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1 Alan Rickman and 21 Abbey stage 43 The Arts Council Fiach Mac Conghail 22 Behind the scenes 44 B for Baby 2 Freefall 23 Behind the scenes 45 Draft script for 3 Community and 24 Arrah na Pogue The House Education workshop 25 Translations 46 Outsiders 4 Costume fitting 26 Three Year Review 47 Natalie Radmall- 5 By Popular Demand 27 Three Year Review Quirke and Janet 6 Behind the scenes 28 Costume department Moran 7 Christ Deliver Us! 29 Meet the Makers 48 Behind the scenes 8 Abbey Theatre 30 The Last Days of a 49 Risteárd Cooper 9 Behind the scenes Reluctant Tyrant 50 The Government 10 Seán McGinley and 31 Bookworms Inspector Stephen Rea 32 Access All Abbey 11 Only an Apple 33 Fiona Shaw 12 Terminus 34 The Abbey Theatre 13 Tales of Ballycumber 35 Ciarán Hinds 14 David McWilliams 36 No Romance 15 Aoife Duffin 37 Pygmalion 16 Christ Deliver Us! 38 Ages of the Moon 17 The Rivals 39 Abbey front of house 18 Macbeth 40 Ciaran O’Brien and 19 Raoul Peter Campion 20 The Plough and 41 No Escape the Stars 42 Costume design Abbeyt Thea re Amharclann na Mainistreach Three Year Review 2009—2011 2009—2011 Contents

Chairman’s Welcome 4

2009—2011 at the Abbey Theatre 6

Financial Results 2009—2011 10

Facts & Figures 11

The Programme 12

Talks 22

Staff 23

Supporters 24

Awards 26

Images & Voices 28

The Next Chapter 44 abbey theatre 2009—2011 Chairman’s Welcome

Paradoxes abound. Consider the following little-known fact: during the All my life I have witnessed the enthusiasm of Irish people for theatre and worst recession in the recent history of the USA, the Great Depression, from culture. They say theatre only exists in the mind of the audience – without an 1929 to 1933, life expectancy in that country increased. One may speculate audience the play would never come to life. as to why this should be so, but whatever the explanation, and I can think of At the Abbey Theatre, the theatre maker and the theatre audience are several possible contributors, the fact continues to surprise us. partners in passion in the pursuit of theatre. Despite hard times, in recent In the past four years in Ireland, we have also experienced the greatest years we’ve welcomed more first time visitors to the Abbey Theatre than ever economic and social crisis since the foundation of the State. Banks before. collapsed, fortunes were lost, empires folded, the youth left. The Troika Let’s hear it loud now. All together — arrived. State support for the arts and for the Abbey Theatre shrunk. Would The Stage Shall Never Die! we survive? In our ‘great depression’ can we detect or expect any outcomes of a positive nature, like the longevity trend in the US during the early 1930s? dr. bryan mcmahon When I first experienced live theatre in the late 1940s early 1950s, the Chairman, Abbey Theatre / Amharclann na Mainistreach Listowel Drama Group had a slogan, I never knew it’s provenance – ‘The Stage Shall Never Die’. I can still see in my mind’s eye the programme for the plays in those years. Designed by Eamon Kelly (he later joined the Abbey) it portrayed the twin masks of comedy and tragedy silhouetted and facing each other with ‘Listowel Drama Group’ in between. Over-riding all, the motto ‘The Stage Shall Never Die’ proclaimed a policy of defiance. Curious about the origin of the slogan, I did some research. It appears that the slogan had some currency in New York in the late 1940s. It was at these performances, I discovered the magic of the chemistry that could exist between the playwright, the actors and the audience. The experience was all the more thrilling by the innate and instinctive appreciation of the ephemeral nature of the experience. It was a one-off; the mix on the night between the dramatic partners was unique and unrepeatable. The show might play again the next night, but it would never be exactly the same.

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by new productions of Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class and Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, while the impact of one banker’s greed on society was examined in Frank McGuinness’ new version of John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen. Putting on a play is a political act. Great art and productions entertain, teach and reveal to us what might be. Over the past three years, we continued to challenge and mirror what was going on in Irish society. In 2010, Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas Kilroy considered the role of the Church in Irish education, as did The Darkest Corner Series later that year, which the Abbey Theatre curated to mark the first anniversary of the publication of the Ryan report on institutional abuse. It included No Escape by journalist Mary Raftery, The Evidence I Shall Give by Richard Johnson and James X by Gerard Mannix Flynn. In the same year, we also presented discursive shows such as David 2009—2011 in The last three years at the Abbey Theatre have been marked by profound Amharclann na Mainistreach McWilliams’ Outsiders, which examined the reasons for the economic crisis. change and evolution. As Ireland endured dramatic social and economic Tá athrú agus éabhlóid an-mhór As part of an ongoing collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Sam tar éis tarlú in Amharclann change, we also had difficult times. We have emerged more agile, however, Shepard, the Abbey Theatre commissioned a second new work from him, na Mainistreach le trí bliana with a greater emphasis on the commission of work from new voices and the anuas. Le linn d’Éirinn a bheith Ages of the Moon. We also commissioned 15 new Irish plays, many by ag fulaingt faoi athrú sóisialta facilitation of a national conversation on the nature of Irishness. We focused leading playwrights including Sebastian Barry (Tales of Ballycumber), agus eacnamaíoch ollmhór, our energies on nurturing talent and reinvigorated our national and international bhí cúrsaí sách dian againn Bernard Farrell (Bookworms), Paul Mercier (The Passing and The East Pier) touring strategy. féin freisin ach thángamar and Marina Carr (Marble). slán agus sinn níos lúfaire As ever, we sought to engage with and reflect Irish society. We entertained, agus béim níos mó againn Nurturing talent, cultivating potential Buanna daoine a chothú, ar shaothar a choimisiúnú ó challenged and inspired our audiences. More than 365,000 people enjoyed poitéinseal a shaothrú údair a bhfuil glórtha nua acu While we worked extensively with established playwrights between 2009 44 productions over the past three years, including more first-time visitors Cé gur oibrigh muid go dian agus ar agallamh náisiúnta a and 2011, we also renewed our commitment to encourage and commission le drámadóirí seanbhunaithe éascú faoina bhfuil i gceist le than ever before. We staged 16 world premieres (seven on the Abbey stage idir 2009 agus 2011, hÉireannachas. Dhíríomar go and nine on the Peacock stage) and took plays on tour around Ireland and emerging writers. This period saw the establishment of the Abbey Theatre’s rinneamar athnuachan freisin fuinniúil ar bhuanna daoine a abroad, across three continents. New Playwrights Programme, which involves an 18-month intensive course in ar an tiomantas atá againn chothú agus chuireamar beocht scríbhneoirí nua atá ag teacht nua sa straitéis atá againn a all aspects of writing for the stage. Reflecting Ireland chun cinn a spreagadh agus a dhul ar chamchuairteanna in In 2011, the Abbey Theatre broke new ground in Irish theatre by choimisiúnú. Sa tréimhse sin Éirinn agus thar lear. The founders of the Abbey Theatre wanted to ‘bring upon the stage the consecutively presenting four new plays by women playwrights (No Romance freisin is ea a bunaíodh Clár deeper emotions of Ireland’. As the country endured difficult times between Éire a chur in iúl by Nancy Harris, Perve by Stacey Gregg, 16 Possible Glimpses by Marina Drámadóirí Nua Amharclann na Is ionann ár misean i gcónaí 2009 and 2011, the works we staged unveiled the anger, disappointment Mainistreach lena gcuimsítear agus a bhfuil ann ó bhunaigh Carr and B for Baby by Carmel Winters). dianchúrsa 18-mí ar gach and distress being felt across Irish society. W.B. Yeats agus an Bhantiarna Our work to encourage a new generation of writers will help sustain the gné den scríbhneoireacht le Gregory Amharclann na Our mission has remained the same since W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory haghaidh an stáitse. Abbey Theatre for many years to come. The familiar faces are still here, but Mainistreach ach is é an founded the Abbey Theatre but it is the challenge of every Director to re- dúshlán atá roimh gach aon there also are new faces, new voices, new writers and new actors. Over the Stiúrthóir an misean sin a ath- interpret that mission for a new generation and through a contemporary lens. past three years, 65 actors made their debut at the Abbey Theatre. léirmhíniú do ghlúin nua agus Through our repertoire of plays and nurturing new writing, we interrogated é sin a dhéanamh faoi léargas comhaimseartha. Rinneamar Irish society in the most creative way possible. Contending with change diancheistiú ar shochaí na Plays such as The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy looked The arts sector has faced unprecedented challenges in the past three years. hÉireann ar an dóigh ba The subsidy to the Abbey Theatre from the Arts Council has decreased by chruthaithí ab fhéidir leis an at life in crumbling societies, while Roddy Doyle’s adaptation of Nikolai stór drámaí atá againn agus trí Gogol’s The Government Inspector put ‘brown envelope culture’ under the 30% since 2008. We faced this challenge head on to prepare ourselves for scríbhneoireacht nua a chothú. microscope. The perils of borrowing and the trials of poverty were highlighted the years to come.

