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Mar 16, 2011 · THE JOURNEY TO HERE Playwright Paul Mercier began to make his name in the 1980s as writer and artistic director with Passion Machine Theatre Company, for whom he directed 11 of his own plays ...
Each year, at our gala event, we honour someone who has made an outstanding contribution to theatre. Recent honourees have included Fiona Shaw, Stephen Rea, ...
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Paul Mercier - Paul Mercier was a founding member and artistic director of the Passion Machine theatre company. His plays have received numerous awards such as the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Work, The Sunday Independent Arts Award, The Sunday Tribune Arts Award, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award.
Aug 24, 2016 · 20 mins. Language: Irish with English subtitles. Tubberwareis a humorous and unusual short film directed by Irish playwright Paul Mercier. In a provocative exploration of Irish cultural heritage and identity in the modern world, the film presents a day in the life of an Irish-speaking district in the heart of Connemara and cleverly satirizes ...
If you’re on the streets for 10 years … and you’re in the cold in the winter, you’d end up smoking crack too.” Maura Fay reported from Harbour Court Lane in Dublin City Centre, which is due to be closed amid ongoing problems with drug taking and antisocial behaviour.
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Paul Mercier (born 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright [1] screenwriter, film and theatre director. [2] Born in Dublin and living in An Cheathrú Rua [3] he was the founder member and Artistic Director of the Passion Machine Theatre Company, and is a Director with Anne Gately of the film production company An Pointe Productions. [4]
The Irish Times (16 March 2011) Paul Mercier has returned with two plays, both set in modern Dublin and resonant of difficult times – yet it’s not the job of theatre to write about the banks, he says, but about the lives that go on regardless writes Sara Keating.
