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We are delighted to announce that ISTR 2026 takes place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman (@tudublin.bsky.social) on 4-5 June, under the theme Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation.
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
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Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
ISTR Conference 2026 - Irish Society for Theatre Research
ISTR 2026 Conference | Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation | 4-5 June in TU Dublin's Grangegorman Campus
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November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are delighted to announce that ISTR 2026 takes place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman (@tudublin.bsky.social) on 4-5 June, under the theme Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation.
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
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29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
Hello Beckettians and Modernists! You can now access registration link, full programme of the seminar, and abstracts and bio on the website of The Samuel Beckett Society: samuelbeckettsociety.org
The Samuel Beckett Society
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November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
WalterAsmus directed several key productions with Sam Beckett including the iconic author directed Schiller Theater Godot in 1974/5. In his seminar at the Minghella Studios here with Matt McFrederick he was witty and informative speaking about the importance of ‘tautness’ in staging #Beckett
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
WalterAsmus directed several key productions with Sam Beckett including the iconic author directed Schiller Theater Godot in 1974/5. In his seminar at the Minghella Studios here with Matt McFrederick he was witty and informative speaking about the importance of ‘tautness’ in staging #Beckett
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Acclaimed theatre director Walter D. Asmus visited Minghella Studies to talk about his collaborations with #SamuelBeckett at the 35th Beckett International Foundation research seminar
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Acclaimed theatre director Walter D. Asmus visited Minghella Studies to talk about his collaborations with #SamuelBeckett at the 35th Beckett International Foundation research seminar
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
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✨ Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards ✨
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at Royal Holloway, University of London
Explore the PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
✨ Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards ✨
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
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Please join us at University of Galway next week for this one-day event about @druidtheatre.bsky.social, which features panels from academics and practitioners throughout the day. Registration is free but spaces are limited - and filling up quickly.
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Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Druid magic, exploring the essence of people, place, and performance with a day long symposium.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Please join us at University of Galway next week for this one-day event about @druidtheatre.bsky.social, which features panels from academics and practitioners throughout the day. Registration is free but spaces are limited - and filling up quickly.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
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Focusing on the case study of Druid's Unusual Rural Tour of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (2016), Chloé Duane explores how Druid use site-responsive scenography to engage the histories and cultural legacies of the Inis Meáin landscape.
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Focusing on the case study of Druid's Unusual Rural Tour of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (2016), Chloé Duane explores how Druid use site-responsive scenography to engage the histories and cultural legacies of the Inis Meáin landscape.
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Image: Druid Ensemble members Aaron Monaghan and Rory Nolan in Endgame, photo by HanJie Chow.
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Image: Druid Ensemble members Aaron Monaghan and Rory Nolan in Endgame, photo by HanJie Chow.
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It's opening night in New York!
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's opening night in New York!
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
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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 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
Speakers for the BIF seminar on 1 Nov: Ros Maprayil: landscapes in Godot
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Speakers for the BIF seminar on 1 Nov: Ros Maprayil: landscapes in Godot
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
The 2025 Beckett International Foundation seminar on 1 Nov at university of Reading is celebrating 70 years of Waiting for Godot with director Walter Asmus who worked closely with Beckett on several productions - more info to follow and you can book here: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2025 | Reading University Store
Event time: 10.00am to 5.00pm The event will be held in the Minghella Building on Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading. As in previous years, ou
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October 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The 2025 Beckett International Foundation seminar on 1 Nov at university of Reading is celebrating 70 years of Waiting for Godot with director Walter Asmus who worked closely with Beckett on several productions - more info to follow and you can book here: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Found him. Plus your man Godot…
October 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Found him. Plus your man Godot…
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White night melodies for Rimbaud’s anniversary, from Beckett's translation of Le Bateau Ivre:
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
White night melodies for Rimbaud’s anniversary, from Beckett's translation of Le Bateau Ivre:
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Now available to watch online: Eimear McBride and myself in conversation as part of this year's Liverpool Irish Festival. Runs until 26th October: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/eimea... Features childhood memories of Liverpool, 'pre-lapserian' Camden, film-making and her latest novel.
Literary Salon featuring Eimear McBride - Liverpool Irish Festival
Multi-award-winning novelist Eimear McBride and literary critic (+Irish literature fan) David Collard host an informal, friendly tête-à-tête.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Now available to watch online: Eimear McBride and myself in conversation as part of this year's Liverpool Irish Festival. Runs until 26th October: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/eimea... Features childhood memories of Liverpool, 'pre-lapserian' Camden, film-making and her latest novel.