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We had to streamline the organisation and reduce our operating costs. transferred to New York, while audiences in nine Irish cities and towns got to We had to cut our fixed costs by €1 million. We had to make 27 people experience Outsiders by David McWilliams. redundant, close our workshop and reorganise all of our departments. We While the Abbey Theatre is the national theatre, it does not stand alone; kept to our mission statement however and did not lose a single performance it is part of an ecosystem. We welcomed six independent theatre companies or production. to produce work in the Abbey Theatre – Druid Theatre Company, Corn Dul i ngleic leis an athrú There has been a profound change in the way the Abbey Theatre does its Exchange, Gúna Nua, The Company, The Ark in association with Theatre Tá athrú an-domhain tagtha business. We created innovative new income streams, such as our costume Lovett, and Fíbín. We continued our relationship with Dublin Dance Festival ar an dóigh ina dtéann Amharclann na Mainistreach hire business, while investing in the future of Irish theatre through our and re-connected with the amateur drama movement in Ireland. i mbun a gnó. Tá sreabha Resident Assistant Director Scheme and the New Playwrights Programme. nuálacha nua ioncaim Embracing opportunity and growth Glacadh go fonnmhar le We managed our business prudently and have used our cash reserves to deiseanna agus leis an bhfás cruthaithe againn, amhail The Abbey Theatre’s greatest challenge now is to raise its income from public, ár ngnó fruilithe feistis. San survive this tough period. Is é an dúshlán is mó atá roimh am céanna tá infheistiú private and corporate sources to create and nurture theatre of the highest Amharclann na Mainistreach déanta againn i dtodhchaí Building our community quality. The theatre has an opportunity both in Ireland and internationally anois a hioncam a chruinniú ó amharclannaíocht na hÉireann fhoinsí poiblí, príobháideacha tríd an Scéim Stiúrthóirí Cúnta The Abbey Theatre was born out of a flux around identity, sovereignty and to leverage its reputation and success so it can continue to fund a varied agus corparáideacha agus Cónaitheacha atá againn agus change. We still work to encourage our audiences to be more engaged with and exciting array of productions across its stages, on tour and through its amharclannaíocht den scoth a chothú. Tá deis ag an tríd an gClár Drámadóirí Nua. society and politics, and become more active citizens. community and education programmes. Rinneamar bainistiú tíosach ar amharclann in Éirinn agus go ár ngnó agus bhaineamar leas At the Abbey Theatre, our education programme is vital to us. In 2011, We have to grow our income streams so we can achieve even more in the hidirnáisiúnta an cháil agus as ár gcúlchistí airgid tirim chun we strengthened our Community and Education team, which works within coming years. We want to commission an even wider range of work; nurture an rath atá uirthi a ghiaráil teacht slán tríd an tréimhse ionas go bhféadfaidh sí chrua seo. the formal education system and with lifelong learning programmes and as many emerging writers, actors, directors and other talent as we can; tour leanúint de líon ilghnéitheach community groups. As part of our community work in that year, we invited six more productions ever more widely; and extend the conversations we have to spreagúil léiriúchán a mhaoiniú Ár bpobal a thógáil feadh a cuid stáitsí, ar Is den ríthábhacht dúinn é transition-year students from Coláiste de hÍde in Tallaght, Dublin, to perform the greatest possible audience. chamchuairteanna agus trí na an clár oideachais atá anseo their own monologues about Ireland on the Peacock stage. We will also continue to remind the Irish government of the importance of cláir phobail agus oideachais againn in Amharclann na atá aici. Mainistreach. Neartaíomar Going to the national theatre is an affirmation of Irish people’s citizenship the arts in any reimagining of a new society and that the Abbey Theatre will ár bhFoireann Phobail agus and we aim to extend that even further by increasing our interaction with our play its part in contributing to that. Oideachais in 2011. Oibríonn an fhoireann sin laistigh den audiences. We want to challenge our audiences more; we can give them a We have more first time visitors to the Abbey in recent years than ever. chóras oideachais foirmiúil agus different perspective and extend their time with us beyond seeing a play by As long as we continue to challenge, engage and excite our audiences, our thairis sin le cláir don fhoghlaim ar feadh an tsaoil agus le taking in an Abbey Talk or a behind-the-scenes tour. theatre will be fulfilling the vision of its founders. grúpaí pobail. Mar chuid den At the Abbey Theatre, we work hard to engage the creative community We would like to acknowledge and thank all those who have contributed obair phobail againn an bhliain sin, thugamar cuireadh do of writers, directors, actors, designers and all those who already value and to the success of our national theatre over the past three years, and we look sheisear mac léinn idirbhliana ó appreciate theatre as an important part of expression. We also reach out to forward to new opportunities for us to work, learn and grow together. Choláiste de hÍde i dTamhlacht, the wider community, including new audiences with whom we can have new Baile Átha Cliath a monalóga féin faoi Éirinn a thaibhiú ar conversations. Theatre, an art form that demands physical presence, can offer fiach mac conghail stáitse na Péacóige. everyone new and resonant experiences. Director, Abbey Theatre / Amharclann na Mainistreach Our audiences can buy a ticket to the Abbey Theatre for as little as €13. More than 1.26 million people visited www.abbeytheatre.ie during 2009-2011 and we sold more than 113,000 tickets online. We not only work to attract new audiences to our plays in Dublin, but are increasingly touring plays in Ireland and internationally. The Abbey Theatre staged 142 performances of Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus around Ireland as well as in Australia, the UK and the US. Our productions of Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon and Frank McGuinness’ version of John Gabriel Borkman

8 9 abbey theatre 2009—2011 Financial Results Facts & Figures 2009—2011 668 18 four unsolicited scripts reviewed writers hand-picked for our new plays by Irish and responded to New Playwrights Programme female writers in a row Income (€) Productions and Tours 8,508,012 Community and Education 9,477 13 569 5,500 Trading, fundraising and other income 2,301,273 short plays written by emerging costumes created silk daffodils crafted for Arts Council Grant 22,768,000 writers for our short play Tales of Ballycumber commission series Other Grants 282,999 Total 33,869,761 seven 142 125 Expenditure (€) theatre companies welcomed performances of Mark O’Rowe’s people took part in Productions and Tours 28,427,614 to the national stage Terminus across three continents our Voice workshops Artistic, Literary, Research and Development including commissions and New Playwrights Programme 3,784,894 Community and Education 364,934 Trading, fundraising and other income 1,715,586 963 65 260 actors auditioned actors debuted actors tread the boards Total 34,293,028

Net surplus / (Deficit) before restructuring costs (423,267) Restructuring costs 1,490,066 Net surplus / (Deficit) (1,913,333) 44 1,324 365,088 plays presented to our audiences performances at the audience members Income & Expenditure Account (€) Abbey Theatre Operating surplus opening balance 1 Jan 2009 3,361,868 Operating deficit three years 2009—2011 (1,913,333) Operating surplus closing balance 31 Dec 2011 1,448,535 6,655 81 1 million joined the national conversation signed, audio described visitors to Note: Expenditure listed above includes administration, in our Abbey Talks and captioned performances www.abbeytheatre.ie building maintenance, sales and marketing costs.

