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APRIL – SEPT 2010 - Abbey Theatre

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new seasontime the selected testimony of the Ryan Report inthe form of documentary theatre.In 1961 the <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> staged a courtroom drama about institutional care that wasto prove both controversial and hugely popular,running for over 80 performances. We will presenta rehearsed reading of The Evidence I Shall Giveby Richard Johnson as part of The Darkest Cornerseries. This play was specially mentioned in theRyan Report.We conclude the series with the extraordinarywork, James X, written, directed and performed byMannix Flynn.We continue our support to artists bycommissioning the iconic performer Jean Butler.Many of you, I’m sure, will be familiar with her workin Riverdance, The Show. Over the last few years,she has moved away from her history and trainingin Irish dance to forge a career as a distinctivecontemporary dance artist. Now, in partnershipwith the Dublin Dance Festival, we offer you theopportunity to see Jean make her debut here withthe world premiere of DAY.For great work to be achieved it also has toentertain, to connect with us and our surroundings.Bernard Farrell is just such a writer; Bookworms isjust such a play.In Bookworms, Bernard Farrell introducesus to the delicate, fraught world of middle classsuburban Dublin, in post Celtic Tiger Ireland. It is acomedy full of brio which tackles the complicatedand strict rules of the book club: the greatest Irishphenomenon since bridge. A hugely popular andprolific playwright, we warmly welcome Bernardback to the <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> and are delighted toteam him up with director Jim Culleton, making his<strong>Abbey</strong> stage debut.tá aghaidh tugtha againn ar chineál nuaamharclannaíocht i gcás Amharclann naMainistreach. Choimisiúnaíomar Mary Raftery,scríbhneoir agus craoltóir a bhfuil duaiseannagnóthaithe aici, le dul i gcomhpháirt le RóisínMcBrinn, stiúrthóir, d’fhonn fianaise atároghnaithe as Tuarascáil Ryan a chur i láthair luchtféachana Éireannach den chéad uair i bhfoirmtéatair faisnéise.I 1961 rinne Amharclann na Mainistreachdráma seomra cúirte i dtaobh cúraim in institiúida stáitsiú. Dráma ba ea é a bhí ina ábhar conspóideagus a raibh an-éileamh ag an bpobal air. Leansé ar aghaidh ar feadh 80 taibhiú. Láithreoimidcleachtléitheoireacht den dráma sin, The EvidenceI Shall Give le Richard Johnson, mar chuid dentsraith The Darkest Corner. Tagraíodh go sonrachdon dráma sin i dTuarascáil Ryan.Cuirfimid bailchríoch ar an tsraith leis ansaothar neamhghnách, James X, arna scríobh,arna stiúradh agus arna thaibhiú ag Mannix Flynn.Leanaimid dár dtacaíocht a thabhairtd’ealaíontóirí tríd an taibheoir íocónach JeanButler a choimisiúnú. Tá mé cinnte de go bhfuilcur amach ag cuid mhór agaibh ar a cuid oibre inRiverdance, The Show. Le blianta beaga anuas, tásí imithe go leataobh óna cúlra agus a cuid oiliúnasa damhsaíocht Éireannach d’fhonn gairmréim achruthú di féin mar ealaíontóir saintréitheach sadamhsaíocht chomhaimseartha. Déanaimid anois,i gcomhpháirt le Féile Dhamhsaíochta BhaileÁtha Cliath, an deis a thabhairt daoibh le Jean afheiceáil agus í ag dul ar an stáitse den chéad uairanseo leis an gcéad léiriú ar domhan de DAY.D’fhonn mórshaothar a bheith curtha i gcrích,níor mhór go mbainfeadh daoine taitneamh asagus go dteagmhódh sé linn agus lena bhfuiltimpeall orainn. Scríbhneoir den chineál sinbaileach is ea Bernard Farrell; agus dráma denchineál sin baileach is ea Bookworms.In Bookworms, déanann Bernard Farrellsaol íogair, strusmhar lucht na meánaicme imbruachbhailte Bhaile Átha Cliath i ndiaidh réan Tíogair Cheiltigh in Éirinn a chur in aithnedúinn. Is coiméide é atá lán brio a théann i ngleicle rialacha casta dochta an chlub leabhar; anfeiniméan is mó in Éirinn ó tugadh cluiche cártaíbeiriste thar loch isteach. Drámadóir an-táirgiúilis ea Bernard Farrell a bhfuil an-ghlacadh leis agan bpobal agus cuirimid fáilte chroíúil roimhe arais chuig Amharclann na Mainistreach. Is cúisáthais dúinn é a chur ag obair i gcomhpháirt le Jim4

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