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An evening of jazz, song, storytelling and poetry awaits…
Join Emilie Conway, accompanied by Graeme Bourke on piano, for a very special performance at the Frances Browne Literary Festival.
Through jazz, song and spoken word, Emilie responds to the extraordinary life and work of Frances Browne, bringing her story to life through Emilie’s own distinctive musical interpretation.
The evening is a double bill with Shaun Byrne’s As I Lay Dreaming — two performances, one ticket.
Don’t miss this unique musical soirée.
The closing night of The Frances Browne Literary Festival brings a brand new theatre piece and an unmissable musical soiree to the stage.
Emilie Conway with Graeme Bourke
Award-winning Dublin-based vocal jazz artist, lyricist and composer Emilie Conway reflects on her own creative journey as an artist with a visual impairment in this unmissable musical soiree. Neither straight jazz concert nor lecture, Emilie responds in song and spoken word to Frances Browne’s life and work.
Emilie is joined by Graeme Bourke, originally from Sligo and hailed as one to watch among Ireland’s up and coming jazz pianists.
As I Lay Dreaming by Shaun Byrne
A memory play centred on Donegal woman Annie McGinley, reflecting on the news of American artist Rockwell Kent’s death. It weaves between 1971, Kent’s 1958 return and the summer of 1926 when he first arrived in the remote, roadless valley of Glenlough. Living in a converted cowshed he dubbed the Walforf-Astoria, Kent eventually persuades a twenty-year-old Annie to sit for a portrait. The painting sparks a clash between his modern artistic philosophy and the community’s traditional values.
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Venue Information - Balor Arts Centre
The Balor Arts Centre is made up of two sister companies – The Butt Drama Circle Company Ltd and Balor Developmental Community Arts Group Ltd (Balor DCA). The Butt Drama Circle Company Ltd looks after the Balor Theatre venue which hosts circa 120 local, national and international performances. Balor DCA conducts a wide range of outreach and Developmental Community Arts projects.