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director Selina Cartmell set design Dick Bird Tales of Ballycumber The Programme costume design Niamh Lunny lighting design Matthew Richardson sound composition Conor Linehan sound design Carl Kennedy choreography Ella Clarke

The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy World Premiere 27 May—11 July 46 performances on the Abbey stage cast Barry Barnes, Eva Bartley, Janice Byrne, Des Cave, Declan by Sebastian Barry The Seafarer Conlon, Brendan Conroy, Donagh World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission Written & Directed Deeney, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Tom Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival by Conor McPherson Hickey, Darragh Kelly, Mick Lally, 30 September—7 November 4 December—30 January Frank McCusker, Marie Mullen, Ruth 46 performances on the Abbey stage 53 performances on the Abbey stage McGill, Rory Nolan, Seán O’Neill, Aoife O’Donnell, Bríd Ní Chumhaill cast Barry Barnes, Derbhle Crotty, cast Liam Carney, Phelim Drew, director Conall Morrison Lisa Hogg, Aaron Monaghan, Stephen Nick Dunning, Maelíosa Stafford, Rea Don Wycherley Simon Boyle, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Elaine director Jimmy Fay set design Tom Piper 2009 director David Leveaux set design Paul O’Mahony Fox, Damien Hasson, Bosco Hogan, set design Brien Vahey costume design Joan O’Clery set & costume design Mike Britton lighting design Sinéad Wallace 464 performances Aïcha Kossoko, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, costume design Joan Bergin lighting design Ben Ormerod lighting design Matthew Richardson costume design Niamh Lunny Barry Ward lighting design Paul Keogan composer Conor Linehan composer Corin Buckeridge music & sound design The Playboy of the director Wayne Jordan sound design Ben Delaney sound design Ben Delaney Denis Clohessy Western World set & costume design the comedy of errors fight director Paul Burke video design Dick Straker for Mesmer fight director Paul Burke by JM Synge in a new version Naomi Wilkinson by William Shakespeare dialect coach Brendan Gunn by Bisi Adigun & Roddy Doyle lighting design Sinéad Wallace 24 March—2 May The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Commissioned by Arambe Productions with & 41 performances on the Abbey stage Abbey Theatre sound music design Sam Jackson Terminus the assistance of the Arts Council / Paul Burke 22 July—19 September movement coach cast Charlie Bonner, Simon Boyle, Written & Directed by Mark O’Rowe on Tour An Comhairle Ealaíonn 60 performances on the Abbey stage Joanne Crawford, John Cronin, Peter an Abbey theatre commission 1—31 January Marble cast Ian-Lloyd Anderson, Emma Daly, John Kavanagh, Damian Kearney, 10 November—5 December Terminus 31 performances on the Abbey stage by Marina Carr Colohan, John Currivan, Phelim Drew, Ger Kelly, Rory Nolan, Helen Norton, 27 performances on the Peacock stage Written & Directed by Mark O’Rowe cast Ruth Bradley, Kate Brennan, World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission Ciaran O’Brien, Natalie Radmall Quirke, Nick Dunning, Tara Egan-Langley, 30 September—7 November cast Kate Brennan, Andrea Irvine, Liam Carney, Phelim Drew, Hilda Fay, 10 February—14 March Dee Roycroft, Karl Shiels, Susannah Martin Maguire, Alison McKenna, Rory 16 performances Karl Shiels Liz Fitzgibbon, Charleen Gleeson, 34 performances on the Abbey stage de Wrixon Nolan, Marion O’Dwyer, Aoibheann Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork; set & costume design Jon Bausor Joe Hanley, Emmauel Ighodaro, Rory cast Derbhle Crotty, Peter Hanly, director Jason Byrne O’Hara, Marty Rea, Derry Power, Tom Waterfront Hall, Belfast; Backstage lighting design Philip Gladwell Keenan, George Seremba Stuart McQuarrie, Aisling O’Sullivan set & costume design Vaughan-Lawlor Theatre, Longford; Black Box, Galway director Patrick Mason sound design Philip Stewart director Jimmy Fay director Jeremy Herrin Anthony Lamble cast Kate Brennan, Andrea Irvine, set & costume design Joe Vanek set design Anthony Lamble set & costume design Robert Innes lighting design Paul Keogan Karl Shiels lighting design Paul Keogan costume design Catherine Fay lighting design Paul Keogan sound design Carl Kennedy design Jon Bausor sound design Denis Clohessy lighting design Sinéad Wallace music design Conor Linehan lighting design Philip Gladwell Only an Apple fight director Paul Burke sound design Vincent Doherty & sound design Philip Stewart Ivan Birthistle ages of the moon by Tom MacIntyre by Sam Shepard World Premiere La Dispute World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission 21 April—30 May by Pierre Marivaux 24 February—4 April 40 performances on the Peacock stage translated by Neil Bartlett 40 performances on the Peacock stage cast Malcolm Adams, Fiona Bell, 9 January—7 February 13—28 November Cathy Belton, Steve Blaunt, 30 performances on the Peacock stage 16 performances on the Abbey stage Tina Kellegher, Michael McElhatton, cast Karen Ardiff, Nicholas Beveney, cast Seán McGinley, Stephen Rea Marty Rea, Don Wycherley

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2010 Christ Deliver Us! lighting design Paul Keogan Bookworms by Thomas Kilroy sound design & original music by Bernard Farrell John Gabriel Borkman 451 performances World Premiere Philip Stewart World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission 9 February—13 March fight director Paul Burke 22 May—10 July 34 performances on the Abbey stage 49 performances on the Abbey stage No Escape cast Robert Bannon, Cathy Belton, cast Phelim Drew, Deirdre Donnelly, Compiled & Edited by Mary Raftery Brian Bennett, Simon Boyle, Seamus Karen Egan, Liz Fitzgibbon, Louis Lovett, World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission Brennan, Keith Burke, Denis Conway, Michael Glenn Murphy, Marion O’Dwyer The Darkest Corner Series Aoife Duffin, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Liz director Jim Culleton 13—24 April Fitzgibbon, Seán Flanagan, Gavin set & costume design Anthony Lamble 14 performances on the Peacock stage Fullam, Peter Hanly, Tom Hickey, Aidan lighting design Kevin McFadden Jordan, Laurence Kinlan, Michael cast Jane Brennan, Lorcan Cranitch, sound design Ben Delaney McElhatton, Ruth McGill, Eleanor Michele Forbes, Eamonn Hunt, by Henrik Ibsen in a new version Methven, Aaron Monaghan, Diarmaid Eleanor Methven, Donal O’Kelly, Outsiders by Frank McGuinness Abbey Theatre Murtagh, Stephen O’Rourke, Eamonn Jonathan White Written & Performed Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival on Tour Owens, Karl Quinn, Ruth Toland director Róisín McBrinn by David McWilliams 6 October—20 November director Wayne Jordan set design Alyson Cummins World Premiere 45 performances on the Abbey stage Ages of the Moon costume design Donna Geraghty set design Naomi Wilkinson 9 June—3 July by Sam Shepard lighting design Paul Keogan cast Cathy Belton, Lindsay Duncan, costume design Joan O’Clery 25 performances on the Peacock stage 12 January—7 March sound design & original music John Kavanagh, Amy Molloy, Marty lighting design Sinéad Wallace director Conall Morrison 55 performances at the Atlantic Theater Ivan Birthistle & Vincent Doherty Rea, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Joan composer Caoimhín O Raghallaigh set & lighting design John Comiskey Company, New York, NY Sheehy sound design Ben Delaney Joan O’Clery The Evidence I Shall Give costume design cast Seán McGinley and Stephen Rea choreography Colin Dunne sound design Derek Conaghy director James Macdonald by Richard Johnson director Jimmy Fay fight director Paul Burke set design Tom Pye The Darkest Corner Series set design Brian Vahey The Plough AND the Stars costume design Joan Bergin 26—27 April lighting design Paul Keogan by Sean O’Casey lighting design Jean Kalman 2 performances on the Peacock stage* costume design Joan Bergin Macbeth 21 July—25 September sound design Ian Dickinson sound design Philip Stewart cast Andrew Bennett, Brendan 66 performances on the Abbey stage Conroy, Peter Daly, Aoife Duffin, Maeve Arrah-na-Pogue cast Cathy Belton, Dara Devaney, Outsiders Fitzgerald, Ruth Hegarty, Pat Laffan, by Dion Boucicault Tony Flynn, Mark Fitzgerald, Denise Written & Performed Garrett Lombard, Barry John O’Connor, 15 December—5 February Gough, Joe Hanley, Peter Hanly, by David McWilliams John Olohan, Derry Power, Marie 47 performances on the Abbey stage Laurence Kinlan, Frankie McCafferty, 27 November—16 December Ruane, Ali White, Susannah de Wrixon Ciaran O’Brien, Kathy Rose O’Brien, cast Gerard Byrne, Peter Daly, 14 performances director Sophie Motley Karl Quinn, Natalie Radmall Quirke, Jonathan Gunning, Peter Hanly, Conor Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny; Everyman *The performance on 27 April was given Emma Eliza Regan, Gabrielle Reidy, Linehan, Aaron Monaghan, Michael Palace, Cork; Town Hall Theatre, in Liberty Hall Barry Ward Glenn Murphy, Mary Murray, Rory Galway; Glór, Ennis; Backstage director Wayne Jordan Nolan, Ruth Lehane, Ciarán O’ Brien, Theatre, Longford; Dunamaise Arts James X set design Tom Piper Mary O’Driscoll, Gerard Walsh, Centre, Portlaoise; Siamsa Tíre, Kerry; Written, Directed & Performed costume design Joan O’Clery Jack Walsh Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire; by Gerard Mannix Flynn lighting design Sinéad McKenna director Mikel Murfi Garterlane, Waterford; Draíocht, by William Shakespeare The Darkest Corner Series | A Far Cry composer Conor Linehan set design Sabine Dargent Blanchardstown; Riverbank Arts 30 March—15 May Productions presentation sound design Ben Delaney costume design Niamh Lunny Centre, Kildare; An Grianán Theatre, 47 performances on the Abbey stage 29 April—1 May movement director Paul Burke lighting design Kevin Treacy Letterkenny cast Malcolm Adams, Ian-Lloyd 3 performances on the Peacock stage composer Conor Linehan director Conall Morrison Anderson, Charlie Bonner, Robert B for Baby set & lighting design John Comiskey Donnelly, Gavin Fullam, Andrea Irvine, Day by Carmel Winters costume design Joan O’Clery John Kavanagh, Grainne Keenan, Performed & Choreographed World Premiere | a Theatre Lovett Commission sound design Derek Conaghy Aidan Kelly, Phil Kingston, Ronan by Jean Butler Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival Leahy, Michael McElhatton, Diarmaid World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre & 24 September—6 November Murtagh, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Bríd Dublin Dance Festival Production 45 performances on the Peacock stage Ní Neachtain, Rory Nolan, Jason Quinn, 19—22 May cast Louis Lovett, Michele Moran Karl Shiels, Eileen Walsh 5 performances on the Peacock stage director Mikel Murfi director Jimmy Fay choreography Tere O’Connor set & costume design Sabine Dargent set design Paul O’Mahony score James Baker lighting design Paul Keogan costume design Catherine Fay design Michael O’Connor sound design Ben Delaney

