Performance Event. Chaired Conversation with Performance Artist and Choreographer, Janie Doherty (Derry). Including screened excerpts from Doherty’s work Politics of Comfort (2020). Irish Society for Theatre Research.

Dean, T. (Speaker)
Janie Doherty (Invited speaker)

Conservatoire

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Description

‘Politics of comfort is inspired by all women who are caregivers. It is a multimedia performance using film, sound score and live performance. It is inspired by Northern Irish culture and how we give comfort in a post conflict society. It is a close-up examination of the women who held it together as life was falling apart.’

Period	29 May 2021
Held at	Irish Society for Theatre Research, Ireland

Documents & Links

https://istr.ie/istr-conference-2021-schedule/