Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
Executive / Co-Director of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre. Like a bit of Theatre, Music, Books, Film, TV, Football, Hurling, Man Utd and a bit of whatever you’re having yourself.
All views my own… I think.
All views my own… I think.
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Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Some words from a couple of weeks ago
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
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Saw this last night.
Get a ticket before it ends. Wonderful, powerful stuff
Get a ticket before it ends. Wonderful, powerful stuff
Excited to open this one
BÁN by Carys D. Coburn.
Directed by Claire O'Reilly.
Break a leg to all cast, crew and company @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social
until 8 November. Tickets and info...
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ban/
📸 Rich Davenport
BÁN by Carys D. Coburn.
Directed by Claire O'Reilly.
Break a leg to all cast, crew and company @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social
until 8 November. Tickets and info...
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ban/
📸 Rich Davenport
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Saw this last night.
Get a ticket before it ends. Wonderful, powerful stuff
Get a ticket before it ends. Wonderful, powerful stuff
If you can’t find me for the next few days I’ll be watching this. @louisekennedy.bsky.social novel Trespasses is, imho, one of the best over the last few years and this adaptation has classy written all over it
@channel4tv.bsky.social
@channel4tv.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you can’t find me for the next few days I’ll be watching this. @louisekennedy.bsky.social novel Trespasses is, imho, one of the best over the last few years and this adaptation has classy written all over it
@channel4tv.bsky.social
@channel4tv.bsky.social
October adventures
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
October adventures
So close and yet so far. Tough night for @braywanderersfc.bsky.social but a great season and a young squad.
The future beckons. Big year next year. We go again
The future beckons. Big year next year. We go again
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So close and yet so far. Tough night for @braywanderersfc.bsky.social but a great season and a young squad.
The future beckons. Big year next year. We go again
The future beckons. Big year next year. We go again
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This is as brilliant as she is.
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is as brilliant as she is.
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
This is as brilliant as she is.
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is as brilliant as she is.
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
Have just spent the last three days with @kathyburke.bsky.social in my ears listening to her reading her unmissable memoir. Talent ahoy
Thanks to Ambassador Fraser and all Irish Embassy London for hosting @abbeytheatre.bsky.social last week for a dinner that brought together some of a vast array of London-based Irish actors and theatre makers and our friends, patrons and partners from London.
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Thanks to Ambassador Fraser and all Irish Embassy London for hosting @abbeytheatre.bsky.social last week for a dinner that brought together some of a vast array of London-based Irish actors and theatre makers and our friends, patrons and partners from London.
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Three for three at @abbeytheatre.bsky.social - bravo to Mina, Van Helsing and the lads (and their Winchesters)... - so, what can we do next year?!! #StokerFestival #BiteMeDublin 🧛🏻♂️ 🦇 🧛♀️
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Three for three at @abbeytheatre.bsky.social - bravo to Mina, Van Helsing and the lads (and their Winchesters)... - so, what can we do next year?!! #StokerFestival #BiteMeDublin 🧛🏻♂️ 🦇 🧛♀️
Huge congrats to hometown team @braywanderersfc.bsky.social
One game away from premier division
One game away from premier division
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Huge congrats to hometown team @braywanderersfc.bsky.social
One game away from premier division
One game away from premier division
Packed house tonight @abbeytheatre.bsky.social rapt in Dracula: The Hunt.
Congrats all Bram Stoker Festival
Congrats all Bram Stoker Festival
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Packed house tonight @abbeytheatre.bsky.social rapt in Dracula: The Hunt.
Congrats all Bram Stoker Festival
Congrats all Bram Stoker Festival
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Indeed a fabulous double bill!
As it finishes its run tonight.
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Indeed a fabulous double bill!
As it finishes its run tonight.
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As it finishes its run tonight.
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
Congrats Caitríona McLaughlin, to each & every member of the company of The Boy by Marina Carr, the brilliant staff @abbeytheatre.bsky.social & the audiences who came to see. Long time in the making, a moment in time to be cherished. Pure theatre
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'An impressively brave piece of work' Irish Times
'A brilliant piece of writing… not to be missed' The Arts Review
BÁN by NHB author Carys D. Coburn is on @abbeytheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/ban-and-abse...
'A brilliant piece of writing… not to be missed' The Arts Review
BÁN by NHB author Carys D. Coburn is on @abbeytheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/ban-and-abse...
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
'An impressively brave piece of work' Irish Times
'A brilliant piece of writing… not to be missed' The Arts Review
BÁN by NHB author Carys D. Coburn is on @abbeytheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/ban-and-abse...
'A brilliant piece of writing… not to be missed' The Arts Review
BÁN by NHB author Carys D. Coburn is on @abbeytheatre.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/ban-and-abse...
Reposted by Mark O’Brien
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Palestine have killed at least nine people tonight.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the "powerful" strikes despite a ceasefire agreement.
jrnl.ie/6858306
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the "powerful" strikes despite a ceasefire agreement.
jrnl.ie/6858306
At least nine dead after Netanyahu orders 'powerful' strikes on Gaza despite ceasefire deal
Hamas has responded by postponing handing over the remains of another hostage.
jrnl.ie
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Palestine have killed at least nine people tonight.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the "powerful" strikes despite a ceasefire agreement.
jrnl.ie/6858306
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the "powerful" strikes despite a ceasefire agreement.
jrnl.ie/6858306
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Missed the drama of the Presidential Election declaration for a different type of drama @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Missed the drama of the Presidential Election declaration for a different type of drama @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
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Had a wonderful day at the Abbey theatre yesterday watching Marina Carr's Oedipus trilogy. Exciting and unexpected writing throughout, terrific design and directing, and the cast was truly fantastic. Love to be in awe of theatre.
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Had a wonderful day at the Abbey theatre yesterday watching Marina Carr's Oedipus trilogy. Exciting and unexpected writing throughout, terrific design and directing, and the cast was truly fantastic. Love to be in awe of theatre.
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Comhghairdeas @catherineconnolly.bsky.social
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Comhghairdeas @catherineconnolly.bsky.social
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Comhghairdeas @catherineconnolly.bsky.social
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Comhghairdeas @catherineconnolly.bsky.social
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
Duine an-ionraic agus socair í
Uachtarán den scoth #aras25
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I know exactly where that was taken. The stone construction (for a drama) at the site remained for a few years but has since been taken down. I was there again a month ago.
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I know exactly where that was taken. The stone construction (for a drama) at the site remained for a few years but has since been taken down. I was there again a month ago.
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What a voice of decency. What a legacy.
#Aras25
#Aras25
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What a voice of decency. What a legacy.
#Aras25
#Aras25
Reposted by Mark O’Brien
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25