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2011 No Romance set & costume design Anthony Lamble curse of the starving class B for Baby Terminus by Nancy Harris sound design Ben Delaney by Sam Shepard by Carmel Winters Written & Directed by Mark O’Rowe 561 performances World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission lighting design Kevin McFadden 23 August—10 September originally commissioned by theatre lovett 8 February—9 July 23 February—2 April music Mel Mercier 19 performances on the Abbey stage 2—19 November 99 performances 38 performances on the Peacock stage cast Phelim Drew, Joe Hanley, Andrea 18 performances on the Peacock stage Emerson Arts, Boston, MA; Annenberg Pygmalion cast Stephen Brennan, Daire Cassidy, Irvine, Laurence Kinlan, Ronan cast Louis Lovett, Michele Moran Center for the Performing Arts, by George Bernard Shaw Tina Kellegher, Stella McCusker, Leahy, Enda Oates, Ciarán O’Brien, director Mikel Murfi Philadelphia, PA; Carolina Theatre 27 April—11 June Janet Moran, Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Gerry O’Brien, Rose O’Loughlin set & costume design Sabine Dargent of Durham, Durham, NC; Museum of 44 performances on the Abbey stage Conor Mullen director Jimmy Fay lighting design Paul Keogan Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, director Wayne Jordan cast Fiona Bell, Claire Bonass, Risteárd set design Brien Vahey IL; Wexner Centre for the Performing set & lighting design Paul Keogan Cooper, Lorcan Cranitch, Nick Dunning, lighting design Paul Keogan The Government Inspector Arts, Mahaney Center for the Arts, costume design Donna Geraghty Steve Gunn, Charlie Hughes, Brian costume design Joan Bergin by Nikolai Gogol in a new version OH.; Middlebury, VT; Clarence Smith music & sound design Carl Kennedy Hutton, Eleanor Methven, Charlie composer Philip Stewart by Roddy Doyle Performing Arts Center, Maryland; The video design Rachel Sullivan Murphy, Christiane O’Mahony, Hugh World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission Lowry, Salford; Young Vic, London; O’Conor, Kathryn O’Hart, Seán Óg Juno and the Paycock 24 November—28 January Cambrirdge Arts Centre, Cambridge; Raoul Boylan, Joe Purcell, Susannah de Wrixon by Sean O’Casey 62 performances on the Abbey stage Citizens Theatre, Glasgow; Sydney director Annabelle Comyn Opera House by James Thiérrée The Abbey Theatre in a co-production with cast Robert Bannon, Clare Barrett, set design Paul O’Mahony An Abbey Theatre Co-Commission the National Theatre of Great Britain Gary Cooke, Peter Daly, Mark Doherty, cast Declan Conlon, Olwen Fouere, lighting design Mick Hughes with Compagnie du Hanneton Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival Liz Fitzgibbon, Jonathan Gunning, Joe Catherine Walker costume design Peter O’Brien 18—26 February 21 September—5 November Hanley, Damian Kearney, Daithí Mac design Jon Bausor original music & sound design 7 performances on the Abbey stage 48 performances on the Abbey stage Suibhne, James Murphy, Michael lighting design Philip Gladwell Philip Stewart cast James Thiérrée cast Cornelius Clarke, Risteárd Glenn Murphy, Rory Nolan, Ciarán sound design Philip Stewart direction & design James Thiérrée Cooper, Sinéad Cusack, Clare Dunne, O’Brien, Marion O’Dwyer, Karl Quinn, Perve costume & animal design Kieran Gough, Luke Hayden, Ciarán Stephen Swift, Don Wycherley, Nyree B for Baby by Stacey Gregg Victoria Thierrée Hinds, Dermot Kerrigan, Nick Lee, Brian Yergainharsian by Carmel Winters World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission sound Thomas Delot Martin, Gillian McCarthy, Bernadette director Jimmy Fay 4 August—19 November 31 performances on the Peacock stage lighting Jérôme Sabre McKenna, Janet Moran, Kevin Murphy, set design Conor Murphy 44 performances scenography James Thiérrée 25 May—25 June Ronan Raftery, Sophie Robinson, Eoin lighting design Kevin Treacy Tampere Theatre Festival, Finland; cast Jane Brennan, Peter Campion, Slattery, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor costume design Catherine Fay Lyric Theatre, Belfast; Solstice Arts The Passing Hilda Fay, Andrea Irvine, Roxanna Nic director Howard Davies composer Denis Clohessy Centre, Navan; Droichead Arts Centre, Written & Directed by Paul Mercier Liam, Ciarán O’Brien, Kerrie O’Sullivan set & costume design Bob Crowley choreography Liz Roche Louth; Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois; World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission director Róisín Mc Brinn lighting design James Farncombe Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow; 16, 24—30 March; set design Alyson Cummins composer Anna Rice Abbey Theatre Garterlane Arts Centre, Waterford; 2, 7—9, 14—16 April lighting design Aedin Cosgrave sound design Ben Delaney The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, 19 performances on the Abbey stage costume design Donna Geraghty on Tour Carlow; Backstage Theatre, Longford; sound design Denis Clohessy Roscommon Arts Centre; Town Hall cast Andrew Bennett, Andrew 16 Possible Glimpses John Gabriel Borkman Theatre, Galway; Everyman Palace Connolly, Peter Hanly, Nick Lee, by Marina Carr Translations by Henrik Ibsen in a new version Theatre, Cork; Siamsa Tíre, Tralee; An Roxanna Nic Liam, Kathy Rose O’Brien, World Premiere | Part of the Ulster Bank by Brian Friel by Frank McGuinness Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny; Hawk’s Catherine Walsh, Ali White Dublin Theatre Festival 23 June—13 August 7 January—6 February Well Theatre, Sligo set & costume design 30 September—29 October 51 performances on the Abbey stage 32 performances at the Brooklyn Anthony Lamble 31 performances on the Peacock stage cast Louis Lovett, Michele Moran Music Academy, New York sound design Ben Delaney cast Janice Byrne, Denis Conway, cast Malcolm Adams, Cathy Belton, design Sabine Dargent lighting design Kevin McFadden Tim Delap, Michael James Ford, Aoife Michael James Ford, Gavin Fullam, cast Cathy Belton, Lindsay Duncan, lighting design Paul Keogan music Mel Mercier McMahon, Aaron Monaghan, Janet Will Irvine, Mark Lambert, Gary John Kavanagh, Amy Molloy, Marty Moran, Rory Nolan, Donal O’Kelly, Lilburn, Aaron Monaghan, Deirdre Rea, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Joan The East Pier Barry Ward Mullins, Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Bríd Ní Sheehy Written & Directed by Paul Mercier director Conall Morrison Neachtain, Patrick O’Kane director James Macdonald World Premiere | An Abbey Theatre Commission set design Naomi Wilkinson director Wayne Jordan set design Tom Pye 23, 26, 31 March; costume design Joan O’Clery set & costume design Naomi Wilkinson costume design Joan Bergin 1—6, 9—13, 16 April lighting design Ben Ormerod lighting design Sinead McKenna lighting design Jean Kalman 18 performances on the Abbey stage sound composer Conor Linehan composer & sound design Sam Jackson sound design Ian Dickinson cast Andrea Irvine, Don Wycherley audio-visual design Hugh O’Conor movement director Sue Mythen audio visual technician Patric Kickham

