#wakingthefeministswest Play Season Launch

Thursday, January 28th @7:00 PM, Room G010 Hardiman Building, NUI Galway

Launch Speaker: Lian Bell, #WakingTheFeminists

Please join us for the launch of #wakingthefeministswest!

Inspired by the recent #WakingTheFeminists movement, #wakingthefeministswest is a Galway-based season of plays and performances by Irish women that will commence in January 2016 and conclude in May 2016. Featuring multiple events each month including theatre, dance, devised work, work from the archive and new and developing writers, the season particularly seeks to highlight a diverse range of voices from the west of Ireland.

#wakingthefemisistswest is a student-led theatre initiative supported by NUI Galway’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance.

This is a free event and is open to the public. Please RSVP via Eventbrite.

The premiere of the #wtfw opening production, Lady Augusta Gregory’s Grania, directed by Justine Nakase and featuring a student cast, will immediately follow the launch at 8 PM in the Bank of Ireland Theatre.

Based on the myth of Diarmuid and Grania, Gregory’s play was radical in its time for its depiction of female sexual desire and personal agency.

Grania runs 28 and 29 January at 8PM in the Bank of Ireland Theatre. Tickets for Grania are ‰âÂ5 and can be purchased through the SocsBox (091 492 852; socsbox@socs.nuigalway.ie).

For further queries, please contact Project Coordinators Nelson Barre and Justine Nakase at wakingthefeministswest@gmail.com. You can also follow the season via Facebook and Twitter @WakingFeministsW.