Controle Manual

Title Controle Manual Description Controle Manual, a play with acid and provocative humor that questions what it means to be human, portrays a young couple, Mark and Violet, at a time when the excessive use of technology to correct imperfections, or simply to improve physical abilities, had become possible and normal. However, the couple triesContinue reading “Controle Manual”

Como criar sua própria Sereia

Title Como criar sua própria Sereia Description In Como criar sua própria sereia, Marina Carr tells us a short story about the imaginary world of a young girl and her friend mermaid. She’s taken by imagination after seeing an advertisement on the newspaper where they would send a mermaid to anyone who bought a certainContinue reading “Como criar sua própria Sereia”

Interview with Marina Carr

Title Interview with Marina Carr Description Marina Carr (1964- ) is a playwright from Dublin. Carr holds a BA in English and Philosophy from the University College Dublin, alongside an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the same institution. Carr’s debut play, Ullaloo, was published in 1989, and since then, she has acquired an incredibly prolificContinue reading “Interview with Marina Carr”

Interview with Stacey Gregg

Title Interview with Stacey Gregg Description Stacey Gregg (1983- ) is a writer and director from Belfast. Gregg has a BA in English from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Documentary Film-Making from Royal Holloway. Having written numerous plays for theatre, her first full-length play, Perve, was performed by Abbey Theatre in MayContinue reading “Interview with Stacey Gregg”

Interview with Patricia Burke Brogan

Title Interview with Patricia Burke Brogan Description Patricia Burke Brogan (1932-2022) was a playwright, novelist, and artist from County Clare. As a novice, Brogan was assigned to work at a Magdalene Laundry during the late 1950s. Aghast by the horrible living conditions and mistreatment experienced by the women working there, Brogan decided to leave theContinue reading “Interview with Patricia Burke Brogan”