The Abbey Theatre celebrates at the local library

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As part of the abbeyonehundred celebrations, The Abbey Theatre presents the abbeyonehundred Nationwide Libraries Programme. This programme endeavours to enhance public access to and participation with the Abbey Theatre, through talks, lectures, play readings, writers in conversation children and adult drama workshops, at local libraries. Over the coming months different events from this programme will take place at many local libraries. All the events are listed on the library.ie website.

The events include;

The Archives Resource Box, children's workshop

encourages children to explore the history of The Abbey Theatre with particular reference to key moments in the first fifty years of its existence. Children can access the archival materials of the Resource Box in a way that's interesting and fun, and become experts in the Abbey's history.

This workshop, which is of two hours duration, is aim at Primary Schools 4th, 5th &/or 6th classes and can accommodate up to 30 students.

Abbey Talks

are designed for anyone with an interest in theatre in general, and the Abbey Theatre in particular. Guest speakers aim to explore the Abbey Theatre's illustrious history, as Ireland's National Theatre and Europe's oldest English speaking theatre, in addition to investigating the Abbey's future role in the development of Irish theatre. Guest speakers for the abbey talks are Mairead Delaney, Kathleen Barrington and Martin Drury.
The talks are open to all members of the public and are 45 minutes to an hour duration.

Writers in Conversation

The Abbey Theatre central duty is to tell the stories of this island nation and this responsibility rests with our contemporary playwrights. Writers in conversation involves playwrights associated with the Abbey discussing their work, what has influenced it, what it means to be a playwright today and their relationship with the Abbey Theatre. Writers involved in the 'Writers in Conversation' include Bernard Farrell & Frank McGuinness. The talks are open to all members of the public and are 45 minutes to an hour duration.

Focus on…,

adult drama workshop - these workshops look are a number of different elements; the production process from page to stage, an approach to script and finally a director's approach to staging a play. The workshops are two and a half hours duration and are open to local Youth Theatres, Amateur Drama Groups anyone with an interest in drama and the theatre. The maximum number for the workshop is 25 participants.

Further information is available from Brendan Teeling in An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.