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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27-02-09: Brother Culture, Original Rasta MC interview

From 27th February an interview with Original Rasta MC Brother Culture, who was in Limerick for a gig in Roots Factory. The MC speaks about life on the soundsystems since the 80s, recording, the prodigy and even the spice girls!
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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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13-02-09: Road Bowling Special

Feedback from the Baader Meinhof Complex that played at the film club in Listowel
Footage of members of the Abbeyfeale Travelling Community playing Road Bowling, recorded by Georgina Downes
Interview with Fintan Lane, author of Long Bullets; A History of Road Bowling in Ireland
Mary Carroll of the NCW film club reviews Emmas Bliss


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If you like this road bowling special you might like to check a short piece we did on outdoor handball alleys in Ireland back in 2005. Read and hear it here.

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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