Striptease: New play by Adrienne Lee

Limerick born actor Adrienne Lee spoke to us recently about her new play Striptease. The play, produced by you and me productions, premiers in the Focus Theatre in Dublin. It deals with the topic of cancer. Apart from writing Adrienne is known to Limerick audiences for for her stage work and to wider audiences from her screenwork with the tv show Concy Ryan
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Striptease: Adrienne Lee talks about her new play opening in Dublin by éagsúil

6-03-09: Foul Play, St Josephs Abbeyfeale

Short piece from early March on the play Foul Play which was put on by students from St Joseph's Abbeyfeale. Here the students do some beatboxing and rapping which are integral parts of the production and director Niamh Bowen talks about working with the students and devising the play.
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20-02-09: Friel, Beckett and Jimmy McCarthy

On this full show
Elaine Hennessy (Abbeyfeale Drama Group) on 'Philadelphia, Here I come'
Henry Woulfe (Godot Company) on 'Endgame'
Singer-songwriters, Jimmy McCarthy and Vincent Fitzgerald
Newcastle West Film Club preview
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06-02-2009, Michael Cabot on the Humble Boy

From this weeks show we have an interview with Michael Cabot of the London Classic Theatre Company, who is the director of the Charlotte Jones play Humble Boy that will play at St. Johns Listowel next Tuesday.

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Audio 33: Hunger, Love and Madness, 30th January 2009

Full show from Friday 30th January featuring
Feedback from Listowel Film club showing of Hunger
Interview with Blake Steel
Interview with Simon Yadoo, Love and Madness theatre Company, London about two plays, 'La Ronde' and an adaptation of 'Oliver Twist'


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Audio 32: Unfringed, Synge, Fred, 23-01-09

-Feedback from film club in Listowel (Voxpop item)
-Interview with Joanne Beirne on the line up for the unfringed festival
-Interview with Jamie Hanrahan of Cork based band Fred who will be playing at the aforementioned festival
-Interview with Fiona Brennan, PRO of the Sliabh Luachra Drama group on the two Synge plays they will be doing
-NCW film review with Liam O'Sullivan


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Audio 31: Knockaderry, Limerick Gallery of Art 09-01-09

Full show from Friday 9th January featuring
-Johnny Corkery of the Cloncaugh/Knockaderry drama group talks about their upcoming production of the Frank McGuinness play Factory Girls
-Ciaran Gleeson gives the run-down on the list of films coming up at the Classic Cinema in Listowel as part of their film-club
-Mike Fitzpatrick on the two exciting exhibitions coming up at Limerick City Gallery of Art next Thursday, as well as the launch of the new website for the LCGA
-Ed O'Connor reviews the film, The Third Man, the first in the NCW film club's new season

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Audio 27: Andrew Flynn director of Character by Mark Dillon

Interview from the show of the 21st of November with Andrew Flynn director of 'Character' a play by Mark Dillon which received its World Premier in Limerick recently.

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Audio 26: Catherine Eaton, Athea, Preston Reed 14/11/08

Full show from 14th of November featuring
-Catherine Eaton, talking about her play Corsetless that played at St. Johns Theatre, Listowel
-Vox pop from the fair day in Athea
-Interview with Preston Reed, famed guitarist
-Vox pop, preview of Bernadette Soubirous, play by Glórach Players, Abbeyfeale
-NCW film club preview, Ed O'Connor on Shut up and Shoot Me

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Audio 25: Pat Kinevane, knocknagoshel, Samhlaiocht

This full show from 31st October 2008 features
Pat Kinevane talking about his play 'forgotten'
A vox pop taken by Georgina Downes at the Halloween festival in Knocknagoshel
An interview with Jason O Mahoney about the Samhlaiocht Kerry film Festival
Preview of the Newcastle West film club
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Audio 21:Nu Killa Beats, There are Little Kingdoms 26/09/08

Last Fridays show
featuring
Kevin Barry talking about the stage adaption of his short story collection "There are Little Kingdoms"
Code talking about the long running Nu Killa beats club night and his subtle audio record label.
Preview of the Newcastle West Film club showing of "Margo at the Wedding"

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photo of Mairtin de Cogain (there are little kingdoms) by Mike MacSweeney

Audio 20 : Tweak, Last Train from Holyhead, Film club

Full show from Friday 19th September
featuring
Interview with Nora Ni Muruchú from Tweak- new digital art festival in Limerick
Interview with Kieran Gleeson of the Classic Cinema in Listowel previewing new film club season
Interview with Bernard Field, writer of the play 'Last train from Holyhead'
Mary Carroll previews next film 'savages' from Newcastle West Film Club

Music from Deirdre Scanlons new album 'faces'
and we should be dead

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Audio 17: Kate O Brien, Kerry Drama and Torch Players

Sheila Deegan , Limerick City Arts Officer talks about the Kate O'Brien Weekend which had as its theme "The transforming power of money"
Jerome Stack speaks about the Kerry Drama Festival which is ongoing in the Ivy Leaf theatre in Castleisland this week.
Finally Maurice O'Sullivan of Torch Players in Limerick talks about their production of "Playboy of the Western World" which runs in the Belltable
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Audio 16: Jeff Culbert, Canadian director 22-02-08

Impact theatre's production of George F. Walker's play "Problem Child" has been one of the major hits of the unfringed festival. It's Canadian director, Jeff Culbert, took some time out on the show to discuss how he got involved, the theatre scene in London, Ontario and the suitability of Stix to the play.
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Photo of Jeff Culbert with the cast from Problem Child within frame. Photo by Latchiko

Audio 14: Abbeyfeale Drama Group- 15-02-08

This was the week we begun broadcasting the show live from Abbeyfeale studio after nearly three years in Newcastle West. Unfortunately some minor technical issues meant we have to suspend podcasts of the full show, but they will return. In the meantime we are putting up some segments of the shows. Thanks for all the positive feedback on the podcasts.

