Bread & Roses Theatre Company

17/10/2023

https://youtu.be/fKiArxZ2Xwk?feature=shared

Caryl Churchill wrote "Seven Jewish Children" in response to the 22-day assault by Israel on Gaza. This is a dramatic reading of the play.

17/06/2022

https://youtu.be/yOEPH-PPFdc

This talk will explore the power of theatre to transform the artist and the audience. It will answer the questions: What is the magic of theatre? Can it stim...

05/04/2022

I am facilitating this drama workshop along with Paula Soraghan... Should be a grand day out!!!

ILMI Culture and Drama

Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) will be hosting another drama and theatre taster workshop on the 13th April (11am to 3pm) at our Carmichael House Headquarters in Dublin. Any disabled person from around the country who has an interest, or even an acting curiosity, can sign-up for this fun workshop by emailing [email protected]

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09/03/2022

ILMI Culture and Drama
Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) will be hosting a drama & theatre introduction and taster workshop on Tuesday 15th March (11am to 3pm) at our Carmichael House Headquarters in Dublin. Any disabled person from around the country who has an interest. or even an acting curiosity, can sign-up for the fun workshop by emailing Peter Kearns at [email protected]
Our continued positive involvement with the NO MAGIC PILL Production has inspired ILMI to set-up the Half Made-Up Drama Collective so as to enable a pool of disabled actors, directors and playwrights to be developed to tell our hidden stories.
ILMI look forward to the collective's actors/writers making effective contacts with the wider Irish drama and theatre community through a social media based 200-Second short collection of drama pieces. As part of the process we hope to attract to interest of mainstream drama courses to work in partnership with ILMI's Half Made-Up Drama Collective series of workshops delivered by ILMI disabled dramatists Peter Kearns, Paula Soraghan and Mark McCollum.
ILMI upcoming venture into disability equality dramatic arts with The Half Made-Up Drama Collective will make the invisible visible, and spark new, open discussions around what being a disabled actor, writer, director and activist means to each individual ILMI audience member and supporter.
The Half Made-Up Drama Collective will explore forms of realism, absurd and surreal with future complete productions and stand alone drama which will explore themes/issues touched upon, but not exclusive, in the narrative and stories coming from the Irish disability movement.
ILMI's HALF-MADE-UP Drama Collective will develop actors, directors, producers and playwrights to create disability arts led theatre that will:
• IDENTIFY and develop drama works, source new disabled actors and production crew.
• EXPLORE themes around medical model and social model conflict & crisis narrative through contemporary scripted characters and stories for and with disabled people
• Promote and sell the productions with the wider disability community and Irish theatre population through ILMI's social media platforms.
• DEMONSTRATE a role for Half-Made-Up Theatre Collective within cultural discourse and platforms of ILMI's role as a national cross-impairment Disabled Persons Org. (DPO).
ILMI fully appreciate that bodily difference through impairment portrayals on western stage has determined social structures by defining certain bodies as the norm, and defining those which fall outside the norm as 'Other'. To register email [email protected]
IMAGE: poster with a man looking up a mountain with the words “Your journey starts here, ILMI, The Half Made-Up Drama Collective” and the ILMI logo

17/09/2020

The Government has to provide robust measures to ensure the arts and cultural sectors can survive

'89% of them are living in financial uncertainty,' they say in a Pandemic Universal Payment memo to Government, which also contains their solutions...

16/09/2020

The creative sector has been decimated by this pandemic and nothing has been done to address what has happened.

21/12/2017

Thanks to Dr. Paul Stewart and all involved in the GP Training Program... it was brilliant to present Waving Not Drowning today at St. Conals Hospital...

14/11/2017

Coming to Dunfanaghy on the 24th... Not to be missed....

07/11/2017

Rehersals are going well ... One Step at a Time...

25/10/2017

Let's Make Theatre Great Again... A new challenge for next year...

12/10/2017

Honoured and delighted to present ODD by the wonderfully talented Donegal writer Brenda Kelly at The Donegal Mind Wellness Event hosted by Majella O'Donnell a memorable experience for everyone!!!