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

Robbie Blake, Denis Donoghue-inspired score

This unused score by Robbie Blake was inspired by their engagement with Denis Donoghue’s ideas around communication from his book Ferocious Alphabets (1981), which was a direct inspiration for Friel’s farcical play The Communication Cord (1982).

The Creative Process

The Groove

In this video clip from 29 April 2021, masked performers Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy and Michelle O’Rourke rehearse music by Robbie Blake written for Jessie Keenan’s film ‘So What Is Surfacing’.
Related New Work

Portrait: Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy

Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy is a singer, pianist, performer, choral director, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin.

Related New Work

Portrait: Michelle O'Rourke

Michelle O’Rourke is a singer based in Dublin, Ireland.
Video

Mixed interview, extract 7

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about the future of the project.
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