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Rick O'Shea performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/…e-risen-people/

Lisa O'Neill performs her Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/

Fiach Moriarty performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/

Bell X1's Paul Noonan performs his Noble Call at the end of The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/

Listen to acclaimed singer / songwriter Mundy perform the old traditional Dublin ballad 'Easy and Slow', his Noble Call for The Risen People. Each performance of the show will feature a Noble Call from a guest performer. Invited artists, journalists, historians and actors will offer their personal response to The Risen People through spoken word, song or poetry. Book tickets here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-risen-people/

Sean Rocks and Evelyn O'Rourke preview The Risen People on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena [25 November 2013]

Listen to friends Olwen Fouere and Pat Kinevane discuss the writing process, the vulnerability of homelessness and the celebration of fantasy. [June 2012]

Irish Times columnist, novelist, and playwright Michael Harding reads from his book ‘Staring at Lakes’, remembers John Moriarty and reflects on what it is to be human. [October 2013]

Theatrical dynasties are challenged in this insightful, amusing and touching talk with Jane Brennan, Aonghus McAnally Snr & Óg. [October 2013]

Theatre critic Emer O’Kelly discusses the complexities of Bernard Shaw

Aonghus Óg McAnally (Rise Productions) interviews his fellow Major Barbara cast members. [August 2013]

Seamus Heaney discusses his version of Antigone: The Burial at Thebes. [August 2008]

Join playwrights and real-life friends Elaine Murphy and Amy Conroy of HotForTheatre, as they discuss the writing process behind Shush; beginnings, endings and every draft in between. [June 2013]

Director Annabelle Comyn discusses her approach to directing Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion with Brian Singleton, Samuel Beckett Professor of Drama and Theatre, Trinity College Dublin. [May 2011]

Quietly actor Patrick O’ Kane discusses his book Actors’ Voices. In this talk he is joined by Festival Director of Live Collision International Festival Lynnette Moran to consider the role of actors as theatre artists within the broader spectrum of the arts. [November 2012]

Award-winning playwright and poet Frank McGuinness discusses his career with Dr. Noreen Doody, Head of Department of English, St Patrick’s College. [November 2010]

Actor Paul McGann took time out of his busy rehearsal schedule to talk to broadcaster Pat Kenny. Hear how he has prepared for the play. Major Barbara, written by Bernard Shaw and directed by Annabelle Comyn, is live on the Abbey stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 21 July 2013. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie

Actors Morgan Crowley, Muiris Crowley and Aileen Mythen star in our festive production of James Joyce's The Dead. They took some time out after opening night to chat about the play. Hear about how they brought the Joycean characters to life, what it's like to make an Abbey Theatre debut and the musical side of this dramatisation. The Dead, by James Joyce, in a dramatisation by Frank McGuinness, runs on the Abbey stage from 5 December to 19 January. Tickets are available at www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/the-dead

In this clip Marie Louise Muir interviews Owen McCafferty and Patrick O'Kane, where they discuss their working relationship and in particular their collaboration on Quietly. The original interview aired on BBC Radio Ulster Arts Extra, Tuesday 13 November 2012. Quietly, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Jimmy Fay, made its World Premiere on the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 14 November -15 December 2012. In 2013 it goes on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at the Traverse Theatre from the 1 - 25 August. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie

Actor Declan Conlon, who is currently playing the character of Ian in Quietly, takes time out to discuss his acting career to date, his long and established career with the the Abbey Theatre, and the different experiences he has had playing characters on it's two stages. Quietly, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Jimmy Fay, made its World Premiere on the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 14 November -15 December 2012. In 2013 it goes on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at the Traverse Theatre from the 1 - 25 August. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie