LIVE at 1st Irish Festival, Act I: Labhaoise Magee & Crissy O'Donovan, Theatre Makers
After Origin Theatre’s artistic director Mick Mellamphy welcomes our paying (!) audience to the 1st Irish Festival’s first live podcast event, we introduce theatre makers, Derry’s own Labhaoise Magee of Fair Play Productions and Big Telly Theatre’s Crissy O' Donovan who was raised in Dublin, worked in GB, and is now based in Northern Ireland.
Fair Play brought Sinéad O'Brien's "storytelling masterclass" No One is Coming to Origin 1st Irish this year, while Big Telly staged the immersive Granny Jackson’s Dead.
Labhaoise and Crissy talk about their theatrical journeys, how storytelling can process collective memory, how theater can promote democratic culture in post-conflict Northern Ireland, and the transformative power of dramatic arts in fostering connections and understanding.
Join us Upstairs at Ryan’s Daughter for our first live podcast recording, made possible by the support of the Northern Ireland Bureau.
Links
Labhaoise Magee
Fair Play Productions
Crissy O' Donovan
Big Telly Theatre
Origin Theatre
The Northern Ireland Bureau
Episode Details: Season 7, Episode 14; Total Episode Count: 117
00:00 - Introduction
04:17 - First Theatrical Experiences
06:40 - Labhaoise's Origin Story
09:52 - Crissy's Journey to Theater
12:29 - Crissy on The Big Telly Theatre Company
14:13 - Labhoise - Processing NI Memories
18:31 - Crissy - A Dublin NI Perspective
21:38 - Labhaoise - Directing a One Person Show
24:42 - Crissy - Healing Theater in NI
29:20 - Labhaoise - Maintaining Passion for Theater
33:21 - Crissy - The Need to Create Joy
34:52 - Crissy and Labhaoise - Looking to the Future
37:12 - John's Recap
38:00 - Credits