Theatre

The first part of the Prison Notebooks series is a new play intended for solo performance based primarily on Macardle’s first-hand gaol journals. In our production, we blend elements of realist bio-drama with expressionist soundscapes, uncanny lighting and the aesthetics of dream, acknowledging Macardle’s concern with truth, side by side with her partisan political propagandism and her attraction to the supernatural.

Development of this work was made possible with the support of an Arts Council Theatre Projects Award. Further funding was sought from Louth County Council to develop the work to a full-stage performance presented at Kilmainham Gaol in September 2022 before going on to Smock Alley in November 2022.