The Word in September 2025, with Seamus O'Rourke in conversation with Brian Leyden скачать в хорошем качестве

The Word in September 2025, with Seamus O'Rourke in conversation with Brian Leyden

THE WORD is back for September. Featuring special guest SEAMUS O' ROURKE, author of Standing in Gaps and it's sequel Leaning on Gates. In conversation with BRIAN LEYDEN Music with JANE WILLOW Plus, Q&A and OPEN MIC. The Word is a collaborative event between Sligo Central Library and the BA in Writing & Literature course at Sligo ATU. Seamus O’Rourke is a writer, director and actor. As a writer, his plays include Ride On (Livin’ Dred 2011), dig, Down and The Trappe Family (The Corn Mill Theatre), The Halfway House Hotel and Stale Mate (Canal Studio-Backstage Theatre), For Club and County (Moth Productions), Victor’s Dung (Big Guerilla Productions) and his four One-Man-Shows; The Sand Park, Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking, INDIGESTION and My Aunt Bee (Big Guerilla Productions). As a director, he has directed with The Corn Mill Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Moth Productions and his own company, Big Guerilla Productions. Apart from his own material, those plays include The Cavalcaders and A Handful of Stars by Billy Roche, Stolen Child by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and Yvonne Quinn, The Pitch by Shane Connaughton, Arrah Na Pogue by Dion Boucicault, The Quare Land, Danger Money and The Cavan Curse by John McManus. Acting roles include; Junior (Conversations on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy), Artie (Belfry by Billy Roche), Jim (The Weir by Conor McPherson), John (Shining City by Conor McPherson), RTE Best Actor 2010, Pato Dooley (The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh) RTE Best Supporting actor 2011. Victor Maguire (Ride On and Victor’s Dung) and Tom (dig)…all written by himself. Philly (The Pitch by Shane Connaughton), Hugh Pugh (The Quare Land by John McManus), The Bishop (The Field by John B Keane), Maurteen (The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy) both at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin. He played Man (The Mysterious History of Things by Jack Harte). He has played Teddy ‘The Mucker’ Tucker in John McManus’s one-man play, Danger Money and Rua in The Cavan Curse by the same author. In 2018 Seamus penned and produced two new shows; From Under the Bed and And Thank You…. In early 2019 Seamus toured Ireland with Livin’ Dred’s production of Trad by Mark Doherty, directed by Aaron Monaghan. In the summer of 2019 he toured again with the self-penned My Aunt Bee and in autumn with An Ogeous Brose by John McManus. Seamus has also over two million hits on YouTube and Social Media with his short stories, recitations and sketches. He recently released A Lock of Poems, Recitations and Good Ones – a collection of his much-loved poems and recitations and in 2020 he released his memoir Standing in Gaps. In September 2024 Seamus released his much-anticipated sequel to his popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps. Leaning on Gates is published by Gill Books. Brian Leyden’s work includes his bestselling memoir, The Home Place, the short story collections, Departures and Sweet Old World: New & Selected Stories, and the novels Death & Plenty and Summer of ’63. His new novel is Love These Days. His essays have appeared in ‘Winter Papers 2 & 8, Writing the Sky: Observations and Essays on Dermot Healy and A Door Opening: Sligo and the Legacies of Partition.He co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film Black Ice, currently on Netflix. His play Remember Me premiered in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in 2023. In 2024 he produced an Abecedary commissioned for the major exhibition in the Model Arts Centre exploring Sligo’s place in the development of painting in Ireland from Jack B. Yeats to contemporary artists in the ‘Sligo Wave’. Jane Willow is Dutch-Irish singer-songwriter. She’s performed at Vicar Street, Whelan’s, Temple Bar Tradfest, Body & Soul and Electric Picnic. Her 2021 debut album ‘Burn So Bright’ features string arrangements by Joe Csibi (Head of RTE Concert Orchestra) with Dave Hingerty on drums (Glen Hansard, Kíla) and guest performances by Steve Wickham (The Waterboys) and Pat Byrne. The RTE Concert Orchestra has released an orchestral version of her song ‘Let There Be Light’ for Women’s Day. While in 2023 another song of the album titled ‘In Your House There’ was used in a TV ad for charity organisation ALONE. On her new alt-folk EP ‘Watch Me Fall‘ (March 2025) Jane collaborates with pianist Kevin Corcoran (Villagers, Saso). Jane’s music is available (CD & Digital downloads) on bandcamp: Https://janewillowmusic.bandcamp.com Open Mic moderated by ATU Sligo Year 3 student, Conor Joyce Q&A: Open audience Questions and Answers session