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Showcasing Little Gem sound design Ivan O’Shea 2011 Celebrating Visiting by Elaine Murphy camera work Mikey Ó’ Flathartha video editor Étaín Ní Thuairisg the best of Irish A Gúna Nua / Civic Theatre Production It Only Ever Happens in amateur drama Companies independent theatre 19 January—27 February the Movies 41 performances on the Peacock stage National National Youth Theatre 2011 2009 cast Sarah Greene, Hilda Fay, Association of 22—27 August Anita Reeves 6 performances on the Peacock stage Angels In America Part One: Youth Drama Millenium Approaches The New Electric Ballroom director Paul Meade cast David Atkinson, Mollie Ball, by Tony Kushner by Enda Walsh set & costume design Alice Butler Donall Courtney, Lisa Daly, Darragh A Silken Thomas Players production a Druid Production lighting design Mark Galone 2009 Downes, Clodagh Duggan, Kate 28 July—30 July 23 September—17 October sound design Carl Kennedy Finnegan, Charlie Kelly, Julie Maguire, The Seagull 3 performances on the Peacock stage 26 performances on the Peacock stage Molly O’Shea, Sarah McGoohan, Liam By Anton Chekhov in a version cast Connie Broderick, Jo Doyle, cast Rosaleen Linehan, Ruth McCabe, 2011 Mulcahy, Michael Noonan, Aine O’Hara, by Martin Crimp Ciaran Farrell, Dean Gorry, Pat Mikel Murfi, Catherine Walsh Éilis O’Sullivan National Youth Theatre Halligan, Jonathan Judge, Trisha Lowry, written & directed Enda Walsh As you are now director Mikel Murfi 24—29 August Colin Malone, James Murphy, Conor set & costume design so once were we assistant director John Taite 7 performances on the Peacock stage O’Connell, Noreen Quinlivan Sabine Dargent by The Company set design Sabine Dargent cast Sinéad Bolger, Nigel Brennan, set design Jonathan Judge lighting design Sinead McKenna The Company costume design Catherine Fay Dylan Coburn Gray, Thomas Collins, costume design Antoinette Mooney sound design Greg Clarke 25 January—5 February lighting design Eamon Fox 13 performances on the Peacock stage Shannon Comiskey, Shaun Dunne, lighting design Ronan Kenny Sam Ford, Amy Hibbitts, Eve Russell, sound design Elizabeth Smith cast Brian Bennett, Rob McDermott, 2010 Zarima McDermott, Gavin Sweeney, Dublin Dance Nyree Yergainharsian, Tanya Wilson Kimberley Tanoh, Emily O’Reilly, director José Miguel Jiménez Festival Damien O’Sullivan, Ben Waddell, Freefall design Ciaran O’Melia Diarmuid Woods stage manager Cormac McGann 2010 director Wayne Jordan The Girl who Forgot assistant director David Kelly Apocrifu to Sing Badly set & costume design Diego Pitarch 12—13 May by Finegan Kruckemeyer lighting design Eamon Fox 2 performances on the Abbey stage sound design Carl Kennedy The Ark in Association with Theatre Lovett choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui 12—30 April with A Filetta 26 performances on the Peacock stage 2010 cast Louis Lovett One Shot A Dream Play 12—13 May director Lynne Parker by August Strindberg, in a new 2 performances on the Abbey stage set design Paul O’Mahony version by Caryl Churchill costume design Joan O’Clery choreographer Ronald K. Brown 23—28 August lighting design Sinéad Wallace 7 performances on the Peacock stage sound & music design Carl Kennedy cast Hilary Bowen Walsh, Tadhg Sétanta Buckley, Darragh Cooney, Jemma by Paul Mercier Curran, Gene Holland, Janna by Michael West Fíbín in association with the Abbey Theatre Kemperman, Ronan McDevitt, Ailish A Corn Exchange Production 6—10 December McCarthy, Alex Moloney, Emily 23 November—4 December 6 performances on the Peacock stage Matthews, Leah Minto, Ben Naughton, 12 performances on the Abbey stage cast Mairéad Conneely, Stephen Jack O’Donoghue, Claire O’Reilly, cast Andrew Bennett, Janet Moran, Darcy, Eoin Geoghegan, Grace Kiely, Joseph Ryan, Daniel Thomson Declan Conlon, Damian Kearney, Ruth Seán T. Ó Meallaigh director Jimmy Fay McGill, Paul Reid & Ferdia Murphy director Paul Mercier set costume design Annie Ryan Carl Kennedy director set design Dara McGee sound design Kris Stone Eamon Fox set design costume design Blánaid Ní Nuanáin lighting design Debbie Millington John Taite costume design lighting design Mark Galione assistant director Matt Frey lighting design masks Matthew Guinnane Conor Linehan composer music composition Mel Mercier video Jack Phelan

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New Short Play cast Charlie Bonner, Miche Doherty, 1 performance in the Abbey cast Pat Shortt, Malcolm Adams, cast Jane Brennan, Kelly Gough, Literary Liam Hourican, Frank McCusker, rehearsal room Eamonn Owens Darragh Kelly, Rory Keenan, Daniel Commission Series Ryan McParland, Norma Sheahan, cast Barry Barnes, Andrew Bennett, director Wayne Jordan Price, Susannah de Wrixon Yvonne Wandera Charlie Bonner, Peter Campion, Conor director Tom Creed Events The Long Christmas Dinner 2009 directors Annabelle Comyn MacNeill, Helen Norton, Eamonn by Thornton Wilder On Baile Strand & David Horan Owens, Gemma Reeves The Fairer Sex 10 September by W.B. Yeats director Jim Culleton 10 June & 17 June cast Susannah de Wrixon, Peter 10-11 March 2 performances on the Peacock stage Public Readings Blake Gaynor, Kathy Rose O’Brien, Gemma on the Peacock stage Ribbons by Elaine Murphy by Thomas Kilroy Reeves, Peter Hanly, Rory Keenan cast Anthony Brophy, Kelly Campbell, director Jason Byrne Salad Day by Deirdre Kinahan 2009 Abbey Theatre & Trinity College Dublin in Eamonn Hunt, Aonghus Óg McAnally, association with UNESCO City of Literature Mark Lambert, Allen Leech, Gillian Nineteen Ninety Two The Dandy Dolls present a public reading McCarthy, David Pearse, Natalie by Lisa McGee Seven Jewish Children by George Fitzmaurice 30 April, at the Samuel Beckett Theatre Radmall-Quirke by Caryl Churchill 11 September Meeting Miss Ireland cast Cathy Belton, Brian Bennett, director Wayne Jordan World Premiere cast Cathy Belton, Simon Boyle, by Rosemary Jenkinson Barbara Brennan, Bosco Hogan, Pat 12, 13, & 14 March Des Cave, Denis Conway, Peter Daly, Blue Light Flashes by Claire Kilroy Laffan, Michael McElhatton, Jim Norton Words upon the Window Pane 3 performances on the Peacock stage Darragh Kelly, Roseanne Lynch, Eleanor director Patrick Mason & The Death of Cuchulain Birdsong by Ursula Rani Sarma cast Tom Hickey, Deirdre Donnelly, Methven, Ciarán O’Brien, Elaine Walsh, musical director Jane Deasy by W.B. Yeats cast Simon Boyle, Jane Brennan, Des Phelim Drew, Rory Keenan, Gemma Don Wycherley musicians Roisin Agnew, James Butler, introduced by Anthony Roche Cave, Rory Keenan, Rosaleen Linehan, Reeves, Marion O’Dwyer, Louis Lovett director Tom Creed Eoghan Desmond, Aisling Dextor, Alex 1 December Paul Mallon director Wayne Jordan Ryan, Raymond Tedders on the Peacock stage directors Tom Creed, Wayne Jordan, A Tribute to Brian Friel, An 80th Birthday Celebration cast Jane Brennan, Kelly Campbell, Róisín McBrinn, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh 2010 John Bull’s Other Island 13 September Liam Carney, Des Cave, Ingrid Craigie, by George Bernard Shaw Lorcan Cranitch, Derbhle Crotty, Gach Áit Eile Shibboleth cast Charlie Bonner, Bríd Brennan, 11 May Caoilfhoinn Dunne, Gavin Fullam, Part of the Belfast Festival at Queen’s By Stacey Gregg Catherine Byrne, Des Cave, Nick on the Peacock stage Gráinne Keenan, Michael McElhatton, 29 October Work in progress reading/ Co-commissioned by Dunning, Ciarán Hinds, Darragh Kelly, cast Barbara Brennan, Des Cave, Judith Roddy, Pat Laffan, Dan Reardon, on the Peacock stage, the Abbey Theatre & the Goethe Institut Dublin Rosaleen Linehan, Eamon Morrissey, Elaine Fox, Peter Gaynor, Mark Bush Moukarzel, Justine Dowell. 21 October; Belfast Festival at 10 October Bríd Ní Neachtain, Rory Nolan, Anita Lambert, Michael Glenn Murphy, Aaron director Gavin Quinn Queen’s, 24 October; Oireachts na 1 performance on the Peacock stage Reeves Sanhna, Letterkenny, 29 October Monaghan, Enda Oates, John Olahan, hosted by Sinéad Cusack cast Kathy Kiera Clarke, Dan Gordon, Only Jealousy of Emer Marty Rea, Gerard Walsh director Patrick Mason Cú Dé by Dave Duggan Stuart Graham, Vincent Higgins, & Purgatory director Wayne Jordan musical director Conor Linehan cast Denis Conway, Mary Louise Darragh Kelly, Michael Liebmann, by W.B. Yeats performers Celine Byrne (Soprano), McCarthy Conor Mac Neill, Marc O’Shea, Cathy Letters from Chekhov introduced by Declan Kiberd John O’Conor (Pianist), Cora Venus Casadh by Celia De Fréine White, Tanya Wilson by Anton Chekhov 2 December Lunny (Violinist) cast Josie Chóilí Óg Ó Cualáin, director Conall Morrison Letters selected & compiled by on the Peacock stage Mairéad Conneely Marina Carr Yeats Studio: cast Jane Brennan, Kelly Campbell, Ar Deireadh by Aodh O’Domhnaill 2011 Tuesday 11 October Lorcan Cranitch, Caoilfhoinn Dunne, cast Siobhán O’Kelly, Don Wycherley on the Peacock stage Exploring the work Gráinne Keenan director Paul Mercier Autonomous Forces cast Nick Lee, Catherine Walker of our founder, director Wayne Jordan by Gary Mitchell director Oonagh Murphy W.B. Yeats 2011 Public Reading, An Abbey Theatre Commission Lecture 25 October A Tribute to Something Borrowed 1 performance in the Waterfront Studio, 2009 Professor Roy Foster 6-7 September Belfast as part of the Belfast Festival Brian Friel Professor of Irish History at the 2 performances on the Peacock stage cast Kathy Kiera Clarke, Richard Public University of Oxford gives a keynote 2009 Half A Glass Of Water Dormer, Alexandra Ford, Stuart Readings lecture on the plays of Yeats Graham, BJ Hogg, Paddy Jenkins 30 November by David Ireland The Death and Resurrection director Conall Morrison on the Peacock stage Growth by Robert Massey of Mr. Roche cathléen ní houlihan by W.B. Yeats Deirdre of the Sorrows by Thomas Kilroy Monsters, Dinosaurs 10-11 March by Jimmy McAleavey as part One City One Book Public reading as selected by Brian Friel on the Peacock stage 9 September Marvel by Elizabeth Moynihan by J.M. Synge 5 April

