It finally happened - this gal got covid. Never hang around with sexy, filthy theatre people. They're riddled. Thank God* covid is all I got. The good news is I'm almost totally asymptomatic. A bit tired, but I got the diagnosis during a real week, if you know what I mean, and so the fatigue …
From the Archives – It Doesn’t Matter and John Boy
In case you missed them, here are two short films I helped to make with the incredible director Pat Comer and the acting group from Exchange House Ireland. Shot in 2020 and 2021 respectively, It Doesn't Matter and John Boy were both co-created with members of the Traveller community in Ireland. It was a real …
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Queer Cornwall
I had the pleasure of working on my first short documentary this year! Queer Cornwall explores the legacy of three trailblazing artists who lived in Lamorna Cove in the twentieth century - Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun. Very grateful to Scott Morris and the team at Tate UK for another fab collaboration (check out …
Home, Turnips, Wild Mountain Thyme
I'm back from my French travels. And I would be bitter-er at having to leave the sun, if it wasn't full on Spooky Season in Dublin. I am, after all, a woman of my time, and I can't resist Halloween - our pagan High Holiday. Ah, the smell of smoke on the wind, the shower …
Montpellier and Marseille
This post is a two-in-one because the last leg of the trip was a much less energetic affair. My Mum will kill me for this, but there's nothing like hitting six European cities in a row to make you sick of Les Beaux Arts. (And Basilicas. And Botanical Gardens.) By the time I reached Lyon, …
The Miniatures Museum and Puppetry Museum – Lyon, Part 2
Get ready for an eyeful of satisfaction, set designers, or the generally design-inclined. Started by Dan Ohlmann, a cinema set designer and 'miniaturist artist' (loose translation from the brochure, and perhaps a word that doesn't exist in English), the first five floors of this narrow, historic building are given over to a collection of creatures, …
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Lyon, while sick – Part 1
Lyon came highly recommended by two friends - the previously mentioned David of CCI / Versailles fame, and my pal Urszula (who you might know as The Hidden Bloom on insta). Unfortunately, my three nights in the city felt more like a rushed day and a half, as I started to show head cold / …
Strasbourg, and a French theatre warning
Mini-rant first. Going to the theatre in France is never easy. Granted, it would be easier if I spoke French, but I place the blame for what has happened purely on the shoulders of others because that's what a good Sagittarius does.* It happened to a pal in Paris first. He booked a ticket to …
Nancy Is Fancy – Part 2
Today's all about the art, plants and art about plants, so hold on to your chausettes. A visual bombardment is coming your way. First, the Musée des Beaux Arts De Nancy. Small, excellently curated, and full of STRONG WOMEN. After all those definitely-dead Old-Timey painters whose names I forgot to take down, here are some …
Nancy is Fancy – Part 1
That's how you know I'm a writer - I take big literary swings, like that title. Would you look at the ACTUAL STATE of how fancy Nancy is though. It's got gates. It's got gilding, everywhere, and it's own signature quiche. Nancy will be a two-part post only because I thought that the installation in …
Sian Ní Mhuirí 