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Fantastic selection of recent Irish writing here -
We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year.
You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...
You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Fantastic selection of recent Irish writing here -
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Remembering Brian Friel on his 10th Anniversary - I wrote about his great works and legacies in this new article on
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @rte.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @rte.ie
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How Brian Friel's work went from Ballybeg to the world
The great gift in Friel's writing is its ability to resonate with audiences across generations and borders
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October 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Remembering Brian Friel on his 10th Anniversary - I wrote about his great works and legacies in this new article on
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @rte.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @rte.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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New blog post: an up-to-date list of Irish literary journals anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/i...
Irish literary journals 2025/2026
By far the most-read post on this blog has been a very simple one – a list of Irish literary magazines. The original post I compiled in 2022, and an updated version in 2023, have clocked up o…
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October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New blog post: an up-to-date list of Irish literary journals anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/i...
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Delighted to announce this open access book on Staging Beckett in London by Matt McFrederick - fascinating look at Beckett’s London Theatre homes Congrats Matt!
Delighted to announce this open access book on Staging Beckett in London by Matt McFrederick - fascinating look at Beckett’s London Theatre homes Congrats Matt!
Staging Beckett in London
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October 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Delighted to announce this open access book on Staging Beckett in London by Matt McFrederick - fascinating look at Beckett’s London Theatre homes Congrats Matt!
Delighted to announce this open access book on Staging Beckett in London by Matt McFrederick - fascinating look at Beckett’s London Theatre homes Congrats Matt!
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Discover rarely-seen letters and artefacts from the personal archive of beloved author James Joyce in James Joyce: Enigmas & Puzzles.
Explore Joyce's social network of friends and artists, his family life, his inspirations, and the adjustments he made to work despite ill-health.
Discover rarely-seen letters and artefacts from the personal archive of beloved author James Joyce in James Joyce: Enigmas & Puzzles.
Explore Joyce's social network of friends and artists, his family life, his inspirations, and the adjustments he made to work despite ill-health.
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Discover rarely-seen letters and artefacts from the personal archive of beloved author James Joyce in James Joyce: Enigmas & Puzzles.
Explore Joyce's social network of friends and artists, his family life, his inspirations, and the adjustments he made to work despite ill-health.
Discover rarely-seen letters and artefacts from the personal archive of beloved author James Joyce in James Joyce: Enigmas & Puzzles.
Explore Joyce's social network of friends and artists, his family life, his inspirations, and the adjustments he made to work despite ill-health.
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Last month I took part in a plenary session on Early Career Research & Career Building with James Little & Ondřej Pilný at the International Postgraduates Conference in Irish Studies, CU Prague. I start talking about my experiences as an ECR at the 1hr 13 minute mark.
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Panel Session for Early Career Researchers in Irish Studies
YouTube video by Centre for Irish Studies Prague
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October 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Last month I took part in a plenary session on Early Career Research & Career Building with James Little & Ondřej Pilný at the International Postgraduates Conference in Irish Studies, CU Prague. I start talking about my experiences as an ECR at the 1hr 13 minute mark.
youtu.be/eZIbC-uKDaA?...
youtu.be/eZIbC-uKDaA?...
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A James Joyce exhibition begins next week at @themerl.bsky.social in Reading. Runs till 9 Feb. More info here: merl.reading.ac.uk/event/james-...
James Joyce: Enigmas and Puzzles - The Museum of English Rural Life
This exhibition from the University of Reading’s Special Collections shares never-before-seen personal papers of beloved author James Joyce from our Solange and Stephen James Joyce Collection. Explore...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A James Joyce exhibition begins next week at @themerl.bsky.social in Reading. Runs till 9 Feb. More info here: merl.reading.ac.uk/event/james-...
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Company SJ delivers another deeply moving experience of the Irish lan(d)guage with #Beckett Sa Chreig: Guth Na mBan at @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social. This virtual “Walking the land” with Mná Na hÉireann is a journey through the grief and care of the everyday sublimated by cast, costume and camera.
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Company SJ delivers another deeply moving experience of the Irish lan(d)guage with #Beckett Sa Chreig: Guth Na mBan at @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social. This virtual “Walking the land” with Mná Na hÉireann is a journey through the grief and care of the everyday sublimated by cast, costume and camera.
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A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem.
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
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I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
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Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time
The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken
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October 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem.
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...