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Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Hometroots
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Hometroots
A series of six short fictional radio plays, made with, for, and about the people of Laois. Throughout 2014, director Maisie Lee and writer Kate Heffernan were Dunamaise Arts Centre’s Theatre Artists in Residence. They spent the first half of the year meeting with groups and individuals of all ages and from a variety of backgrounds across the county, discussing and exploring ideas of ‘home’, and what it means to us as individuals and as a society. Recorded for broadcast at Dunamaise and at various locations throughout Laois, five of the pieces are performed by a local cast. From storytelling to drama, the plays are different in style and tone, reflecting the diversity of homes encountered and explored.
Hometroots was premiered by Midlands 103 FM in a live broadcast from Dunamaise Arts Centre in December 2014.
Credits: Written by Kate Heffernan. Directed by Maisie Lee. Performed by (in order of appearance): Zeta O’Reilly; Timahoe National School (Michael McEvoy, Holly Phelan, Brian Brennan, Aisling Cooney, Jack Shortall, Katelyn Doyle, Eve Smith, Jamie Fennell, Hannah Daly, Niamh McKittrick, Moya Krawczyk, Rebecca Dalmedo, Amber Doyle, Hazel Doyle); Laois Youth Theatre (Sorcha Brennan, Cian Ó Murchú, Alethea Graham); former members of Shake the Speare Theatre Company (Ronan Fingleton, Aoife Dunne, Carole Mooney, Jennifer Buggie); Stradbally PlayHouse Adult Drama Group (Betty Maher, Eilish Dillon, Pauline Shaughnessy, Edel Graham-Byrne, Mary Knowles, Mary Clare Shaughnessy, Liz Fenlon, Noelle Neylon, Mary Whearty); Abbeyleix Active Retirement singers; Portlaoise Active Retirement (Mary O’Shea, Peter O’Shea). With Ian Lloyd Anderson. Made possible by the Arts Council’s Theatre Artist Residency Scheme, Dunamaise Arts Centre and Laois County Council.
Produced & Presented by Dunamaise Arts Centre
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Dunamaise Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges funding from The Arts Council and Laois County Council
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