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Dr David Clare is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at Mary Immaculate College, UL. His books include the monographs Irish Anglican Literature and Drama (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and Bernard Shaw’s Irish Outlook (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and the edited collections The Golden Thread: Irish Women Playwrights, 1716-2016 (2 vols, Liverpool University Press, 2021) and The Gate Theatre, Dublin: Inspiration and Craft (Carysfort/Peter Lang, 2018). He previously held two Irish Research Council-funded postdoctoral fellowships at NUI Galway (now University of Galway), and he is curator of the IRC-funded database. As a theatremaker, plays that Dr. Clare has written, adapted, directed, or produced have been staged at the Gate Theatre Lab Space and Dalkey Castle in Dublin; the Town Hall Theatre and the Bank of Ireland Theatre in Galway; and the Lime Tree Theatre, the Record Room, and MIC’s An Halla in Limerick. 

The Alphabet of Birds, Belltable, 69 O’Connell Street, Tuesday 26^th July, at 8pm.

By Holy Show Productions, supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and the Western Development Commission.

Please note: there will be a wine reception and launch of the Holy Show arts magazine commencing at 7pm at Belltable.

The Alphabet of Birds, a new audio-visual essay for the stage written by Sara Baume will be held as part of our IASIL 2022 series of events at Belltable in Limerick city on Tuesday 26^th July, commencing at 8pm. Delegates might also like to attend the wine reception and launch of the Holy Show arts magazine, commencing at 7pm at Belltable.

Tickets can be purchased at: .

Live readings from Baume's new essay are interspersed with four short documentaries from Jamie Goldrick and features artists Sara Baume, Natalia Beylis, Gary Coyle, and Laura Fitzgerald. The essay and films are composed and will be live scored by Howlbux - Irene Buckley and Elaine Howley. Check out the trailer here: