Delighted also to announce that the 2026 New Scholars Prize competition is now open! The winner receives: - €150 - Waived fee for the 2026 ISTR conference - Peer mentorship by a scholar in a related field Papers are due on 5 February 2026. Full details on this call: istr.ie/new-scholars...

We are delighted to announce that ISTR 2026 takes place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman (@tudublin.bsky.social) on 4-5 June, under the theme Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation. Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements: istr.ie/istr-confere...

ISTR seeks to elect three new members to the Executive Committee istr.ie/istr-electio...

Ahead of next week's Budget 2026 Announcement, we have commissioned two short essays by key theatre practitioners from the Island of Ireland, as per our constitutional aim to monitor and review the stability and health of the Irish theatre sector. istr.ie/commissioned...

Workshops at University of Galway: Quantitative Approaches to Creativity: Culture and Policymaking 24-25 Sept Organised by @miriamhaughton.bsky.social & Prof David O'Shaughnessy Keynotes: Prof Karol J Borowiecki & Prof Paul Bonin-Rodriguez Register by 17 Sept More info: mailchi.mp/749f534a9bc7...

Very sad news. Rest in peace, Seán Rocks. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

CFP: 34th Annual CDE Conference, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-7 June 2026. Abstract deadline 15 September 2025: contemporarydrama.de/home-news/cd...

The third paper in Music and Cultural Mythologies is “Perpetuating cultural hegemony from the British Empire to AI: the case of bagpipes” by Cassandre Balosso-Bardin #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

Continuing on Music & Cultural Mythologies,Fiona Fearon’s paper “Performing Otherness: Minstrels in Early Twentieth Century Ireland” #ISTR2025

In the final round of panels, Ciara Murphy @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social ‘s paper ‘Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics’ is part of Music & Cultural Mythologies. #ISTR2025

Final panel of #ISTR2025 now with fellow feminist interventionist @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social's excellent and engaging paper on "'Get Your Brits Out': Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics" www.nme.com/news/music/k...

Kim Solga leading final panel on women making Shakespeare from diverse communities at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Terrific keynote by Siân Adiseshiah @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire at @myiadt.bsky.social

Looking forward to Siân Adiseshiah's keynote on Staging Utopian Subjects #ISTR2025 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/utopian-d...

Particularly liked the irony that we could literally see the stock market crashing on account of the newest beef in the lower right corner of Kurt's screen as he was questioning what the "great" evoked in MAGA is meant to represent #ISTR2025

Kurt Taroff raises thought-provoking points in ‘Circuses of stasis: performing the defence of the imperial state in the US and Northern Ireland’, juxtaposing the perfomativity and iconography of The Twelfth parades with Trump rallies (at one of which he apparently "signed a baby") #ISTR2025

@lukelamont.bsky.social on Abomination by Conor Mitchell and Belfast Ensemble at @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Excited to find out whether the audio will work or if my co-communications officer @irishtheatreres.bsky.social @lukelamont.bsky.social will actually sing during his paper on "Verbatim musicals in Britain during the rightward lurch", as promised #ISTR2025 www.theartsreview.com/single-post/...

Second day of #ISTR2025 is off to a fantastic start as Brian Singleton discusses ANU Productions’ Hammam (2023), bringing it together with the context of the 2023 Dublin Riot www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ham...

@bsnglton.bsky.social on ANU’s Hammam written and directed by @louiselowe.bsky.social for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire @myiadt.bsky.social

We also heard the research of Rachel Fehily, Róisín O’Gorman, Michael R. Murphy & Sarah Hoover on Dramaturgies and Visibility #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

Catching our breath after a flurry of brilliant panels this afternoon. The Government Policy & the Arts panel featured papers from Patricia O’Beirne, Ben McCabe & Charlotte McIvor. #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

Elaine Sisson’s wonderful keynote paper, ‘Costume as Dissent: Ireland, Modernity and the Politics of Becoming’ #ISTR endsofempire.com

Emer O’Toole from Concordia Uni/Canada on the she-wolf for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Final paper in Challenging Colonial Legacies: “Converging Narratives: The Importance of Intersectionality and Diverse Identities in Contemporary Irish Theatre” delivered remotely by Tara Mozafari #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

Tuba (Tara) Mozafari now remotely contributing an intriguing talk on "Converging Narratives: The Importance of Intersectionality and Diverse Identities in Contemporary Irish Theatre", focussing on "Eclipsed" by Patricia Burke Brogan and "Rathmines Road" by Deirdre Kinahan #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire

Yousef Abu Amrieh delivering his and Ahmed Shalabi’s paper “Decolonizing George William Joy’s General Gordon’s Last Stand” as part of Challenging Colonial Legacies #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

Yousef Abu Amrieh now presents his and Ahmed Shalabi's fascinating co-written paper on "Decolonizing George William Joyʼs General Gordonʼs Last Stand in Aboulelaʼs River Spirit" #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire www.pinterest.com/pin/34424396...

