Thanks to Tara Flynn’s profile below we know exactly where to send our intrepid costume designers on the big day if they are trying to find geansaís with very long sleeves. You can follow Tara on Twitter @TaraFlynn on Twitter, though she dispenses wisdom at @flynnspiring. And there’s more to her than that! See www.taraflynn.ie Introduce yourself please. You can even describe […]
One of our four female writers, Rosaleen McDonagh, counsels her teenage self “Enjoy, enjoy, & never ever give in to self-doubt” Words to live by but more specifically I think this is perfect advice for all the participants in The 24 Hour Plays in aid of Dublin Youth Theatre supported by BNP Paribas Real Estate. […]
I’m having great fun rustling up the Q&As of the 2016 Creative Team for The 24 Hour Plays in aid of Dublin Youth Theatre supported by BNP Paribas Real Estate. I am realising, however, I will never be one of the writers. I couldn’t bear the pressure unlike today’s subject, Lee Coffey, who reckons it […]
Next up in our series of profiles is writer, Derek O’Connor. An ex-DYTer himself, staying up all night will be a doddle for him, what with the baby in his gaff acting the midnight maggot. As a sidenote, Derek is actually Irish Internet Royalty so excuse me while us geeks have a fangrrl/boy moment. Okay. Now […]
To be fair it was past time for elevensies when we interviewed John Butler for this series so coffee features A LOT in this Q&A. Have you taken part in THE 24 HOUR PLAYS before? Never. What is the most memorable dramatic experience you have had, and why? Making The Stag. Inspirational company. When did […]
Barbara Bergin is a multi-talented theatre maker appearing in such diverse productions as Fair City, Intermission and The Van. She also wrote the IFTA award winning Love is the Drug and co-wrote and directed TV3’s On the Couch with Gary Cooke. This year Barbara is one of our six writers and the Q&A below that her […]
Next up in our series is Dylan Coburn Gray, a fairly recent alumnus of Dublin Youth Theatre and flush with the success of his production Boys and Girls at the First Irish Festival in New York. This show was a big hit in Fringefest here in Dublin in 2013. Have you taken part in THE 24 HOUR […]