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Una McKevitt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
417 total appearances

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

I mean, so that's the thing.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

It's a 500 seater, I think, the auditorium.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

And we were only allowed at 50 people per performance.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

And then they filmed it for...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

So as a first play in the Abbey, it was an unusual experience.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

And it was a leap of faith.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

And I'm proud of the play, but like I said, it hadn't gone through the drilling that plays kind of need.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

So it absolutely worked as a piece of theatre.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

But looking back on it, there are aspects of it I would have liked to have dug into deeper.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

Um, but I'm not like, doesn't keep me up at night or anything like that.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

Like it is still, um, yeah, it was a nice, it was, it was just great training to be inside.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

The Abbey is, um, a creative place, but it is also an institution.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

So having that experience was, has benefited me so much this time because I'm not working everything out for the first time.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

I had some context going in, you know, the parts, um,

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

think i just see the family as like speaking of institution as an institution to a degree like there's um like domestic structure um in the way and i like domestic terrorism as well and i just think that families are this huge part of our lives that maybe yeah we i mean of course we talk about them there's sitcoms for that reason and all of these things

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

But I am sort of interested in how different generations come at the same problems, but with really different cultural conditioning.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Una McKevitt

And how that kind of clashes.