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June 17 2008
Scene and Community
The Irish Queer Archive – a vast collection of material which
provides interesting and valuable insights into the social history of lesbians and gay men
in an Irish and international context over a thirty-year period – is being presented to the
National Library following a decision to donate it by the National Lesbian and Gay
Federation.
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May 19 2008
Ryde Me Sideways
Joanna flew to Birmingham International Airport with Ryanair accompanied by her daughter Phoenix Park, her younger brother Andy, her sister Anita and Anita’s 2 kids, Pola and Amiya.
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May 16 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
Each Festival has some hidden gems and this week's is definitley Slipping. Daniel Talbot writes exactly for a generation that we all need to know more about. Here he creates Eli who at face value is the stereotypical dysfunctional youth, but thanks to Talbot and Nate Santana's gentle and confident playing, he is a character that draws us into the play from the start.
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May 16 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
Pieter (Simon Stephens) works in The Orchid in West Berlin. One night, whilst at work, they build a wall, cutting Pieter off from his family and friends. 47 years later, he returns to let us in on his very personal memories of that time. With a dressing table 'covered in memories' that once was the roof he slept under and a grand piano, the simple set never hinders yet reminds us effectively of where we are.
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May 16 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
It begins with waiting. An average Northern Ireland lad paces the stage, sucking at his cigarette likes it's a life support respirator, while the audience settles into their seats at Temple Bar's New Theatre. The man onstage is prowling around the bare-bones set like a twitchy young Brando...except that he isn't aiting for anyone named """"Stella."""" And he isn't waiting for his bride-to-be, either, which might have explained some of the nervous tension we fel coming off him in waves.
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May 16 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
This is an incredibly smart play, off-putting at times in its sleek delivery but, ultimately, an intensely vulnerable experience for actor and audience alike, forcing both to explore the meaning of ""integrity"" from a whole new angle.
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May 16 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
""Michael Collins"" meets ""The L-word""? As unlikely as this sounds, Carolyn Gage's provocative new one-act, ""The Countess and the Lesbians,"" pulls it off beautifully, while still manging to be that brave and sometimes daunting thing, an intellectual play about political issues.
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May 14 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
The Countess and The Lesbians by Carolyn Gage had its world premiere in the headquarters of the Union Countess Marciewicz helped to establish and its relevance did not go unnoticed by the full house. But the real revolutionaries are Eva Gore Booth and Esther Roper, a lesbian couple who erasure from history is halted by this clever and warm play.
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May 14 2008
Gay Theatre Festival
Crown Jewels. Another writing combination is born of the Theatre festival and collaborators Shawn Sturnick and Christiaan Feehan treated an enthusiastic audience to the first act of their work in progress Crown Jewels.