And I just received tracking information for the delivery today, about 2 weeks later. I understand Brexit & Covid are a problem but other stuff I’ve backed has been able to manage and communicate clearly, CMON’s fulfilment has been very shoddy and I’m unlikely to back them again.
The Board of the Abbey Theatre today announced the appointment of Caitríona McLaughlin as its new Artistic Director and Mark O’Brien as its new Executive Director. https://t.co/9ZXbKV3Bcn
Last time I was involved a KS campaign, I pressed "launch" and then immediately took the kid out and got milkshakes so I wouldn't go mad with nerves! Well, today it's raining and we're in lockdown, so I suppose I'll just refresh the KS page 1000 times... https://t.co/rRjqnY6gfg
Airing next week as part of the Shakespeare in Dublin series is ‘The Ghosts of Priory Hall’ which is a modern day Dublin based retelling of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ written by my Board Games Ireland Podcast co-host Frank O’Connor.
It airs next Thursday at 3pm on Near FM and will be available online shortly after.
Here’s the promo:
‘The Last Resort’ by Aoife Leonard is the latest audio drama project that I’ve been working on and it broadcasts at 3pm on Near FM on the 18th and 25th of January.
This project is a result of Aoife attending the Audio Drama Workshop I ran in December 2015.
Synopsis:
Aisling and Donal are in their twenties, and both of their summers have gone to pot. Donal was supposed to be on a J1 in Miami – instead he has ended up joining his parents on their wedding anniversary trip, and is forced to spend each night with a pillow clamped around his head to block out the sound of their rampant…goings-on.
Aisling’s parents won big on the horses, and demanded that she accompany them on the family’s first ever Proper Holiday™ to act as resident babysitter. She’s stuck looking after her herd of siblings in an overcrowded caravan with less than desirable toilet facilities.
It’s looking like this could be the worst summer of their lives, until a chance meeting brings Donal and Aisling together and love blossoms! But will they be able to enjoy this new romance without their families getting in the way? The Last Resort is a comedy about going on holiday with your parents when you’re Way. Too. Old
Promo:
Been pretty busy lately. Trying to finish off a few different audio drama projects while also prepping some new ones.
A new one did broadcast this week though.
The first part of a series of dramas based on plays by William Shakespeare.
Henry Hudson wrote this contemporary adaptation of King Lear for us.
Coming soon we’ll have modern adaptations of ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ and ‘Macbeth’.
Board Games Ireland, the little board game meet up group I started back in November 2013 now has just shy of 3000 members.
So me and some of the other organisers decided to try out had at organising our own gaming convention. This will be a full day dedicated purely to just boardgaming, we won’t be going near RPGs, war gaming or LARPing. Just sticking to our strengths.
We normally host the meet ups in a pub. But the convention will take place in the big hall at the Teachers’ Club on Parnell Sq. It’s nice and bright and we’ll have lots of big tables ideal for board gaming.
So if you’re free that weekend please come in and play some games with us.
More details here:
The cast rehearse the script for the ‘Ghosts of Priory Hall’
I’m currently working on a series of Shakespeare plays that have been adapted to relate to contemporary North Dublin. The plays have been selected to fit in with the current Leaving Cert curriculum.
I’ve already recorded ‘Larry’ which was an adaptation of King Lear. Currently we’re rehearsing ‘The Ghosts of Priory Hall’ which is a contemporary version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and set on a ghost estate. We’ll be recording next week and coming up after that we will be having open readings for the Macbeth adaptation.
