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, …
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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 …
Oh Hi, Versailles!
I've started my French trip in the Centre Culturel Irlandais again, with my great pal, Irish composer David Coonan. Anyway, we found ourselves eating brioche in the courtyard one morning and considering one of the great questions of our time. What happens when the obscenely, grotesquely rich hanker for a simpler life? They build a …
She’s Back
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 …
Poet Lewis Kenny featured in Super Paua Stories
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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Work-in-progress of ‘Knapsack’ at The Festival of Curiosity
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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