by 5 Lamps Fest | Nov 22, 2021 | Theatre
What has the response to Philo been like so far? We’ve had such a wonderful response to Philo. Full houses of laughter and tears in the Sean O’Casey Theatre. Many people return for a second time with gangs of friends and family. We knew we were working on a very...
by 5 Lamps Fest | Oct 18, 2021 | Community, Local, Theatre
I will never forget the first time I met Philo. It was February 1982 in the offices of the North Centre City Community Action Project (NCCAP) in Summerhill. A vibrant but small community organisation, we had just been awarded a grant from the Department of Labour to...
by 5 Lamps Fest | May 25, 2020 | Literature, Online Event, Theatre
Drag Storytime is a storytelling session facilitated by drag performers: Drag Queens, Drag Kings and queer performers. The phenomenon began in the San Francisco, USA in 2015 as Drag Queen Story Hour and since then it has taken off worldwide. The story sessions are...
by 5 Lamps Fest | Mar 4, 2016 | Five Lamps Festival in the Press, Theatre
Behind the Scenes Volunteering Experience: Making NIGHTTOWN by Laurie Ingram NIGHTTOWN is a play based on a chapter from James Joyce’s Ulysses that records the feverish experience of Dublin’s sordid nightlife in the early 1900s. Adapted by director Joe O’Byrne and...
