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Arts in Action presents: Grandmothers, Goddesses, Gradys & Great Actresses by Up Up Up

Name: Arts in Action presents: Grandmothers, Goddesses, Gradys & Great Actresses by Up Up Up
Start: 2022-03-09T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-03-09T14:00:00+00:00
Location: The Cube, Bailey Allen Hall

March 9, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Details

Date:: March 9, 2022
Time:: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Venue

The Cube, Bailey Allen Hall

Organizer

: Marianne Ní Chinnéide
Email:: marianne.nichinneide@nuigalway.ie; View Organizer Website

Arts in Action presents:

Grandmothers, Goddesses, Gradys & Great Actresses by Up Up Up

Sound. Sex. Knickers. Candles. Emigration. Revolution. Religion. Madness, Bodies. Hair. Cessair. Brigid. Sinéad. Pegeen. Contour lines. Gaol bars. Stage boards.

Emma O’Grady is a theatre artist; actor, writer and production manager based in Galway. She produces art under the name Up Up Up and collaborates with people to create theatre, film and art inspired by true events, real lives and shared histories. Her first play What Good is Looking Well When You’re Rotten on the Inside? – based on tapes recorded by her grandfather during the last month of his life – was produced to critical acclaim in 2017 and continues to tour. In 2020 she created a documentary web-series Mad, Bad & Dangerous: A Celebration of Difficult Women. She was a participant on Druid FUEL 2021 and recipient of an Arts Council Theatre Bursary 2020, Baboró and Branar Bursary Award 2021 and Abbey Theatre Commemoration Bursary 2021.

Tickets

Tickets available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/grandmothers-goddesses-gradys-great-actresses-tickets-288446961627