20 21 abbey theatre 2009—2011 Talks Staff

The Abbey Talks series is inspired by the work programmed on Abbey Theatre staff as of our stages. We want to have a conversation with Ireland about 31 December 2011. theatre and the issues our artistic programme explores.

2009 2010 2011 Board Development maintenance Tom Elliot, Michael Dr. Bryan McMahon (Chairman) Paul McCarthy, Karen Lee Walpole, Loughnane 27 talks 21 talks 27 talks Jane Brennan Mairead Lynch production Andy Keogh, Deirdre Catherine Byrne (Retired Aug 2010) Looney, Aisling Mooney, Roisin Ní 12 FEBRUARY Meet the Makers: 12 JANUARY Mental Health Matters: 18 JANUARY Mikel Murfi–Stage Craft Finance and Administration Paul Davis Loingsigh Jeremy Herrin \ 14 FEBRUARY Lyrics Karen Ward \ 26 JANUARY Meet The \ 2 FEBRUARY Meet The Makers: accounts Gina Arkins, Derek Garland, Moya Doherty props Stephen Molloy, Eimer Murphy for Lovers \ 26 FEBRUARY Bearing Makers: Wayne Jordan/Róise Goan The Company \ 22 FEBRUARY Irish Paul Meagher, Aidan Moran John Finnegan stage management Stephen Words: Eye of the Dream Melissa Sihra \ 2 FEBRUARY Meet The Makers: Travelling Roadshows \ 3 MARCH human resources Jenny Holland, Olwen Fouéré (Retired Aug 2009) Dempsey, Tara Furlong, Anne Kyle, \ 5 MARCH Bearing Words: Christine Elaine Murphy \ 13 FEBRUARY My Other Voices: Alice Milligan \ 15 Michelle Sheridan Róise Goan Deirdre McClean, Richie O’Sullivan, Madden \ 12 MARCH Bearing Words: Bloody Valentine \ 23 FEBRUARY MARCH Other Voices: Patricia Redlich Tom Hickey (Retired Aug 2010) Literary John Stapleton Where are the Women? \ 26 MARCH Mental Health Matters: Thomas \ 29 MARCH Paul Mercier \ 12 APRIL Suzanne Kelly (Retired Sept 2011) archive Mairéad Delaney stage technicians Cliff Barragry, Man to Man: Sean McGinley & Stephen Kilroy \ 9 MARCH Mental Health Talk: Dr Declan Kiberd \ 19 APRIL Professor Declan Kiberd literary Bryan Delaney, Ruth Pat Dillon, John Finnegan, Fred Malone, Rea \ 2 APRIL Meet the Makers: Jason Matters: Maureen Gaffney \ 8 APRIL ONE CITY: The Real Molly All good (Retired Sept 2011) McGowan Brian O’Carroll, Mick Russell Byrne & Louise Lowe \ 3 APRIL Man to Shakespeare: The Politics of Power: \ 26 APRIL Synge for your Supper Thomas Kilroy Public Affairs sound Derek Conaghy, Ben Delaney Man: American Voices, Oskar Eustis \ Dr Stephen O’Neill \ 15 APRIL Meet \ 10 MAY Pygmalion: The Social Dr Jim Mountjoy (Retired Sept 2011) sales & customer service costume Kate Avrveschoug, Sandra 6 APRIL Man to Man: American Voices, The Makers: Mary Raftery & Róisín Class \ 17 MAY Annabelle Comyn \ 2 Eugene O’Brien (Retired Aug 2009) Gary Andrews, Keara Barnes, Meagan Gibney, Donna Geraghty, Marian Kelly, Charles Atlas \ 7 APRIL Man to Man: McBrinn \ 20 APRIL No Escape: JUNE Meet the Documentary Makers Maurice O’Connell Bittman, Aoife Brady, Catherine Casey, Niamh Lunny, Vicky Miller, Siofra Ní Julian Boal \ 23 APRIL Shakespeare in Bruce Arnold \ 22 APRIL No Escape: \ 9 JUNE The Revolution will not be Lynne Parker (Retired Aug 2010) Eileen Collins, Diane Crotty, Lena Chiardha Ireland \ 30 APRIL Dublin Shakespeare Mannix Flynn \ 20 MAY Meet The Televised \ 13 JUNE Happy Birthday Mark Ryan Culleton, Con Doyle, David Fleming, Society \ 6 MAY Take me to your Makers: Jean Butler & Tere O’Connor Mr Yeats \ 30 JUNE Meet the Makers: Honorary Council Paul Fleming, Helen Fahey, Orla Leader: Terry Prone \ 10 MAY Dublin \ 10 JUNE Binding Books \ 24 JUNE Conall Morrisson \ 5 JULY Professor Senior Management Team Kathleen Barrington, Conor Bowman, Gallagher, James Hickson, Joe Kearney, Dance Festival: Apocrifo dancers \ Bernard Farrell \ 29 JULY Shivaun Seamus Deane \ 8 SEPTEMBER director / ceo Siobhán Bourke, Loretta Brennan Bridget Lynskey Faust, Áine McNelis, 13 MAY Dublin Dance Festival: One O’Casey \ 7 SEPTEMBER Keepers Meet the Makers Philip Stewart \ 23 Senator Fiach Mac Conghail Glucksman, Frank Cuneen, Mairéad Patricia Malpas, Elaine Mannion, Gary Shot dancers 19 MAY Take me to your of the Flame \ 19 OCTOBER Living SEPTEMBER Abbey Talks on Tour director of finance & Delaney, Eugene Downes, Paddy Duffy, Mulligan, Gemma Nolan, Brian O’Brien, Ceannaire: Mary Keating \ 21 MAY Memory: John Kincaid & Annie Ryan \ at George Bernard Shaw Carlow administration Declan Cantwell Clare Duignan, John Fairleigh, Clive Michael O’Callaghan, Colin O’Connor, Other Voices: Marina Warner \ 26 27 OCTOBER Cast of John Gabriel \27 SEPTEMBER Joseph Tomelty director of public affairs & Geraghty, Des Geraghty, Eithne Healy, Ciaran O’Grady, Kate O’Sullivan, MAY Meet the Makers: Tom Mac Intyre Borkman \ 3 NOVEMBER Frank Playwright Talk \ 30 SEPTEMBER development Oonagh Desire Peadar Lamb, John Lynch, Patricia Jan Schneider \ 28 MAY Take me to your Cultural McGuinness \ 9 NOVEMBER Martina Marina Carr \ 13 OCTOBER Bob technical director Gavin Harding McBride, Muriel McCarthy, Paul communications Maura Campbell, Leader: Hilary Carty \ 23 JUNE Man to Devlin \ 2 DECEMBER Living Memory: Crowley \ 25 OCTOBER Meet the literary director Aideen Howard Mercier, Jimmy Murphy, Donal Nevin, Fergus Hannigan, Jeanette Keane, Man: John Calder \ 25 SEPTEMBER Dr. Des O’Neill \ 16 DECEMBER The Makers: Juno and the Paycock cast executive office Fiona Reynolds Edna O’Brien, Ulick O’Connor, John Clare Lynch, Myra McAuliffe, O’Mahony, Pat O’Reilly, Peter Rose, In Conversation: Enda Walsh \ 1 Producers \ 15 OCTOBER Shivaun O’Casey Artistic David McCadden Michael J. Somers, John Stapleton OCTOBER Sebastian Barry \ 13 and Peter Sheridan \ 15 NOVEMBER resident assistant director community & education OCTOBER New Electric Ballroom Cast Meet the Makers: Carmel Winters \ Oonagh Murphy Lisa Farrelly, Phil Kingston \ 27 OCTOBER Mental Health Matters: 29 NOVEMBER How Parnell created associate artist Wayne Jordan reception Donna Murphy Dr. Jim Lucey \ 10 NOVEMBER Ian Paisley: A Public Inquiry \ 3 honorary associate director True West \ 14 NOVEMBER Meet DECEMBER Abbey Talks on Tour at Vincent Dowling Technical The Makers: Mark O’Rowe \ 12 the National Theatre London: O’Casey casting Kelly Phelan, Julie O’Leary cleaning Pat Doyle, Brian Kelly DECEMBER A Winter’s Tale Rediscovered \ 5 DECEMBER Abbey voice Andrea Ainsworth lighting Eoin Byrne, David Carpenter, Talks on Tour at the National Theatre Kevin McFadden, Eoin Stapleton London: Platform talk with Shivaun O’Casey

