Hello there, a chairde. It’s been a while. Pandemic, innit? Like many of you, I’ve been somewhat grounded recently, though you'd never know from this website. Having travelled to Paris in August 2020, I promptly stopped updating my 'Current Status' page, giving the impression I've been swanning around the 5th Arrondissement ever since. Really, I’ve …

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This weeks episode of Super Paua Stories podcast (and the second last one of the first season!) features an original story by Dublin theatre-maker, spoken-word poet and knitter of epic balaclavas - Lewis Kenny! Lewis's story - Duisíonn na hIoraí Rua - is a fable about invasion, rebellion and acorns (naturally) which explores the forest …

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Have you heard of the 0/1 Knapsack Problem? Or the story behind 'Newroz' - the Kurdish and Persian new year? Have you ever wondered what you'd pack in your bag if the world was ending and you had to run away? I've been working on a show about all of the above things, and more, …

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Beidh mise agus mo chara Ursula (comh-stiúthóir de Bombinate Theatre agus bainisteoir Gaelach de Scéalta Super Paua Sraith 2) ag déanamh ceardlann scríbhneoireachta saor in aisce Dé Máirt 14ú Iúil! Dírithe ar daoine 16 bliain d'aois is sine, roinnfimid comhairle, leideanna agus ciall praiticiúil libh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla a bhainneann le meáin do …

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What a corker we have for you this week. Super Paua Stories presents Derval, by Gráinne Keenan - a raucous, rambunctious and deliciously spooky story about a twelve year old girl who (against her own wishes, and best interest) happens to be an accidental agent of chaos. Haunted where-ever she goes by the apparition of …

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Dea-scéal ón ndianghlasáil! Good news from lock-down-land! Beidh mise agus an fhoireann Super Paua ag déanamh cónaitheacht cruthaitheach leis an axis Ballymun - amharclann iontach, i measc na príomh-ionad i mBaile Átha Cliath! Myself and the team at Super Paua have been awarded an Irish-language residency at the axis Ballymun - one of Dublin's premiere …

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Another week, another kids storytelling podcast! This weeks Super Paua Story is Sam and The Shapeshifters, by Wren Dennehy (an incredible creative, also known by their stage-name, Avoca Reaction). Wren's written a beautiful story about a child called Sam, who wants to become a form-flexible shape-shifting extra-terrestrial so their 'inside' can match their 'outside'. I'd …

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Hello Comrades-in-Art! The second Super Paua Stories podcast was released today, Head Full Of Colour by Berni Stack.   This one is for a slightly younger age group than Moonstone, maybe (or maybe not - whatever you're having yourself!) but it's our first attempt to pop outside our comfort zone and make a storytelling experience that …

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Friends, it's been about 15 months since my last blog post. Haha. Awkward for me. I'm not even gonna mention the state of my LinkedIn. In my defence, I've been rather busy. I have in that time - Re-launched a company and secured major funding for it Written, rehearsed, opened and then Covid-closed The Lonsdale …

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Catch me reading some new and some old material (classic material? sounds better?) at Lilliput Press on Thursday 28th March - which is next week, friends, so put in the diary pronto! This is the March addition of their monthly fixture, called Listen at Lilliput, which happens on the last Thursday of every month. It involves two …

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