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Brush up on your Bernard Shaw with a triple play of talks with Pygmalion director Annabelle Comyn (Pt 1) Theatre critic Emer O'Kelly (Pt 2)and director of Heartbreak House Roisin McBrinn (Pt 3)

The collaborative process behind the creation of 'The Great Hunger' by Tom MacIntyre is recounted by the playwright, director Patrick Mason, actors Tom Hickey and Bríd Ní Neachtain.

Oedipus director Wayne Jordan talks to Mark O'Halloran about revisions & collisions ,reading his life backwards and how there will always be outsiders(Part Two) Sound Operator:Derek Conaghy

Director Wayne Jordan talks to writer & actor Mark O'Halloran about adapting a new version of Oedipus, intellectual rigour and seeing colour in black & white. Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy

Actor Susan Lynch talks to Lisa Farrelly about her character Hester Swane in Marina Carr's By The Bog of Cats, creative fulfillment and the collective experience of theatre. Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

It's been seventeen years since Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats played on the Abbey stage, how will audiences respond to it now? In this podcast Marina talks about the early years, the intervening years, privacy and the cautionary tale that is Medea. Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Actor Amy McAllister talks about her role as Minnie Powell in Sean O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman on the Abbey stage and being the very best of the worst as a UK Anti Slam Champion. Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts playwright Jimmy McAleavey talks opportunities, otherness and making his debut on the Peacock Stage. Sound Opeator: Derek Conaghy

Choreographer Liz Roche talks to coordinator Lisa Farrelly about Bastard Amber, inspired by W.B Yeats and the paintings of Patrick Scott. On the Abbey stage May 25–27 2015 Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Actor Catherine Walker talks to Talks Series Coordinator Lisa Farrelly about her beginnings in Dublin, London and the process of finding Hedda Gabler.

Listen to fashion, film & Hedda Gabler costume designer Peter O'Brien talk about designing for character, killer instincts and being surrounded with flatpack beauty. Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

Theatre-maker Mikel Murfi & Film Director Dearbhla Walsh trade Sligo stories, honour small town characters & celebrate The Man in the Woman's Shoes now playing on the Peacock Stage. Sound Operator: Derek Conaghy

To celebrate Owen McCafferty's Death of a Comedian opening in Soho Theatre, London, spend a half hour with King Lear himself Owen Roe talking Kings of Comedy, connecting with audiences and Ivan the doner kebab.

A rare live recording with music and verse looking back on Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015 with actor Mary-Lou McCarthy and musician Rónán Ó Snodaigh (Kíla)

Writer Owen McCafferty talks about Death of a Comedian, honesty and different types of love stories in an informal conversation during Tech Rehearsals with Talks Coordinator Lisa Farrelly. 100315 Tickets for Death of a Comedian available here: http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/death-of-a-comedian/

Writer Owen McCafferty talks about Death of a Comedian, honesty & different types of love stories in an informal chat during tech rehearsals. 100315

Post show Talk on the Abbey Stage with the cast of Midsummers Night’s Dream & Seán Rocks Presenter of Arena RTÉ Radio 1 260215

A Midsummer Night's Dream Director Gavin Quinn in conversation with Dr. Desmond O'Neill.

CODA Artists Shane O'Reilly, Declan Buckley & Amanda Coogan discuss the CODA community in relation to their artistic practice with Orla Moloney.

Recollections of Managing Director Ernest Blythe and Directors Ria Mooney and Frank Dermody are shared.

Playwrights, directors and members of the former Abbey Theatre acting company reminisce on their beginnings in theatre.

From Abbey Street to the Queen’s Theatre on Pearse Street and back again to Abbey Street, the various homes of the Abbey are recollected by those who experienced the moves.

Generations of the Abbey Theatre acting company are recalled including May Craig, Eileen Crowe and F.J. McCormick.

Director Patrick Mason and actors Des Cave and Kathleen Barrington share their memories of Hugh Hunt.

Tomás MacAnna’s long career at the Abbey Theatre is recalled by former General Manager Martin Fahy, playwright Thomas Kilroy and actors Kathleen Barrington and Tom Hickey.