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Actors Grace Collender and Lola Petticrew talk with Lisa Farrelly about stepping into the shoes of The Country Girls, giving heart and colour to their art and the terms & conditions of friendship. The Country Girls: Written & adapted by Edna O'Brien plays on the Abbey Stage until 6 April and gallivants on to Cork Opera House,Town Hall Theatre, Galway and Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick until 4 May 2019. The Country Girls is the Dublin: One City, One Book 2019 Choice. Recorded on Thursday 14 March 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Conall Coleman 04/2019 Broadcast 22/03/2019

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Music from the Abbey Theatre production of The Country Girls, written and adapted by Edna O'Brien, directed by Graham McLaren. Composed by Ray Harman with Sound Design by Matt Padden.

Award winning designer Francis O'Connor talks with Lisa Farrelly about the vivid neutrality and clarity of vision that textures his work on The Country Girls. The Country Girls: Written & adapted by Edna O'Brien plays on the Abbey Stage until 6 April touring to Cork Opera House, Town Hall Theatre, Galway and Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick until 4 May 2019. The Country Girls is the Dublin: One City, One Book 2019 Choice. Recorded on Wednesday 27 February 2019 at the Abbey Theatre. Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 03/2019 Broadcast 01/03/2019

Head of Stage Management John Stapleton bids farewell to Abbey Street after thirty eight years of stage wrangling, storytelling and possibly the best way to handle fireworks. Lisa Farrelly talks with John about his time at the theatre and records for posterity some of his classic tales. Recorded on Tuesday 15 January 2019 at the Abbey Theatre Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound operator: Derek Conaghy 02/2019 Broadcast 170119 Image (c) Eimer Murphy

After a lifetimes service of forty one years, props master Stephen Molloy leaves the Abbey Theatre. He talks with Lisa Farrelly about his first impressions of the theatre, making sense of a whole world of props and the present day reality of our property market. Short cut who's who: Former Abbey Theatre Alumni: Tony Wakefield: Technical Director/Lighting designer/Head of Dept. Mick Doyle: lighting technician/designer & Head of Dept. Joe Ellis: General stage manger/Prop buyer Brian Collins: Set designer/Production manager Martin Fahy: Accountant/General Manager/Secretary NTS Ltd. Jim Colgan: Sound Dept. Paul Moore: Director. Present day: Eimer Murphy: Props maker Andrea Ainswoth: Voice Director Mairead Delaney: Archivist Vicky Miller: Costume Dept. Con Doyle: Visitors services manger/Part of the Doyle Abbey Theatre Dynasty Of Mice and Men:1980/Tom Hickey/Liam Neeson/ Costume & Set Designer Juliet Watkinson When am I getting me Clothes?: 1978/Pat Ingoldsby/Mick Lally Recorded on Monday 14 January 2019 at

Abbey Talks Live Public Event: Author of Asking For It Louise O’Neill, director and co-adaptor Annabelle Comyn join writers Emilie Pine and John Boyne in a conversation on staging challenging material, sharing creative personal work for the public gaze and counting the cost of their brutal honesty. [Plot and story lines revealed throughout this discussion] Asking For It by Louise O'Neill, Adapted by Meadhbh McHugh in colloboration with Annabelle Comyn, Directed by Annabelle Comyn. LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS and THE EVERYMAN in association with the ABBEY THEATRE and CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL Recorded on Thursday 15 November 2018 on the Peacock stage. Sound operator: Derek Conaghy Moderator & Editor: Lisa Farrelly

[Plot and story lines revealed throughout this discussion] Rathmines Road: Post-show discussion on consent and reporting of sexual assault with Senator Ivana Bacik (Barrister & Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin)and Deirdre Kinahan (Playwright & writer of Rathmines Road) Chaired by Gavin Kostick (Literary Manager of Fishamble) Recorded on Thursday 26 October at the Peacock Theatre [Plot and story lines revealed throughout this discussion] Sound operators: Conall Coleman & Derek Conaghy Editor: Lisa Farrelly

DRUIDSHAKESPEARE: RICHARD III Druid in association with the Abbey Theatre Directed by Garry Hynes Aaron Monaghan talks with Lisa Farrelly about living with Richard, finding his way into this determined villain and the expectation of excellence in the creative arts. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre on Tuesday 16 October 2018 Broadcast Friday 19 October 2018 Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound Guru: Derek Conaghy

The Patient Gloria is a new work by Gina Moxley inspired by the 1965 films Three Approaches to Psychotherapy, also known as The Gloria Films. In this podcast Gina Moxley talks with Lisa Farrelly about finding the style of The Patient Gloria, the substance of therapy and the medieval misogyny alive and kicking in our own backyards. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre on Wednesday 3 October 2018 Broadcast Friday 5 October 2018 Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound Guru: Derek Conaghy Image: Luca Truffarelli

Cast members from Jimmy's Hall sing Whitney Houston's I Want to Dance with Somebody: Sarah Madigan with Muiris Crowley, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aindrias de Staic, Brian Gilligan, Bosco Hogan, Catherine Bell, Andrew Linnie & Ruth McGill performed for Jimmy’s Hall Today an assembly that addresses the realities of the deportation system as it operates in Ireland today. Curated & facilitated by Donal O'Kelly and hosted by the Abbey Theatre. Recorded live at the Abbey Theatre 27 August 2018 Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly/Sound Guru: Derek Conaghy

Catherine Young Dance initiated The Welcoming Project in 2016 as a way to foster cultural integration and social inclusion with Ireland's new communities. Through a common bond (the arts), the playing field is equal and a space is offered where people can come together, share their culture, their music, songs, dances, food and stories. A place where Irish people can be inspired to learn the cultures of others and where new communities have the opportunity to meet local Irish people. Currently the group includes migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and local Irish spanning many countries including: Syria, Iran, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Malawi, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda, Ireland, UK, Switzerland, Germany among others. The project, through dance, challenges prejudice and misconceptions, develops empathy, and promotes intercultural understanding between migrants and the host communities in Kerry, Dublin and Longford where they take place. The project also develops