RTE Radio 1 – Marian Finucane Interview with Garry Hynes
Listen to Garry Hynes being interviewed by Mariane Finucane on RTE Radio 1 Player.
About Being a Female Technician by Emma O’Grady 19
Have any of the following things ever happened to you at work? You pull up to a venue for the load-in in the long wheel-based Transit van you’ve driven there and you’ve been laughed at when you get out of the cab (because they weren’t expecting “that” to be driving) Somebody has forcibly grabbed a powered speaker out of your […]
WTF? Manifesto for Women in The Creative Arts by Pom Boyd
Honour the WTF? voice inside you whenever you hear it. Never underestimate the desire of the powers that be to silence a dissenting voice. Always look up the magician’s sleeve and behind their back to see how the illusion is being made – unless it is actually a magic show in which case go with the illusion. Men are not […]
Collections archived at the National Library and National Museum of Ireland
The #WakingTheFeminists campaign is now officially part of our national story, safeguarded for posterity in our national collections. We have donated a digital collection to the National Library of Ireland, and a physical collection (including our iconic banner) to the National Museum of Ireland. The NLI collection was launched today (21 Jan 2021) by Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, […]
Sarah Jane Scaife
Sarah Jane Scaife is Artistic Director of Commpany Theatre SJ. The issue at the Abbey at the moment is far bigger than a badly thought out program for 2016. It is reflective of woman’s socio-historical placing within the constitution itself. This side-lining of women within the family and the home needs to be interrogated and addressed through our art and of […]
Felicity O’Brien
I am inspired by #WakingTheFeminists movement – so long overdue – it has hit an extremely raw nerve with me. After 18 years working in the arts I now live a life completely removed from the world of theatre and am deeply embedded in the utterly male dominated world of agriculture. I farm full-time with my 78 year old workaholic […]