Today is National Podcast Day so last week I thought I’d dust off an old script that I had lying about and had never done anything with and finally record it and release it exclusively online.
So here is POLLY
A young woman murders her boyfriend and in an attempt to absolve herself of guilt assumes the personality of God and her dead boyfriend. But her sister is due to arrive for tea.
Written and produced by Gavin Byrne
Polly is played by Jessie Doyle
Sara is played by Barbara Ceannt
I’m currently working with the Near Drama Group on producing a radio drama that will be performed live on air. This will be the first time we’ve attempted something like this and a lot of work is going into the rehearsals at the moment.
The play is called ‘A Woman, a Dog & a Walnut Tree’ and is by Denis Byrne, we’ve previously produced a number of his plays. The play deals with the topic of domestic violence against women. We’ll be also running a discussion panel immediately after the live broadcast to discuss the issues raised in the play.
The broadcast date is expected to be some time around mid-October. I’ll be sure to post more updates as we work on it
Meanwhile you can listen to ‘Poodles’ by Denis Byrne. This play explores the haphazard effort of young drug addict aided by his hapless girlfriend from well-to-do families to rob a small cafe to get money to feed their habit. The play breaks through the veneer of respectability and what goes on in these families. However, the cafe owner, whose own nephew died from drugs, saves the day by forcing the young man to fight his demons, re-discover his artistic abilities and start on the road to recovery.
I was interviewed as part of this documentary about the history of Near FM.
Near FM presents a four part radio series celebrating 30 years of community media on the Northside of Dublin
Telling Our Own Story is a four part series looking at the history of the Near Media Co-operative through the voices of the volunteers and staff. 2013 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Near Media Co-operative. This series charts the history of the organisation through the volunteers and staff that started it all off and continue to make it the vibrant media organisation it is today. Through the series we explore the historical background of Near’s formation, the dream becoming a reality, the challenges faced and overcome, the advent of new media as well as looking to the future.
The series features contributions from Andrew Montague, Stephen Blayds (Sphere 17), Browen Maher, Cristina Santamaria (CIC), Ciaran Kissane (BAI), Ciaran Murray, Colm Kenny (DCU), Dave O’Connor, David / Darren (youth programme), Declan Cahill, Declan McLaughlin (BAI), Dorothee Meyer Holtkamp, Doug Rogers, Edd Kealy, Elaine King, Gavin Byrne, Heidi Bedell (Northside Partnership), Jack Byrne, Marion Vickers (Northside Partnership), Natasha Valente, Owen Drinan, Pat Farrell, Paul Loughran, Ray Kennedy, Sally Galiana, Shannette Budhai, Tomas Mac Ruairi, Tony Crampton (CRC), Vincent Teeling and Zandra Ball.
“Since community radio emerged as a separate strand it has added to the plurality of voices that are on air it has also provided significant opportunity for people to develop their skills and it has provided opportunities for communities to access the airwaves…Nearfm was one of the first ones to embrace the idea that community radio was a community development tool as much if not more than a radio project”
– Ciaran Kissane – Broadcasting Authority of IrelandProduced by Ignacio Irigoien, presented by Noel McGuinness.
This series is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision Scheme.
Thanks to Poul Madsen for this little video of my boardgamesireland.com meet up from this week. It was really busy one too with around 40 people in attendance and 2 simultaneous Game Of Thrones campaigns going on.
We meet up every Tuesday from 7 in Thomas Read’s pub on Dame Street in Dublin 2. All welcome!
Scibernia is an Irish Science Podcast I’ve been involved in. The first series ran for 32 episodes and led to a 2 part documentary about Irish marine science
I’m looking to get the podcast up and running again with more of a panel discussion format. So if you’re interested in getting involved and taking part then please fill in the form I’ve put up over at the scibernia.ie website: http://scibernia.ie/2014/07/09/roundtable/
Just saw the poster for Manifesto https://t.co/uJxAD9aR9u
After years of research I’ve finally uncovered Pooh Bear’s sex dungeon: https://t.co/IO0rhWr3Mw
Played ‘Last Friday’ over the weekend. Hidden movement game where one player is a killer and the others are campers… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
Working on my Halloween costume. Don’t the sleeves look a little long? https://t.co/67ozFuY5Bl
Got the vinyl LP soundtrack to Josie and the Pussycats, one of my all time favourite movies. https://t.co/2VHEjrKHHX
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