Monthly Archives: October 2011

Saturday, October 15 The world premiere production of Colm Toibin’s powerful play TESTAMENT provided rich grist for the talk-back mill. One of Ireland’s foremost novelists, Toibin has fashioned a rich, dense, muscular, one-woman show that has its roots in Greek … Continue reading →

Friday, October 14 The site specific nature of THE LULU HOUSE, a production set in the James Joyce House, the setting for his short story THE DEAD, prompted a lively discussion at our Friday TalkBack. The usual relationship between audience … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 13 Andrew Hinds, Artistic DIrector of Classic Stage Ireland, joined us for our JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK TalkBack, giving us a window into this classic Irish play from the point of view of  an Irish theatre practitioner. JUNO … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 13 THE SPECKLED PEOPLE provided rich fodder for our first post-play talk-back. In addition to discussing the issues of language, home and memory, we spent a good deal of the session talking about the challenges of adaption for … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 11 Tuesday morning we had our first talk-back in a very theatrical setting: the Abbey Theatre’s Peacock Stage (second stage) rehearsal rooms. CTC Artistic Director Byam Stevens led off with a review of his New Paradigm for the … Continue reading →

Monday, October 10 We arrived in Dublin on a blustery, misty Monday morning and were checked in at The Gresham without incident by 9:30. After a robust Irish breakfast we retired to our rooms for a quick round of shut-eye. … Continue reading →