, so she hides in her headphones and lives quietly through other people’s stories. Auntie Breege has been laying on the pressure too – to get a husband. Any husband. So, when the mysterious disappearance of a dolphin, a celebrity folklorist and the quest to find the Almanac of Old Lost Land fall into her lap, Eileen is set on the ultimate voyage of self-discovery… whether she likes it or not!
Inspired by writer and performer Aideen Wylde’s deep connection to the province of Newfoundland, Canada – her ‘backwards genealogy’ – FOUND is a wild, and weirdly wonderful mishmash of traditions, from here and there, that make the Irish of both places ‘a people divided by time’.
BrokenCrow is a collective of six theatre artists – writers, actors, designers and directors – based in Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny, who work together to create high quality original work. Since inception, they have staged fifteen productions including previous works for Cork Midsummer Festival, Dark Kingdom and Blackwater Babble.
Supported by the Arts Council, with further support from The Everyman, Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival and Garter Lane Arts Centre. https://everymancork.com/events/found-by-aideen-wylde/
Unseen Plays: The Abbey Theatre Podcast
Fiona was delighted to join the cast of The Image by Lady Gregory and The Words Upon the Window Pane by W.B. Yeats, directed by Sarah Jane Scaife. A series of recordings of Irish plays which are rarely produced and explores the reasons why some may have been overlooked by history. Also starring:
Bryan Burroughs: Costello
Declan Conlon: Hosty
Fionnuala Gygax: Stage Directions
Marcus Lamb: Thomas Coppinger
Fiona Lucia McGarry: Mrs. Coppinger & composed the melody of the song
Máire Nà Ghráinne: Peggy
Ian O’Reilly: Mannion
Don Wycherley: Malachi
The Words Upon the Window Pane:
William Butler Yeats: Writer
Sarah Jane Scaife: Director
Bryan Burroughs: Cornelius Patterson
Declan Conlon: Abraham Johnson
Fionnuala Gygax: Miss McKenna
Fiona Lucia McGarry: Stage Directions
Máire Nà Ghráinne: Mr. Mallett
Helen Norton: Mrs. Henderson
Ian O’Reilly: John Corbett
Don Wycherley: Dr. Trench
- Curator: Professor Christopher Morash
- Audio Recording: Windmill Lane Recording Studios
#UnseenPlays
Holy Island premieres at 66th Cork International Film Festival
The IFI world premiere of Holy Island Written & Directed by Robert Manson, an Authored Works film, funded by the Arts Council will premiere at the 66th Cork International Film Festival on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 8:30 PM GMT
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14757738/
Receptive. Totally Receptive available to watch online
Covid-19 is good for very little but it is encouraging makers to share their work in this virtual realm where most of us are now living our lives which is positive. Here is another short by the wonderful Chris O’Neill, programmer and film-maker. This is the second project that I collaborated with him on.
https://vimeo.com/398471820?fbclid=IwAR2bYDuPGozg22kYXPQ4XNajtJLhgNPxsAMgQ2aDhLna3dyByE_7GoWf_Rw
‘Decibel’ short film
Had so much fun on this shoot with the amazingly talented cast and crew. Director Phil Ronayne was an absolute pleasure to work with aswell as my great co-stars Mark McCabe and Emmet Byrne. Delighted to finally share it amidst the real sci-fi that is our current, collective existence. Hope you enjoy!
‘Under Growth’ nominated for London Critics’ Circle Award
‘Under Growth’ recently won Best Irish Short Film at IndieCork Film Festival which led to a nomination at the London Critics’ Circle Awards for Best British/Irish Short Film. Produced by DreamBoat and directed by Evin O’Neill.Â
See full nominations list here.
Warming up from the cold with on-set daughter the incredibly talented Soraya Abbas.
“Casual” Short Film screens at Kerry Film Festival
“Casual” co-directed by  Kate Dolan and Aoife Nic Ardghail is showing in Killarney for Kerry Film Festival this Friday 19th as part of the Debut Showcase  #kff18  #officialselection
Under Growth wins Best Irish Short Film
Delighted to announce “Under Growth” wins Best Irish Short Film at Indie Cork Film Festival. Directed by Evin O’Neill Dreamboat Prods. It’s next screening will be at Kerry Film Festival.
Bloomsday performance at The Olivier Cornet Gallery
Delighted to perform part of Molly Bloom’s final soliloquy as part of Bloomsday celebrations this year at the ‘Drawing on Joyce’ exhibition featuring work by Paula Meehan, Nickie Hayden, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Maser and Robert Russell at The Olivier Cornet Gallery. Loved sharing the process through which I facilitated the writing of some Haiku poetry with SAOL Project which you’ll find printed on Nickie Hayden’s beautiful copper plates. All proceeds from the sale of these being kindly donated by Nickie to the SAOL Project.
With artist Nickie Hayden’s fantastic Haiku story wheel and printed copper plates.
Haiku poem dedicated to Nora Barnacle. All proceeds of the sale going to SAOL Project.
Fiona Lucia McGarry 