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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 6h

A real privilege to be in @axisballymun.bsky.social tonight to see My Right Foot by Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney as part of Dublin Theatre Festival
Pure theatre Magic 👌❤️

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 1d

A special afternoon talking about activism, compliant, feminism & movements that continue to shape us

Thanks to hosts Dublin Theatre Festival & Abbey Theatre, panel chair Emma Dabiri & panelists Sarah Durcan Lian Bell Sara Ahmad & Catriona Crowe

WTF Happened is available in bookshops nationwide

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ie-nb.bsky.social @ie-nb.bsky.social · 1d

Dublin Theatre Festival: Bán explores 1980s Ireland and the secrets swept under the carpet

https://www.newsbeep.com/ie/64863/

Bán at Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage throws well-aimed punches at the past Liadán Dunlea and Yvonne Gidden in…

Dublin Theatre Festival: Bán explores 1980s Ireland and the secrets swept under the carpet - Ireland News Beep

Liadán Dunlea and Yvonne Gidden in Bán. Photo: Rich Davenport

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone's favourite free co-working opportunity returns on October 13!

October's edition of #TimeToWrite features Sonya Kelly as our guest speaker

Join us at the Abbey Theatre for a free day of co-working and creativity - book your spot now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/time-to-write/

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 1d

Special day @abbeytheatre.bsky.social Complaining for Good to launch WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists & the Movement that Changed Irish Theatre by SarahDurcan with Lian Bell as part of Dublin Theatre Festival

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 6d

Next Tuesday! Don't miss out – few tickets are left.

Join us during Dublin Theatre Festival for a panel discussion featuring WTF Happened author Sarah Durcan

🗓️ 7 Oct
Abbey Theatre, Abbey Stage
€10
90 mins

🎟️ dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla...

🔗 Order a copy: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 2d

A smiling crowd of feminists gathered outside of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for the #WakingTheFeminists public meeting on 12 November 2015. Captured by Fiona Morgan. A photo so good we had to include it not only on the cover of WTF Happened but also as a double-page spread inside of the book.

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Katy Hayes @katyhayze.bsky.social · 4d

My first week of Dublin Theatre Festival reviews in today's @ReviewIndo independent.ie . The Boy at Abbey; The Quiet Man at the Civic; The Sound Inside at the Pavilion. Rich pickings in Theatreland.

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to open this one
BÁN by Carys D. Coburn.
Directed by Claire O'Reilly.
Break a leg to all cast, crew and company @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social
until 8 November. Tickets and info...
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ban/
📸 Rich Davenport

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 5d

“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.”

As were you Manchán. As were you.
Tá mo croí briste. Go dté tú slán, a chara.

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 5d

“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.”

As were you Manchán. As were you.
Tá mo croí briste. Go dté tú slán, a chara.

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 9d

‘He wanted the elsewhere’
Deep waters in Colum McCann’s most recent work

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 10d

Slap a tariff on that Trump ye gowl ye.
Make America Grate Again indeed.
@shanelowry.bsky.social
#RyderCup #RyderCup2025

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 10d

Go on the Faithful
@shanelowry.bsky.social wins the Ryder Cup for Europe.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11d

Playwright Carys D Coburn on Bán: ‘Can we be real to one another and be family? Often the answer is no’

Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Coburn’s prowess is in addressing the space between what we say and what we know

www.irishtimes.com

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 11d

Why is nobody talking about Matthew MacFadyen as the new James Bond?
Think about it. A return to a Roger Moore like Bond. An 007 with style, panache and comic flair. Think it could be just what the series needs? #JamesBond #Bond

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 11d

Any player who can’t or won’t should be benched or sold. Getting rid of Amorim won’t change that. In fact Amorim is the first manager that has stood up to and got rid of a lot of the toxic players out of the club.
United are at an impasse & need to be very careful about what they do next. /4 #mufc

Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 11d

The very least to be expected is that players show some passion, urgency, fight.
I never want to hear about not playing for the manager. They aren’t playing for a manager they’re playing for the badge, for the honour, for the privilege, for the supporters. /3

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 11d

Whatever next there are players that played today that need to be sold and others who need time on the bench.
Shaw and Dalot need to be gone. Bruno and Maguire need to be benched. Anyone who doesn’t give full passion and effort hauled off. All this bull about formations, systems and tactics. 2/

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 11d

United are at an impasse.
Amorim may be sacked in November (they’ll keep him for the year to avoid a payout). But what then?
Is Pochettino eventually going to get his go or will they go to Southgate (hopefully not) or try and prise Bournemouth’s or Palaces’ coach (why would either move)? 1/

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 12d

📚🎭 Take home the best of Irish theatre this autumn with Faber Drama's Pop-Up Shop at the Abbey Theatre

Read more about this exciting collaboration: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/take-home-the-best-of-irish-theatre-this-autumn-with-faber-drama-pop-up-shop-at-the-abbey-theatre/

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1980/1985 News @40yearsago.bsky.social · 12d

[September 26th, 1985] Souper Sullivan, a play by Eoghan Harris, premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 13d

A stunning version of Hamlet opened @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social tonight from Teatro La Plaza
Do not miss this work of such invention depth and pure joy

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 14d

🎟️ Join us 7 October at the Abbey Theatre for a panel discussion with Sarah Durcan, Sarah Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe, chaired by Emma Dabiri. Tickets: bit.ly/wtf-dtf

COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE - Dublin Theatre Festival

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 14d

📣 The T. S. Eliot Estate and the Abbey Theatre present: The T. S. Eliot Lecture 2025 with Colm Tóibín

🎟️Promising to be an unforgettable evening, tickets are on sale now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/t-s-eliot-lecture/

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