CD Review by Niki na Meadhra Helena Byrne: Scéal: a Collection of Irish Stories, Music & Poetry Available at http://helenabyrne.com/sceal RRP: €12 Helena Byrne is an experienced storyteller, seanchaí, who also works as an actor and director, in theatre, founding the Break-Away Project Performance Company in 2012. Her new CD, Scéal, begins with an introduction to the Ireland … Continue reading
A move to Canberra, squire to proof reader, squire’s wife to a cleaner, life was not easy. Continue reading
Eugene O’Rourke, came to Australia from Ireland 44 years ago, a native of County Leitrim, became naturalised and an Australia Citizen in a short space of time and, ever since, has made a strong contribution to a wide range of community groups. Continue reading
Theatre Review by Anna-Rose Shack Vanessa O’Neill: In Search of Owen Roe – La Mama, Carlton, Melbourne. 26th May 2016 Vanessa O’Neill’s In Search of Owen Roe is a one-woman show of gently dramatised storytelling, playing at La Mama theatre in May 2016 after a sold-out season in 2015. Owen Roe, who led an … Continue reading
Faust’s biography of Louis MacNeice clearly illustrates the constraints placed on him and his generation by Britain’s continuing aversion to most things European, save the delights of Paris… Continue reading
Behind the Scenes at Bloomsday, by scripters Frances Devlin-Glass and Bruce Beswick. 2016 is the centenary year of the publication of James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and the enduring popularity of the novel will be celebrated in Melbourne from 15 to 19 June with performances of an original theatrical … Continue reading
a rebel without a pause, a rebel with a cause. Continue reading
Young men and their autobiographical fiction and poetry…. Continue reading
Nature of Event: Kick back before the show or after the Seminar at Papa Goose Restaurant. The annual Bloomsday Dinner will follow the seminar and is designed to flow into the evening Opening Night performance of Bloomsday in Melbourne’s adaptation of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, directed by Wayne Pearn. When: 16 June 2016, … Continue reading
A Poem by Noela Frawley The Race is Over Melbourne Cup Day November fifth 1963 Gatum Gatum wins ridden by Jimmy Johnson Mum’s favourite jockey ……………………………………………..Archbishop Mannix lies dying ……………………………………………..in his cold bedroom at Raheen …………………………………………………a single bar heater gives no comfort ……………………………………………..four months less a day ……………………………………………..short of … Continue reading
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