Dr Siobhán O’Gorman
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Dr Siobhán O’Gorman
@siobhanmogorman.bsky.social
Head of Department of Design & Visual Arts, IADT. Loves culture, canines, deep chats and craic :)
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Siobhán Bourke and Jane Daly are two of the most generous people and have supported countless theatre makers and artists - to be able to present them with the Outstanding Contribution to Irish Theatre award from @irishtheatreres.bsky.social was a real pleasure. Congrats Jane and Siobhán!
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Some highlights from Day 2 of @irishtheatreres.bsky.social’s annual conference 2025 @myiadt.bsky.social #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire
June 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some highlights from day 1 of @irishtheatreres.bsky.social annual conference 2025 @myiadt.bsky.social #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire
June 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The third paper in Music and Cultural Mythologies is “Perpetuating cultural hegemony from the British Empire to AI: the case of bagpipes” by Cassandre Balosso-Bardin #ISTR2025
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June 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Continuing on Music & Cultural Mythologies,Fiona Fearon’s paper “Performing Otherness: Minstrels in Early Twentieth Century Ireland” #ISTR2025
June 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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In the final round of panels, Ciara Murphy @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social ‘s paper ‘Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics’ is part of Music & Cultural Mythologies. #ISTR2025
June 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Final panel of #ISTR2025 now with fellow feminist interventionist @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social's excellent and engaging paper on "'Get Your Brits Out': Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics"
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KNEECAP share garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announce US tour
Kneecap have shared a garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announced a US tour - find dates and tickets here.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Kim Solga leading final panel on women making Shakespeare from diverse communities at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Looking forward to Siân Adiseshiah's keynote on Staging Utopian Subjects #ISTR2025
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Utopian Drama
Shortlisted for the TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize 2023As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in Western drama from antiquity to the presen…
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June 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Particularly liked the irony that we could literally see the stock market crashing on account of the newest beef in the lower right corner of Kurt's screen as he was questioning what the "great" evoked in MAGA is meant to represent #ISTR2025
June 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Kurt Taroff raises thought-provoking points in ‘Circuses of stasis: performing the defence of the imperial state in the US and Northern Ireland’, juxtaposing the perfomativity and iconography of The Twelfth parades with Trump rallies (at one of which he apparently "signed a baby")
#ISTR2025
June 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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@lukelamont.bsky.social on Abomination by Conor Mitchell and Belfast Ensemble at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Excited to find out whether the audio will work or if my co-communications officer @irishtheatreres.bsky.social @lukelamont.bsky.social will actually sing during his paper on "Verbatim musicals in Britain during the rightward lurch", as promised #ISTR2025
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Abomination: A DUP Opera
Cast of Abomination: A DUP Opera by Conor Mitchell.Image: Neil Harrison****Maybe it was a technical hitch that led to the ten minute delay. Longer again if you took your seat early. In which the endle...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Second day of #ISTR2025 is off to a fantastic start as Brian Singleton discusses ANU Productions’ Hammam (2023), bringing it together with the context of the 2023 Dublin Riot www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ham...
HAMMAM - Abbey Theatre
One of Ireland’s most innovative multidisciplinary theatre makers, ANU, in partnership with the Abbey Theatre, will excavate the final moments of the Battle of Dublin with this end of year show. Invit...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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June 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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We also heard the research of Rachel Fehily, Róisín O’Gorman, Michael R. Murphy & Sarah Hoover on Dramaturgies and Visibility #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Catching our breath after a flurry of brilliant panels this afternoon.

The Government Policy & the Arts panel featured papers from Patricia O’Beirne, Ben McCabe & Charlotte McIvor. #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Elaine Sisson’s wonderful keynote paper, ‘Costume as Dissent: Ireland, Modernity and the Politics of Becoming’ #ISTR endsofempire.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Emer O’Toole from Concordia Uni/Canada on the she-wolf for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Final paper in Challenging Colonial Legacies: “Converging Narratives: The Importance of Intersectionality and Diverse Identities in Contemporary Irish Theatre” delivered remotely by Tara Mozafari #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Tuba (Tara) Mozafari now remotely contributing an intriguing talk on "Converging Narratives: The Importance of Intersectionality and Diverse Identities in Contemporary Irish Theatre", focussing on "Eclipsed" by Patricia Burke Brogan and "Rathmines Road" by Deirdre Kinahan #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire
Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan
The Lir offers courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in acting, directing, lighting design, stage design, stage management, technical theatre and writing for the theatre and related pro...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Yousef Abu Amrieh delivering his and Ahmed Shalabi’s paper “Decolonizing George William Joy’s General Gordon’s Last Stand” as part of Challenging Colonial Legacies #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM