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Karen Minihan
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Win Happy Podcast
Karen Minihan - The Untold Stories of Extraordinary, Ordinary Women from the Founding of the State
On today's podcast I chatted with theatre director, writer and performer Karen Minihan about many topics including her two books, her plays, her theatre directing and her performing. It is one of life’s huge miracles that Karen worked as a solicitor for 10 years, and then that moment arrived when she had to embrace who she was and what she needed to be doing with her precious life. She spoke about where she gets her inspiration, how stories come to her, how she develops the characters and how she thrives off the energy that comes fr...
2025-07-17
1h 18
Holy Spontaneity
Marriage and Relationships with Adam and David from The Catholic Man Show
Tune in as Cameron and Karen interview Adam Minihan and David Niles with the questions you wanted to know! From knowing when to leave a relationship, to the joys of fatherhood and the true meaning of "in sickness and in health", we dive in to talk about relationships. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions! Follow The Catholic Man Show on Instagram: @thecatholicmanshow and for more information, find them on www.thecatholicmanshow.com Follow Holy Spontaneity on Instagram: @holyspontaneity
2023-04-04
1h 10
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2: letters from 1812 with botanical art and poetry
This podcast was originally designed as a live event performed in August 2022 in the Ellen Hutchins Festival. The script is devised by performer and writer Karen Minihan and Finola Finlay (Roaringwater Journal) from Ellen's correspondence with fellow botanist, Dawson Turner. This edited version includes Karen reading extracts from Ellen’s correspondence, with context and notes provided by Finola. The poetry is provided by Laura McKenna, poet and writer, from her body of work inspired by the work of Ellen Hutchins and her delight in the landscape that surrounded her. The context for...
2023-02-08
50 min
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Amadeus: Reflected--The "moments" recorded
On 10th July, 2021, eight of the original cast members of Amadeus attended a workshop in a garden on a fantastic summer's day. The individual work--performance, writing and recording--ultimately became the focus of the day. All the work came from the atmosphere and collective creativity involved in the original production of Amadeus in 2019--hence the name, Amadeus: Reflected, for the exhibition as a whole. The theme for the individual work was: pleasure / protection.As each actor recorded, it became clear that it deserved to be heard entirely. Here is the full recording of the per...
2021-10-19
1h 04
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Amadeus: Reflected--Venticelli moment
On the 10th July, 2021, at the end of the workshop in the garden, we did some group work, recreating the Venticelli groups from the original 2019 Amadeus production. This is an experiment--having fun with words and sounds.Support the show
2021-10-15
02 min
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Podcast 5: Chatting with Ger Fitzgibbon, former Head of Theatre and Drama Studies in UCC, director and writer, sometimes actor
There are many areas in which Ger FizGibbon has been prominent in theatre in Cork city–-as one of those responsible for setting up and becoming the Head of Department of Theatre and Drama Studies as a director and writer for theatre in Cork.We focus a lot in this discussion on the city and how the theatre scene has evolved over the past 50 years–-the struggles, the achievements, the politics, the Arts Council––we discuss his involvement in Dramat in UCC, in CTC, the Ivernia, Meridian, the Everyman, as well as the many actor and designers he has b...
2020-12-02
1h 00
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Chatting with Jeremy Massey, writer of novels and screenplays
With twenty-five years experience in the film and writing business, Jeremy Massey gives an oversight of his creative process in working through many screenplays, one novel, published by Penguin US, The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley, an historical novel in writing, Isolato and another in progress, Paddy Buckley's Dance with the Devil. He discusses his use of structure and form; how he came to the different voices for his characters; how his career in writing has evolved over time; working in collaboration with others particularly on a documentary addressing child sex trafficking; and how to write...
2020-11-19
1h 23
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Chatting with Terri Leiber, writer and actor (sometimes actor and writer!)
A long-term co-creator with Karen Minihan, this chat with Terri Leiber is the third in the Series, and the final member of the PlayActing Theatre group. As well as acting in classic plays where Karen was the director, they have collaborated as writers and actors since 2011 in The Eileen and Marilyn Experience on six different comedy / cabaret shows and other performances. They say they were 'big' in west Cork!Because of their longstanding working relationship and the particular chemistry between them, Karen says that this blog has far too much of her in it and far too...
2020-11-05
37 min
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Chatting with Alyn Fenn, painter and writer, about inspiration and the work.
This podcast features Karen Minihan in conversation with Alyn Fenn, a writer and painter, and a creative collaborator with Karen for over twenty years in projects which included: street theatre, an arts festival, in PlayActing Theatre and other theatre projects as well as many community arts projects.Linking to Blog 2 in the series, entitled 'Vision, inspiration...and enchantment', the women touch on why one works creatively and Alyn speaks of where the inspiration for her painting and writing comes, the impact of her family background, thoughts on collaboration, the physicality of working and her chosen chair....
2020-10-21
46 min
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativity
Chatting with Julia Zagar, artist and designer, about collaboration and creativity
The first interview in the podcast Series 1 is with Julia Zagar, friend and co-creator of Karen Minihan's for over 20 years. They have worked on many projects together, especially with PlayActing Theatre, a company that has involved their creative input with Alyn Fenn, artist and writer and Terri Leiber, actor and writer.In the conversation, Julia chats with Karen about her creative practice as a textile artist and designer, with her passion for mood boards*. She considers the challenge and developments in the process of a year-long project to make 'a piece of art a day', plus another...
2020-10-08
1h 01