Ciara talked to Ciaran Taylor, artistic director of Carpet Theatre about his Sightless Cinema project. He studied directing at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and performance /devising at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris. In 2014 he set up Sightless Cinema facilitate the creation of audio, theatre or radio drama devised by blind and visually impaired people. Sightless Cinema is usually presented with surround sound in cinemas, but with no pictures. In 2020, during the lock-down the group continued to work using Zoom, and created the comedy series 'The Covid Tapes - Cocooners' Comedy in 5 parts. This conversation took place at the end of July, the series is now available on their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCamTIdUEPzfeobPlzbq3INA/featured
Tegan Forde is a writer and Irish language blogger hailing from Co. Wicklow. She writes in both English and Irish, and has been writing since childhood. Tegan developed a love for Irish language literature during her time spent at Irish language primary and secondary schools, and runs an Irish language blog . Her inspirations include music, nature, Irish folklore and Irish history.