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Tara Conlon & Fiona Gallagher, Steve Shay Hennessy, Mary Heskin, Hilda O’Keeffe, Clodagh O’Kelly, Walton & Breda Murphy, Patrick Niamh Holland, Aileen Hooper, Rona O’Leary, Jackie Oliver, Michael Supporters O’Keeffe & Aisling Clancy, Jonathan Adrian Hopkins, Frank Houlihan, O’Mahony, Sir/Madam Omnipro, Ford & Órfhlaith Flynn Jackie Hughes, Sean Hughes, Fiachra O’Riordan, Karen O’Shea, Friends Roger Hussey, Gemma Hussey, Aoibheann O’Sullivan, Judith O’Sullivan, Sylvia Agnew, John Allen, Eamonn Anthony Hyland, Patrick Johnston, Ann Marie O’Sullivan, Gareth Parry, Ballance, Ivy Bannister, Mary Banotti, Rachel Joyce, Gary Joyce, Carmel Liam Patten, Eamonn & Mary Purcell, Mary Barry, Madeleine Barter, Laurence Keane, Una Kearns, Martha Kearns, Declan Purcell, Duana Quigley, Bond, Angelo Bottone, Gayle Bowen, Claire Kehoe, Emmanuel Kehoe, John Rory Quinlan, Deirdre Raftery, Rosalind Bowles, Ciara Boyle, Lisa Kelly, Margaret Kennedy, Emma Philip Regan, John Reynolds, Donal & Brady, Muriel Brady, Louise Brangan, Kennedy, Colm Kenny-Vaughan, Peter Mary Roche, Lorraine Rochford, Lynn and Luke Brehony, Rachel Brew, Kerckhofs, Anthony Knott, Steven Emma Rooney, Noreen Ruane, John Brickley, Frances Britton, Michael Knowlton, James and Elizabeth Lally, Fintan Ryan, Jim Ryan, Tony Ryan, Broe, Ann Brophy, Tony Brown, Eimear Felix Larkin, Fiona Lehane, Lee and Pauline Ryder, Anna Rynn, Marcella Burke, Aileen Butler, Niamh Butler, Anne Lipton , Elizabeth Lombard, Senior, Jamey Shachoy, Mary Sheridan, Fiona Butterfield, Ciaran Byrden, Anne Looney, Gabrielle Lynch, Vincent Slattery, Ailbhe Smyth, Dorothy Byrne, Tom Byrne, Brenda Catriona Lynch, Mary Mac Aodha, Janette Stokes, Churpy Stratan, Cahill, Lisa Callanan, Siobhan Callanan, Máirín Mac Góráin, Cathy MacDaid, Ger Thunder, Mary Treacy, Maureen Rory Campbell, Kevin Campbell, Mary Anthony and Margaret MacGabhann, Tyrrell, Anne & Shay Walsh, Ciaran Carey, Marie Carney, Clive Carroll, Brigid MacSweeney, Tom Madden, Walsh, Kevin Walsh, Nora Walsh, Ann-Marie Carroll, Michael Carroll, Sarah Maguire, Elizabeth Mahedy, Brenda Waters, Adrian Weckler, Colette Carroll, Mona Carton, Suzanne McAuley, Elizabeth McCabe, Andrew Whelan, Therese White, Catherine Casey, Muriel Caslin Darren McCallig, Sarah McCann, Kathleen Winters, Carol Wright, Corporate Guardians Guardians Marcella McDonnell, Susan McGrath, O’Hagan, Nigel Clerkin, Richard Elaine McCarthy, Mick McCarthy, Bespoke Trustees, Eleanor Ewings & Ulster Bank, Behaviour & Attitudes, Carmel Naughton, Fiach MacConghail Katia Meleady, Pat & Bernie Millar, Collumb, Aoife Concannon, Una Sinead McCarthy, Teresa McColgan, Vincent, Minvielle, Fitzsimons Irish Life & Permanent, Aon, KPMG, Donal Moore, Anraí Ó Braonáin, Connaughton, Declan Connaughton, Paul McCormack, Marie McCourt, Insulations, Keith Murdiff & Elena Fellows Arthur Cox, An Post, McCann Valerie O’Toole, Paul Rossiter, Catherine Connealy, Maura Connolly Joseph McCullough, Christine McCurry, Ardaiz, Shane Colgan, Muireann Cullen Paul McCarthy, Eugene Magee, Tommy Fitzgerald, HSBC, SIPTU, The Doyle Anne Talbot, Lesley Wallace, Little, Nicola Cooke, Maura Coughlan, Miriam McEvitt, Kelly McGowan, Gibbons, Donal Moore, James Hickey, Collection, Waddington Executive Brian Walsh, Aegis Media, McCullough Deborah Crilly, Rob Cruickshank, Eiven Veronica McGuire, Maura McKenna, The Abbey Theatre is funded by the James McNally, Catherine Byrne, Donal Search, Diageo, ESB Electric Ireland, Mulvin Architects, Starcom Mediavest Curran, Ann Curtis, Aisling Daly, Gavin Jennifer McKeon, Jack McKinney, Arts Council and receives financial Curtin, Frances Britton, Andrew Mackey, Berna McMenamin, Ross McParland, assistance from the Department of Arts, Brown Thomas, Bank of Ireland, Bryan Joint Friends Daly, Aifric D’Arcy, Dolores Deacon, Elizabeth Purcell Cribbin, Pat Moylan Peter McPoland, Ciaran Meade, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Culture McMahon, Moya Doherty Paul & Anne Brennan, Jason & Audrey Edward Dempsey, Anne Desmond, Supporting Cast Maureen Mee, James Menton, Ireland. Corporate Ambassadors Burns, Micheal & Derval Callaghan, Thomas Dooley, Thomas Dooley, Mary Oonagh Desire, Susan McGrath, Aoife Miller, Brid Milton, Sir/Madam Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Merrion Gareth & Sinéad Clancy, Noreen Rose Doorly, Thelma Doran, Michael Robbi Hannon Mindshare, Pat Monahan, Louise Colfer, Katherine Conlon, John & Clare Dowling, John and Margaret Downey, Hotel, Ely Group, Wynn’s Hotel, Morrin, Jane Moynihan, Patrick Mulligan, Platinum Patrons Cremen, Mae Crowe, John Daly, Adrian Larry Doyle, Darragh Doyle, Noel Doyle, Zero–G, Spector, National Radio Cabs, Madeleine Mulrennan, Sean Mulvihill, Terry & Sarah Calvani, Robert & Lilian Dirvan, Edward & Helen Dowling, Brendan Doyle, Darragh Doyle, Sean Lafayette, Abbey Travel, 101 talbot Maria Murphy, Mary Murphy, Chambers, Joe Forbes, Leonie Forbes, Bernard Doyle, Claire Graham, Gerry Driver, Tom Duignan, Margaret Dunlea, (N+J Foods), Conway John Murphy, Bernadette Murtagh, Clare Groom, James McNally, Larry & Harvey, Sean & Mary Holahan, Brendan Eamonn Dunne, Eamon Dwyer, Communications, Westin Hotel, Park Fr. Dermot Nestor, Aine Neville, Alice Mullen, Carmel Naughton, Vincent & Elizabeth Keane, Kathy & Catherine Christine Dwyer Hickey, Bill Elliffe, Hotel Kenmare, CRH, Bewleys, The Anthony Neville, Neasa Ni Bhriain, O’Doherty, Alan O’Sullivan, Andrew & Kelly, Ronan & Ann Lambe, Michael & James Enright, Adrienne Evans, Church, UCC, Paddy Power, Clarion Raoine Ni Iarnain, Deirdre Nolan, Delyth Parkes Fiona Lang, Bartholomew & Margaret Lorraine Facer, Paul Fagan, Hugh Fahy, Consulting David Norris, Annette Nugent, Masterson, Eugene & Catherine Lucy Fallon-Byrne, Barbara Farrell, Corporate Members Patrons Séamus Ó Cróinín, Tony & Mags Molumby, Paul & Mary Mulcahy, Vincent Fegan, Marian Fenton, Cartan AIB, An Post, Aon, Behaviour & Terence Black, Joe Byrne, Zita Byrne, Ó Dálaigh, Cian O’Mongain, Larry & Alice Mullen, Tom & Mary Finegan, Louise Finnegan, Adele Attitudes, Irish Life & Permanent, Patricia Callan, Susan Cielinski, Elaine O’Regan, Siobhan O’Beirne, O’Brien, Dermot & Mary O’Malley, Finnegan, Carl Finnegan, Anna SIPTU, Sunday Business Post Gerald Clarke, Madeleine Connolly, Geraldine O’Brien, Breda O’Brien, Joe & Joan O’Toole, Michael & Finnegan, Mary Fitzgerald, Will Denis Cremins, Rose Daly, Maretti Willie O’Brien, Veronica O’Brien, Bernadette Parsons, Rory Quinlan, Flanagan, Joan Flood, Heydi Foster, D’Arcy, Ian Donnelly, John & Aoibheann Damien O’Connor, Barry O’Donnell, Peter & Franziska Winters, Patrick Sonja Freiesleben, Fergus Geraghty, Donnelly, Thomas Dooley, Monica Lucy & Dermott O’Donoghue, Molloy & Nuala O’Donovan, Silvia Tommy Gibbons, Dee Gilmartin, Peter Flood, Bernadette Gregory, Robbi Orla O’Donovan, Laurie O’Driscoll, Gomez Giraldo & Mark Kavanagh, Ging, Peter Goodman, Jean Goslin, Holman, Mr Blount Lanigan’s Pub, Colette O’Flaherty, Tom O’Gorman, Niall McDonagh & Niamh Brady, Garvan Grant, Jack Griffin, Paul and Paul Leahy, Eugene Magee, Cyril Carmel O’Halloran, Killian O’Higgins, Stephanie Regan-Scott & Liam Scott, Sheila Grimes, Andrea Grunert, Ken Maybury, Sean & Maureen McCormack Michael & Maura O’Keeffe Dermot Keenan & Karen Kavanagh Halpin, Sarah Harte, Sean Hegarty

