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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain

    Download: The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain We slip between past and future – Claire’s memories of her incarceration and her search for answers in the present. Claire finds the city, and her old friends much changed. Claire searches for Emil amongst the last of the Berlin squats, and Read more

  • The Wall in the Mind – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere

    Download: Behind the Wall – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere Update: Soundcloud is currently broken (I’m substituting local links, apologies if this screws with your podcast feed). Claire O’Hanlon, a respected lecturer, is tormented by nightmares of her arrest and imprisonment in 1989. In the present day – a mysterious cassette tape arrives Read more

  • Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble

    Download: Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble In the final behind the scenes episode of ‘The Wall in the Mind’ I talk about the mysterious find that inspired the mystery at the heart of the series. At a town outside Berlin called Blankenburg. There lie the ruins of a barracks of Read more

  • New Irish Playbook Trailer

    Little Shadow Theatre Company is bringing my first play to the Seán O’Casey Theatre May 17th – 20th as part of The New Irish Playbook. Check out this trailer from producer Joe O’Neill. Read more

  • No More Workhorse Interview

    I spoke with David Turpin for No More Workhorse about the making of ‘The Wall in the Mind’, and the real historic incidents that inspired the programme. The Wall in the Mind is a historical drama series, dealing with the consequences of an Irish woman’s imprisonment in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall.  Read more

  • Behind the Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview

    Download: Behind The Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview Mia Gallagher is an actress and author who plays one half of the lead role of Claire in the Wall in the Mind. We talk about playing a complex tormented character, collaboration between actor and writer and the physicality of performance. Mia’s latest novel ‘Beautiful pictures of Read more