The Red Iron will be streamed online on Sunday May 10th
The Jim Nolan play The Red Iron brought a packed audience to Garter Lane Arts Centre for three weeks back in November. Those who enjoyed it back then, or those who weren't lucky enough to get tickets, have a treat in store with the streaming of The Red Iron happening at 8pm Sunday May 10th, through the Waterford Theatre Archive facebook and YouTube, and through the Garter Lane website.
Ahead of this event, I spoke to Pádraig Ó Griofa, Chair of Garter Lane and a producer of the play...
Locally-based poet Mark Roper tells me he had the privilege of knowing the late Eavan Boland. He talks about her work and her influence. Mark also discussed with me how writing and reading poetry is more popular than ever, during these restrictions..
WLR’s compelling Radio Drama series Youthquake is back, and kicked off on-air on 21st April.
The five half hour radio plays have been developed, and are performed by students from St Augustines college Dungarvan, Ursuline Convent, De La Salle college and Newtown school.
Before the restrictions, the group of students took part in six weeks of workshops coordinated by Liam Meagher. Over the six weeks the storylines, scripts and language of the plays were teased out, to best reflect what life is like for teenagers in Waterford in 2020.
This is episode 2, Martha, which aired On the Fringe on May 5th…