Monica McCarthy from ATU Sligo on feminist resistance in trying times for @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Shonagh Hill @shonaghhill.bsky.social also presenting in the Challenging Colonial Legacies panel, on “Mamtshawe - The Rise of Maqoma and decolonial feminism” #ISTR2025 endsofempire.com

David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social delivering his paper “O’Neillian Echoes in Dennis Scott’s An Echo in the Bone (1974)” in our afternoon panel, Challenging Colonial Legacies at endsofempire.com

. @shonaghhill.bsky.social now explores Nandi Jola's "Mamtshawe – The Rise of Maqoma" in the context of decolonial feminism, raising thought-provoking points and referencing Vergès notion of decolonial feminism as "a never-ending struggle, revolution as daily work" #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire

David Cregan from Villanova Uni on Safe House by Enda Walsh and Anna Mullarkey @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmoire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Great to see what went on in other panels! #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire

In another morning panel, Fiona Charlton, Clara Mallon and Dilek Öztürk Yağcı delivered papers on Performing Class.

Andrew Galvin on Grief Cartography, devised theatre and colonial margins @irishtheatreres.bsky.social 2025 #EndsofEmpire hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social

Attending the "Challenging Colonial Legacies" panel now, with David Clare starting off with a talk on "O’Neillian Echoes in Dennis Scott’s An Echo in the Bone (1974)" #ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire

Great start to ISTR 2025 - End(s) of Empire - at @myiadt.bsky.social. In our first round of panels, Terence McEneaney, Nora Grimes and Helen Lane delivered papers on public performance.

#ISTR2025 #EndsOfEmpire off to a great start - super two days of papers, keynotes, awards, and launches hosted by @myiadt.bsky.social @sjhoover.bsky.social Siobhan O'Gorman and Kevin Wallace

Helen Lane's excellent paper on "Voicing the concerns of our generation: The affective charge of the Irish Spoken Word movement in mainstream media" @irishtheatreres.bsky.social #ISTR2025 sounds like it could be right up @clairemsp.bsky.social @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social 's lane!

Really looking forward to Nora Grimes's talk on "(Re)imagining Irish Histories through Women's Public Performance: Feminist Interventions by the Inghinidhe na h'Éireann, Alice Milligan, and Lady Gregory, 1900-1912" now @irishtheatreres.bsky.social #EndsofEmpire

Sadly, we cannot be in two places at once despite the fascinating parallel panels - attending Terence McEneaney's engaging, evocative talk on "The Altered Altar: A Sensory and Autoethnographic Reflection of Mass" now #EndsOfEmpire #ISTR2025

#ISTR2025 kicking off any minute now - Follow this space for updates! #EndsOfEmpire

Reminder: our AGM is this Thursday 22 May, 1-2pm via Zoom. All welcome but registration is required ⬇️ istr.ie/agm-2025/

Registration now open for this year's AGM, 22 May at 1pm www.tickettailor.com/events/irish... All welcome!

We have EXTENDED the deadline for registration to ISTR 2025 in @myiadt.bsky.social New deadline is Monday 19 May!

ISTR 2025 AGM 🙋 This year's Annual General Meeting will talk place via Zoom on Thursday 22nd May, 1-2pm. This event is open to all, but should be registered for in advance. Registration details to follow. Please share this public event with any interested colleagues or students.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Abstract submission by 1 June, 2025

Coming up in May 📣 Front and Centre: Women of the North's Playwriting Symposium 3-day symposium seeking new ways of creating space for women's playwriting in the theatre industry of the north 📅 May 23, 2025 - May 25, 2025 📍 Brian Friel Theatre, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bsakmvk3

❗Reg. deadline TUESDAY 6 MAY❗ ISTR2025 The End(s) of Empire: Place, Politics, Performance Come along to examine the intersections of place, politics & performance related to persistent structures of coloniality & neocolonial practices €30/€80 ➡️ Dún Laoghaire IADT 🗓️ 5-6 June istr.ie/ends-of-empi...