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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · 7d

ISTR seeks to elect three new members to the Executive Committee istr.ie/istr-electio...

ISTR ELECTIONS 2025 - Irish Society for Theatre Research

ISTR seeks nominations to elect three members to the Executive Committee (2026-2030)

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · 9d

Many thanks to Jane Daly, Emma Jordan and Una NicEoin for lending their words to this discussion.

ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · 9d

Ahead of next week's Budget 2026 Announcement, we have commissioned two short essays by key theatre practitioners from the Island of Ireland, as per our constitutional aim to monitor and review the stability and health of the Irish theatre sector.

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Commissioned Short Essays - Irish Society for Theatre Research

The Irish Society for Theatre Research commissions short essays per our constitutional aim to monitor and review the stability and health of the Irish theatre sector, and to offer support through research-led consultation and engagement.

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · 28d

Workshops at University of Galway:

Quantitative Approaches to Creativity: Culture and Policymaking
24-25 Sept

Organised by @miriamhaughton.bsky.social & Prof David O'Shaughnessy
Keynotes: Prof Karol J Borowiecki & Prof Paul Bonin-Rodriguez

Register by 17 Sept
More info:
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Workshop: ‘Quantitative Approaches to Creativity: Culture and Policymaking’

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very sad news. Rest in peace, Seán Rocks. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

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Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks dies aged 63

Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks, the voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, has died aged 63.

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jul 30

CFP: 34th Annual CDE Conference, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-7 June 2026.

Abstract deadline 15 September 2025: contemporarydrama.de/home-news/cd...

Call for Papers: 34th Annual CDE Conference

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 6

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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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 6

Continuing on Music & Cultural Mythologies,Fiona Fearon’s paper “Performing Otherness: Minstrels in Early Twentieth Century Ireland” #ISTR2025

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

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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Miriam Haughton @miriamhaughton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Kim Solga leading final panel on women making Shakespeare from diverse communities at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

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Miriam Haughton @miriamhaughton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Terrific keynote by Siân Adiseshiah @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire at @myiadt.bsky.social

Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

Looking forward to Siân Adiseshiah's keynote on Staging Utopian Subjects #ISTR2025
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/utopian-d...

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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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

Looking forward to Siân Adiseshiah's keynote on Staging Utopian Subjects #ISTR2025
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/utopian-d...

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…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

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")
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Miriam Haughton @miriamhaughton.bsky.social · Jun 6

@lukelamont.bsky.social on Abomination by Conor Mitchell and Belfast Ensemble at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

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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Tamara Radak @tamararadak.bsky.social · Jun 6

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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Miriam Haughton @miriamhaughton.bsky.social · Jun 6

@bsnglton.bsky.social on ANU’s Hammam written and directed by @louiselowe.bsky.social for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire @myiadt.bsky.social

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 5

We also heard the research of Rachel Fehily, Róisín O’Gorman, Michael R. Murphy & Sarah Hoover on Dramaturgies and Visibility #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 5

Elaine Sisson’s wonderful keynote paper, ‘Costume as Dissent: Ireland, Modernity and the Politics of Becoming’ #ISTR endsofempire.com

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Miriam Haughton @miriamhaughton.bsky.social · Jun 5

Emer O’Toole from Concordia Uni/Canada on the she-wolf for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

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ISTR @irishtheatreres.bsky.social · Jun 5

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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