APRIL – SEPT 2010 - Abbey Theatre

ON THE PEACOCK STAGETHE DARKESTCORNERIn May 2009 the High Court judge Sean Ryan finallyrevealed the 2,600-page report of Ireland’s Commissionto Inquire into Child Abuse (commonly known as the RyanReport). This report followed a nine year investigationinto allegations of child sexual, physical and emotionalabuse in Catholic Church-run institutions.james x: Photograph by PERRY OGDEN Archive photograph of The Evidence I Shall Give (1961) by James G. MaguireIn responding to the report, Taoiseach Brian Cowen claimed it shone apowerful light into ‘the darkest corner of the history of the State’. Under thetitle The Darkest Corner, we present a series of work which both remembersand reflects on these findings.13 – 24 AprilNoEscape26 AprilThe EvidenceI Shall Give29 April – 1 MayJamesX9