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Listen to Pride a specially written song by Maria Doyle Kennedy & Kieran Kennedy in support of Marriage Equality and an equally proud song about staying in love; Yes We Will. (And We Did!) Recorded at the Abbey Theatre 13 May 2015

To mark that historic day in May and our first year of Marriage Equality listen to actors Paul Reid and Sarah Greene perform We're all on the Edge from Phillip McMahon & Ray Scannell's Alice in Funderland, Directed by Wayne Jordan. Recorded on 13 May 2015 at the Abbey Theatre.

To mark the first year of Marriage Equality listen to this beautiful arrangement of Romeo and Juliet performed by Ruth McGill, Úna Kavanagh, Natalie Radmall-Quirke. Composed by Mark Knopfler. Arranged by Tom Lane for Romeo and Juliet directed by Wayne Jordan at the Gate Theatre. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre 13 May 2015

Actor Hilda Fay talks with writer Elaine Murphy about the joyous energy behind Tina’s Idea of Fun, the temptation to temper heightened characters and the two degrees of My Fair Lady.

Abbey Theatre on Tour The Plough and the Stars Programme Notes prepared and read by Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. Audio description is a live verbal commentary providing information on the visual elements of a production as it unfolds from sets, props and costumes to actors’ facial expressions and movements across the stage. The description is delivered via an ear piece during the quieter moments of a performance and therefore only gives essential information that a blind or visually impaired person might miss. Facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland with funding from the Arts Council.

As The Plough and The Stars prepares to tour Ireland and America Lisa Farrelly talks to actor Eileen Walsh about strength in character, playing by heart and learning how to fly each and every night. Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy

Through an interplay of storytelling, animations, music and poetry, Twinsome Minds mines what is often lost behind official historical accounts and acts of commemoration, and proposes a transformative work of interpreting the Rising for a new generation. Saturday 23 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Award winning screen writer and playwright Mark O’Rowe will discuss his work with theatre director Annabelle Comyn. Friday 22 January 2016

Moderated by Fiach Mac Conghail. Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Every person in Ireland – man, woman and child – has been conditioned since birth to listen when men speak. In the feminist movement, how can we acknowledge and account for the man problem as we struggle to Repeal the Eighth amendment. When the subject is women, how do we make Ireland listen? Moderated by Dearbhail McDonald Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Author of The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture and Outrageous Fortune: Capital and Culture in Modern Ireland reflects on changing themes in Irish practice. Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

The Israeli journalist and author will talk about the current situation in Gaza and his own view of what the future holds for both Israel and Palestine. Friday 22 January at the Abbey Theatre

Friday 22 January at the Abbey Theatre

Zoe explains her experiences of working as a director in Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Haiti and Lebanon. She will look at the relationship between art and responsibility, using culture as a form of resistance, and how storytelling can challenge the status quo, expose human rights violations and tell the human perspective often misrepresented in the media. Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

A map of territorial use presented at The Theatre of War Symposium is revisited to expore a landscape of change. Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

STEALING LIVES: DOES YOUR STORY BELONG TO YOU? How preoccupied are we with the manifestations of ourselves? Where do the ethics of storytelling apply? Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

BIG DATA: OWNING YOUR OWN STORY What changes do we bring with every keystroke? Who benefits most? Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

All but forgotten in official versions of Irish history, Days of Surrender focuses on the women who risked everything for a better future. In this talk, Jaki Irvine will speak about her novel and the impetus to write an alternate account of Irish history. Moderated by Fiach Mac Conghail. Friday 22 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre.

A meditation on what it means to be human in 2016, Penny’s talk will improvisationally address the nature of change, of revolution and of altruism. Moderated by Phillip McMahon. Thursday 21 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Gabriel Gbadamosi, Mark O'Halloran and Stacey Gregg (read by Kathy Rose O'Brien) GABRIEL GBADAMOSI – THE TRADITIONS OF THE DEAD Observations on Unlearning the Future. MARK O'HALLORAN – LIFE The award winning scriptwriter and actor reflects on developing documentary theatre from interviews with woman who have travelled for abortion. STACEY GREGG – GENETHICS, GENOMICS AND GEENA DAVIS A performance piece written by Stacey Gregg that explores biotechnology, genethics and the future. Thursday 21 January at the Abbey Theatre