The blog has been so quiet, so quiet. First I was healing from a burnout. Then slowly getting back to making, learning boundaries, learning that there is a limit to me. Then I got busy, again, but different way this time - at least, I think it´s different. It feels different. It´s not the amountContinue reading "Sheep! and burnouts"
Did I run away with the fairies?
I have not been posting here in a long while, I believe. Been busy. Busy living. Busy making theatre. Busy burning out because funding takes so much time and effort, and as a freelance maker you try to do everything yourself to get funding to get other people to work with you to - It´sContinue reading "Did I run away with the fairies?"
Parrots
Why would I write a word when a word is not read. Be ambitious, the parrots repeat, be ambitious, their feathers crimson. Bloodbath. Depression. Burnout. Black liquid, ink pouring from the wounds. Stains on paper obscuring whatever it was that you needed to be said. “Chat soon.” Another part-time lover messages. Chat soon. Words shouldContinue reading "Parrots"
Written in the stars!
Tomorrow, Thursday 28th of April is Poetry Day Ireland - and as part of that, I'll be doing my solo performance of poetic tarot readings called Poetry Fortunes. It's a one-on-one performance that creates chance poetry through a special set of tarot cards and a lovely break from the day to day! In Zoom, orContinue reading "Written in the stars!"
This other world – a play, a process.
I spent the last two weeks in a black box called theatre creating the world of a play called THE OTHER WORLD, where audiences are invited to travel to Utopia. They arrive at the station of The Unfathomable Travel Agency, where they are directed to the waiting area. A train station, an airport, a liminalContinue reading "This other world – a play, a process."
Your friendly neighbourhood playwright solemnly swears she is up to no good
I am still here, just disappeared into a rabbit hole of actually making work instead of talking about the work a bit - and also, life. I like life, but it's pretty time-consuming and makes you forget that your internet presence is completely neglected. While not blogging, I have been... writing the play The OtherContinue reading "Your friendly neighbourhood playwright solemnly swears she is up to no good"
The Other World – and how to get out of there
The play I have been working with lately got its name yesterday – THE OTHER WORLD is a piece about wilderness, civilization, care and control, and about someone else’s problems. Within the play, I explore the presence of wilderness that is juxtaposed with civilization through utopian and dystopian otherworlds – places of escape – andContinue reading "The Other World – and how to get out of there"
Too many working titles – a play in progress
First of all, thanks to Taike & Galway County Council for the support I have received toward completing this play, which, as the headline suggests, is without a name. The play will be an immersive experience with themes of civilization and wilderness, care and control, and their extremes. It grew out of talks we hadContinue reading "Too many working titles – a play in progress"
Wilderness and Civilization – Need and Thought
Last year around this time I got an email from a stranger asking to read my script that had been shortlisted for Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize. For some reason, I had not got the message about my own success, and was baffled for a moment. That play was written before and just happened to fitContinue reading "Wilderness and Civilization – Need and Thought"
How a Daydreamer got fond of reality
One of my artistic interests for a few years now has been the amount of "real" and the amount of "story" in any given circumstance. Obviously, we can't get outside our own experience to ever really touch the raw reality, but there can be tremendous differences in how close we are. For me, the interestContinue reading "How a Daydreamer got fond of reality"
Queen of Wandering 