Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
Executive / Co-Director of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre. Like a bit of Theatre, Music, Books, Film, TV, Football, Hurling, Man Utd and a bit of whatever you’re having yourself.
All views my own… I think.
All views my own… I think.
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Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Some words from a couple of weeks ago
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
Comfortable enough day for Erling Haaland to be fair 😉
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Comfortable enough day for Erling Haaland to be fair 😉
Privilege to be on Arena live from the GPO celebrating the 100th anniversary of @rte.ie and talking to Rick O'Shea about connections between @abbeytheatre.bsky.social and the National Broadcaster along with Bríd Ní Neachtain.
Great also to welcome RTE back to the northside and to Dublin 1.
Great also to welcome RTE back to the northside and to Dublin 1.
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Privilege to be on Arena live from the GPO celebrating the 100th anniversary of @rte.ie and talking to Rick O'Shea about connections between @abbeytheatre.bsky.social and the National Broadcaster along with Bríd Ní Neachtain.
Great also to welcome RTE back to the northside and to Dublin 1.
Great also to welcome RTE back to the northside and to Dublin 1.
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Wow! ❤️🔥💚
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Wow! ❤️🔥💚
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Acting's gain was singing's loss.
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Acting's gain was singing's loss.
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Could not be happier for someone.
Congratulations to Jesse Buckley for receiving @goldenglobes.bsky.social for her stunning performance in Hamnet
Congratulations to Jesse Buckley for receiving @goldenglobes.bsky.social for her stunning performance in Hamnet
January 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Could not be happier for someone.
Congratulations to Jesse Buckley for receiving @goldenglobes.bsky.social for her stunning performance in Hamnet
Congratulations to Jesse Buckley for receiving @goldenglobes.bsky.social for her stunning performance in Hamnet
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Nearly 30,000 people have cancelled their World Cup tickets after an innocent woman was shot in the face and Donald Trump called her a terrorist.
Don't go to this dangerous hellhole, it might cost you your life.
Don't go to this dangerous hellhole, it might cost you your life.
January 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Nearly 30,000 people have cancelled their World Cup tickets after an innocent woman was shot in the face and Donald Trump called her a terrorist.
Don't go to this dangerous hellhole, it might cost you your life.
Don't go to this dangerous hellhole, it might cost you your life.
As 2025 makes way for 2026.
Here's some of what happened.
Your seat awaits
@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
Come join the adventure
Here's some of what happened.
Your seat awaits
@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
Come join the adventure
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
As 2025 makes way for 2026.
Here's some of what happened.
Your seat awaits
@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
Come join the adventure
Here's some of what happened.
Your seat awaits
@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
Come join the adventure
Theatre is important. Now more than ever...
Amongst increasingly binary discourse, we react not to what we see, but to what we imagine — and how those reactions mirror our cultural avoidance of painful truths.
Caitríona McLaughlin @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plke...
Amongst increasingly binary discourse, we react not to what we see, but to what we imagine — and how those reactions mirror our cultural avoidance of painful truths.
Caitríona McLaughlin @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plke...
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Theatre is important. Now more than ever...
Amongst increasingly binary discourse, we react not to what we see, but to what we imagine — and how those reactions mirror our cultural avoidance of painful truths.
Caitríona McLaughlin @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plke...
Amongst increasingly binary discourse, we react not to what we see, but to what we imagine — and how those reactions mirror our cultural avoidance of painful truths.
Caitríona McLaughlin @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plke...
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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The Abbey Theatre seeks an emerging Set Designer to assist Set and Costume Designer, Alyson Cummins, on the world premiere production of Do You Come From Gomorrah? by Frank McGuinness, directed by Sarah Baxter.
Apply now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/open-call-assistant-set-designer/
Apply now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/open-call-assistant-set-designer/
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The Abbey Theatre seeks an emerging Set Designer to assist Set and Costume Designer, Alyson Cummins, on the world premiere production of Do You Come From Gomorrah? by Frank McGuinness, directed by Sarah Baxter.
Apply now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/open-call-assistant-set-designer/
Apply now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/open-call-assistant-set-designer/
This young man is an incredible talent and a born winner. Congrats @lukethenukelittler.bsky.social
#darts #worlddarts
#darts #worlddarts
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This young man is an incredible talent and a born winner. Congrats @lukethenukelittler.bsky.social
#darts #worlddarts
#darts #worlddarts
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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New line of iced kittens available in Tesco apparently 😉
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
New line of iced kittens available in Tesco apparently 😉
New line of iced kittens available in Tesco apparently 😉
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
New line of iced kittens available in Tesco apparently 😉
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December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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This is such an important book.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is such an important book.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
This is such an important book.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is such an important book.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths. Talya Zax on the instructive history of the institution that inspired America’s Federal Theatre Project:
The Pro-Democracy Case for a National Theater
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths. Talya Zax on the instructive history of the institution that inspired America’s Federal Theatre Project:
Haven’t read this in years.
As magical as I remember.
As magical as I remember.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Haven’t read this in years.
As magical as I remember.
As magical as I remember.
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds.
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds.