Arts Week with Judy Murphy

Night Shift, a new play by Rosaleen McDonagh, directed by Thomas Connors, will be performed in Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre from Thursday, September 29, to Saturday, October 1.

Featuring an all-Traveller cast, this contemporary drama follows the journey of two young adults from different cultural backgrounds, as they navigate the societal expectations around their relationships.

It’s being staged as part of the unique three-day Misleór Festival which opens on September 29. The only festival in Ireland that celebrates and connects cultures from around the world, this event in Galway City and Ballinasloe, will include music, theatre, film, poetry and visual art from Traveller, Roma, Sámi, Mongolian and Romany Gypsy communities.

The Festival will be launched at 6pm on Thursday, September 29, in the University of Galway’s O’Donoghue Centre, with artists and activists sharing their reflections on ‘nomadic identity’.

“This unique festival unites us through our distinct cultures, identity, and nomadic way of life,” says Nora Corcoran, a Community Development Worker with Galway Traveller Movement, and co-artistic director of the festival with independent filmmaker Alice McDowell.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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