24 25 abbey theatre 2009—2011 Awards

2009 2010 2011 Irish Times Theatre Awards Irish Times Theatre Awards Best New Play – B for Baby Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Sound – Ben Delaney & Conor Linehan Best Supporting Actor – Laurence Kinlan in his role as Mossy written by Carmel Winters & Best Actress - Charlie Murphy as Eliza in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, for the Abbey Theatre production of The Last Days Lannigan in Christ Deliver Us! written by Thomas Kilroy, directed by directed by Mikel Murfi directed by Annabelle Comyn of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy, directed by Wayne Jordan Conall Morrison Best Designer: Costume – Joan Bergin for John Gabriel Borkman 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards written by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness Best Actor in a Visiting Production - Declan Conlon for his role as C in Terminus, written & directed by Mark O’Rowe Best Actress in a Visiting Production - Catherine Walker for her role as B in Terminus, written & directed by Mark O’Rowe

26 27 abbey theatre Images & Voices

Tales of Ballycumber by Sebastian Barry Directed by David Leveaux 30 September—7 November 2009 ‘Sebastian Barry’s new play is a lyrical work of great and compelling beauty.’ irish independent

28 The Last Days of a Terminus Reluctant Tyrant Written & Directed by Mark O’Rowe by Tom Murphy 10 November—5 December 2009 Directed by Conall Morrison 30 September—7 November 2010 27 May—11 July 2009 8 February—9 July 2011 ‘a closing ‘This show may be the current scene that is international tour of the century-old Abbey Theatre and surely one of a feat of story-telling, but there the greatest is nothing here for the old-sod seen on the and Aran-sweater set.’ Abbey stage.’ chicago tribune irish independent

31 Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas Kilroy Directed by Wayne Jordan 9 February—13 March 2010 ‘a compelling and affecting production.’ the irish times

33 2009—2011

Outsiders Written & Performed by David McWilliams 9 June—3 July 2010 27 November—16 December 2010 ‘[Mc Williams] is increasingly passionate in this witty and entertaining dissection of how Ireland’s economic boom collapsed.’ irish independent

The Darkest Corner Series: No Escape Compiled and edited by Mary Raftery Directed by Roisin McBrinn 13—24 April 2010 ‘Unremitting in pointing to the systems that failed B for Baby by Carmel Winters them–the department Directed by Mikel Murfi of education and the 24 September—6 November 2010 religious orders–it 4 August—19 November 2011 involves all of us who ‘As ideas go, this is a good one, a gutsy one, walked this land at that an idea that is so potentially controversial, time, unseeing.’ isabelle smyth, dublin, you almost can’t believe it is being put forth.’ april 2010 irish theatre magazine

35 the plough and the stars by Sean O’Casey Directed by Wayne Jordan 21 July—25 September 2010 ‘Director Jordan knows how to make a classic feel invigorating again.’ the irish times

37 Raoul by James Thiérrée 18—26 February 2011 ‘I have never seen anything quite like this. Imaginative, engaging, varied, challenging , not a foot out of place. Well done to everyone involved.’ jane l kelly, dublin

John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness Directed by James Macdonald 6 October—20 November 2010 7 January—6 February 2011 ‘A truly mesmerising experience and one that I will cherish forever. pygmalion Such talent and craft on one stage. by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Annabelle Comyn All masters of their craft.’ 27 April—11 June 2011 dale lb, wicklow ‘Annabelle Comyn’s tremendous new production of Pygmalion for the Abbey’ the irish times

38 Translations by Brian Friel Directed by Conall Morrison 23 June—13 August 2011 ‘Knowing that the execution will be to a high standard by an organised, sympathetic and budget-aware team frees up the creative process.’

joan o’clery, costume designer

16 Possible Glimpses by Marina Carr Directed by Wayne Jordan 30 September—29 October 2011 ‘A production that pushes the boundaries of theatre.’ the sunday times

41 Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey Directed by Howard Davies 21 September—5 November 2011 ‘It’s hard to imagine a richer embodiment of O’Casey’s scornful, iconoclastic, truthful vision.’ irish independent

42 43 abbey theatre The Next Chapter

The Abbey Theatre continues to nurture the next chapter of exciting talent in Irish theatre. Here are a small number of the theatre artists who have contributed over the last three years.

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1 Tara McKevitt 7 Roisín Coyle 13 Damian Kearney 19 Amy Conroy 25 Elena Bolster 2 Wayne Jordan 8 Alyson Cummins 14 Rose O’Loughlin 20 Roxanna Nic Liam 26 Jody O’Neill 3 Clare Dwyer Hogg 9 Phillip Stewart 15 Darren Donohue 21 Lydia Prior 27 Neil Sharpson 4 Charlie Murphy 10 Ronan Raftery 16 Oonagh Murphy 22 Selina Cartmell 28 Clare Dunne 5 Ciarán O’Brien 11 Louise Melinn 17 Grace Dyas 23 Neil Bristow 29 Shawn Sturnick 6 Kate Brennan 12 Peter Campion 18 Nancy Harris 24 Aidan Harney 30 Stacey Gregg

44 Colophon B Published by Abbey Theatre Limited 26 Lower Abbey Street Dublin 1 Tel: + 353 1 887 2200 Fax: + 353 1 872 9177 www.abbeytheatre.ie

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