Don't anticipate the ending Creative encounters with the Brian Friel Papers
The Creative Process

Filming 'Running the Ending', 18 April 2021

These photographs were taken by Jessie Keenan during and between filming sessions for Robbie Blake’s short film ‘Running the ending’ at the Museum of Literature Ireland on 18 April 2021.

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Running the ending

This is a film, directed by Robbie Blake, about exhaustion, self-expression and joyousness. Blake’s score uses a graphic notation to represent three states: run, reset/shake-out, dance.
The Creative Process

So what is surfacing, 25 March 2021

These photographs were taken by Zosia Kuczyńska during and between filming sessions for Jessie Keenan’s short film ‘So what is surfacing’ at the Museum of Literature Ireland on 25 March 2021. 
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should grow in joyousness

This note towards Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) dated 30 May 1989 contains a phrase that performance-maker Robbie Blake adapted for use as a direction for their piece ‘Running the Ending’.
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Portrait: Robbie Blake

Robbie Blake is a composer, director and vocalist based in Galway, Ireland.
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