In this item, Abbeyfeale Drama group talk about their upcoming production of John B Keane's 'The Field'. In studio were Denis Hobson, Joan O'Connell, Angeline O'Donnell. The dates for the play which runs in The GAA clubhouse are here.

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Audio 13: Des Keogh, Flamenco, John MacKenna, Unfringed, Athea Drama

In this full show, Des Keogh talks about his one man show in the LIT theatre 'The love hungry farmer'. In this interview he talks about his respect for the John B Keane material and disdain for modern irish comics. Then we talk to John MacKenna about his play 'Corner Boys' which is upcoming in St Johns Listowel and Friars Gate Kilmallock. Set in the 60's John talks about the disappearing corner boys who in themselves were seen as quite subversive. Then an interview with Eduardo Niebla, a flamenco jazz musician who played in Listowel this week. Joanne Beirne of the unfringed festival then spoke about the upcoming events in the festival, theatre, music, comedy and readings. We finished with Oliver McGrath talking about the Athea Drama Group production 'The Cobwebs Glory'. He talks about the play which will run on 14th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 23rd and 24th of February in Athea Memorial Hall.

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Remember as well, we are always looking for contributors to the show. So if you have a piece you would like to feature or a review you would like to contribute, get in touch. We can bring contributors into studio or take reports over the phone. Email us arts@westlimerick102.ie

Audio 12: Stephanie O' Keeffe, Witness festival, Dagdha 01-02-08

In this full show, Stephanie O Keeffe, a founding member of Teaspach Theatre Company talks about their upcoming production of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin'. Adapted and directed by Naomi O Kelly, it is part of the upcoming Unfringed festival in Limerick. Interesting interview with a fascinating insight into the origin of the tale. Then an interview with Anne Marlborough of Doras Luimni who talks about the World Witness film festival which ran over the weekend. A festival inspired by Human rights issues, Anne talks about some of the films and issues covered. This is followed by a short interview detailing a new initiative from Daghdha. To download the show, click here (size 71 mbs) This is the second of the weekly shows to be made available in complete form as a podcast. You can now subscribe to Eagsuil as a podcast and all new audio will be downloaded automatically. To add to itunes, click here. For all other podcast receivers copy the address below into receiver

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Audio 11: Gerard Mannix Flynn, Michael Cabot 25-01-08

In this full show from January 25th Michael Cabot, artistic director, (London Classic Theatre) speaks about the enduring legacy of Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party" which his company recently brought on tour in Ireland.
We then have an extended interview with artistic director of Far Cry Productions, Gerard Mannix Flynn. Well known as an author, playwright and performer, he has a new project running at the Limerick Printmakers, "Trespass & Forgiveness". In a fascinating interview, he has a lot of very valid points about the roots of a lot of problems in contemporary Ireland. He also focuses on the city of Limerick in which the interview was conducted. To download show, click here (file size 50 mb)

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Some Highlights of 2007 so far

Some of the features that have particularly stood out in the show this year

Gráinne Mhaol production in Abbeyfeale; A fantastic production by the transition year students of St. Josephs secondary school in Abbeyfeale, under the guidance of Niamh Bowen and Darren Maher. Really brought the story of the Pirate Queen to life, using the convent hall in a very imaginative way, and garnering considerably more favourable reviews than the big bucks production that hit Broadway.

Interview with Liam Lynch; Author of the book A Stranger to Darkness, this interview took place back in April when Liam was promoting his book in Riordans Bar Abbeyfeale. The book, which chronicled Liams descent into blindness and ultimately dealt with it in a very positive manner, is a great read, also offering vivid portraits of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s and 50s in an unsentimental way, and the farming practices that were common back then. A tremendous man, and a person who ultimately leaves one feeling more positive about life, the interview drew positive comments from as far away as the USA

Jamalski; Legendary MC, whose freestyling performance on live radio ranked as one of the most enjoyable I did on radio, and had our sound technician rushing to try hold him on the line to do some advertisments! That didn't transpire, but what did was a memorable gig at the Underground in Limerick the following Saturday night back in April

Coverage of Festivals; Main highlight included the Kilmallock medieval festival and the Askeaton Contemporary Arts Festival, both in August. The Writers Week in Listowel yielded interviews with Colm Tóibín and the darkly humorous Patrick McCabe

Allunde; Womens singing group, based in Foynes, the group were recorded for the show back in March at Newcastlewest Library

Just a taster of some of the items that were on, some good stuff happening in the general area over the next few weeks, if you're around make sure you catch...

Dracula; Teaspach Theatre groups' production at the Belltable, running from October 30th-November4th
Kerry Film Festival, running from Oct 27th-Nov3rd

The Magic Horses of Cill Stuithín, Walking Away & Keith O'Rahilly art exhibition

Interesting topics on this weeks show, drawing from both the past and present. We'll be featuring interviews with

-Fr. Pat Moore, who will be talking about his new book, 'The Magic Horses of Cill Stuithín and other Shannonside Stories', a book exploring a rural folk culture that is for the most part, removed from the modern countryside
-Keith O'Rahilly, Abbeyfeale based artist who will have an exhibition opening at Newcastlewest Library on Thursday 7th December, featuring paintings that celebrate the old rural homesteads (another aspect of our rural culture sadly disappearing)
-Playwright Helena Enright, who will be talking about her new play 'Walking Away', which will be performed at Friars Gate Theatre, Kilmallock on December 6th. This play is being held in association with Adapt services, and explores the depressing vista that is domestic violence against women.

Finally, a big shout out to everyone who supported us at the Abbeyfeale Church Gate Collection and at the CarBoot Sale in Newcastlewest last weekend.