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Actor Killian Donnelly talks to Artistic Director of Project Arts Centre Cian O'Brien about musical theatre in Ireland, England and #Donegal

On his last day as Director of the Abbey Theatre Fiach Mac Conghail talks to Lisa Farrelly about his tenure of almost 12 years at Ireland's national theatre. Sound Op: Ben Delaney/Editor: Lisa Farrelly 121016

Award winning writer Carmel Winters talks with Lisa Farrelly about her latest play The Remains of Maisie Duggan, of new ways of seeing the familiar and staying put in the locked house of creativity. Podcast Editor: Lisa Farrelly / Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Podcast Shorts: Listen to actor Donal Gallery talk about younger Pyper, rejecting nature, embracing landscape and of nerve shredding life in the trenches. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme is a co-production with Headlong, Citizens Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. Extract from Birdsong By Sebastian Faulks. All rights reserved. Publisher: Random House.

Podcast Shorts: Actor Jonny Holden talks about the fearless football crazy Crawford, unlikely friendships and reading between the lines of letters home. Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a co-production with Headlong, Citizens Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Podcast Shorts: Actor Marcus Lamb talks about his approach to character, magical thinking and the tortured soul of Christopher Roulston. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a co-production with Headlong, Citizens Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Podcast Shorts: Listen to actor Iarla McGowan talk about the colour of character, clipped history and the everyday carnage of the trenches. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a co-production with Headlong, Citizens Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Actor Paul Kennedy talks about the glorification of memory, drinking for the dead and the waking of Nat McIlwaine #ObserveTheSons Sound Op: Derek Conaghy

Podcast Shorts: Listen to actor Andy Kellegher talk about his approach to character, research and performing on the site of the battle of the Somme. Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a co-production with Headlong, Citizens Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Frank McGuinness and Sean McGinley give a profound interview on Today with Sean O’Rourke on RTE 1 ahead of the opening of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme.

The Wake's Aisling O'Sullivan talks with writer Carmel Winters about interpreting the work of Tom Murphy, keeping it connected and how some actions are beyond forgiveness.

From the Talks Archive: Murphy's Melodies: Playwright Tom Murphy talks with writer & actor Mark O'Halloran about the 2012 production of The House directed by Annabelle Comyn, about Druid Murphy and the place of music in his work. Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy/Sound Editor: Ben Delaney

Jeremy Herrin talks to BBC Radio 4 about directing Frank McGuinness' iconic war play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme.

Theatre maker Raymond Scannell talks with Lisa Farrelly about his latest collaboration with Phillip McMahon Town is Dead and the cross pollination of his work. Sound Operator: Alan D'arcy

Actor Marty Rea talks with the Abbey's Phil Kingston about the loneliness of Iago, the soundscapes of Shakespeare and the killing of God in Richard II. Sound Operator: Alan D'arcy

The Internationale: Closing song for the rally for Marriage Equality recorded at the Abbey Theatre on 13 May 2015 with The Risen People cast members Kate Stanley Brennan, Hilda Fay, Phelim Drew with Ranae von Meding, Eric O’Brien, Fra Fee, Peter Coonan, Manus Halligan,Terry O’Neill, Janice Byrne and the Students from The Lir Academy and The Gaiety School of Acting. Along with the great and the goo...

Silver Stars: Seán Millar with Brokentalkers. Members of the cast of Silver Stars perform with Seán Millar a selection from the song cycle that is Silver Stars, a performance based on real stories from older gay Irish men. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre 13 May 2015.

Listen to Pride a specially written song by Maria Doyle Kennedy & Kieran Kennedy in support of Marriage Equality and an equally proud song about staying in love; Yes We Will. (And We Did!) Recorded at the Abbey Theatre 13 May 2015

To mark that historic day in May and our first year of Marriage Equality listen to actors Paul Reid and Sarah Greene perform We're all on the Edge from Phillip McMahon & Ray Scannell's Alice in Funderland, Directed by Wayne Jordan. Recorded on 13 May 2015 at the Abbey Theatre.

To mark the first year of Marriage Equality listen to this beautiful arrangement of Romeo and Juliet performed by Ruth McGill, Úna Kavanagh, Natalie Radmall-Quirke. Composed by Mark Knopfler. Arranged by Tom Lane for Romeo and Juliet directed by Wayne Jordan at the Gate Theatre. Recorded at the Abbey Theatre 13 May 2015

Actor Hilda Fay talks with writer Elaine Murphy about the joyous energy behind Tina’s Idea of Fun, the temptation to temper heightened characters and the two degrees of My Fair Lady.

Abbey Theatre on Tour The Plough and the Stars Programme Notes prepared and read by Bríd Ní Ghruagáin. Audio description is a live verbal commentary providing information on the visual elements of a production as it unfolds from sets, props and costumes to actors’ facial expressions and movements across the stage. The description is delivered via an ear piece during the quieter moments of a perfor...

As The Plough and The Stars prepares to tour Ireland and America Lisa Farrelly talks to actor Eileen Walsh about strength in character, playing by heart and learning how to fly each and every night. Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy

Through an interplay of storytelling, animations, music and poetry, Twinsome Minds mines what is often lost behind official historical accounts and acts of commemoration, and proposes a transformative work of interpreting the Rising for a new generation. Saturday 23 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Award winning screen writer and playwright Mark O’Rowe will discuss his work with theatre director Annabelle Comyn. Friday 22 January 2016