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The global release we have all been waiting for! Our brilliant silent movie made with the support of Kildare County Council and Alan Thompson Videography is now online and you can watch it here:. Directed by Aisling Byrne and starring Mary Gilton, Noel O’ Dwyer, Johnny Murphy, Ciaran Flynn, Brendan Moran,  Brian Malone, Tommy Cunningham,Continue reading “Downtown the Movie”

Sept 2020- Brendan O’ Connor Show Interview, Culture Night 2020 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21834567 Sept 2020- The Journal.ie Article- Culture Night 2020 https://www.thejournal.ie/mark-smith-culture-night-making-a-mark-5198143-Sep2020/ Jan 2020- Tommy Tiernan Show Interview- Mark Smith and Aisling Byrne MAKING A MARK Dublin FRINGE Festival 2019 Press Coverage RTE ARENA interview with Sean Rocks, September 2019 https://radio.rte.ie/radio1highlights/making-a-mark-arena/ THE IRISH TIMES, AUGUST 2019. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/the-incredible-but-true-stories-of-mark-smith-1.3991959 RTE SIXContinue reading “PRESS AND REVIEWS”

Lear is not having a good week. A storm is brewing and he’s running with the wolves. He’s old, he’s cold and his daughters aren’t talking to him. You can’t rule the world, if you can’t remember where your shoes are. It seems in this kingdom when you’re old and grey, suddenly, you’re in theContinue reading “Hurry… Reason in Madness EARLYBIRD SPECIAL!”

  We settled into summer at Run of the Mill Theatre with a little bit of storytelling about the 1916 Rising in this centenary year. Our Avoca drama group meets every Tuesday afternoon at Avoca Day Programme (St John of Gods Community Services Liffey Region) and we focus on supporting our participants towards immersive, experiential,Continue reading “The Story of Sean : Multisensory storytelling at Avoca Drama Group”

  In the words of CAROUSEL June was bustin’ out all over at Run of the Mill, it’s hard to know where to begin… Crossroads and Seasons presented I’ve a Disability Get Me Out of Here to a packed audience at The Slip Hall in Celbridge on June 23rd. The feedback was fantastic and theContinue reading “Logos, Lear and GET ME OUT OF HERE!”

It’s a busy week @ Run of the Mill as we countdown to our performance of I’ve a Disability: Get Me Out of Here next Thursday at the Slip Hall in Celbridge. Filming continues on our community film project Downtown! supported by Kildare County Council. We are working hard on developing Reason in Madness atContinue reading “Dates for your Diary!”

More good news at Run of the Mill as we recently secured a grant from the Kildare County Council arts service to create a short silent movie in collaboration with our drama group at Horizons Day Service (St. John  of Gods Liffey Region). The group have spent many months devising the piece, inspired by theContinue reading “DOWNTOWN! An adventure in film.”

So this week we had some pretty exciting news at  Run of the Mill that had us and our friends at Pathways Day  Programme falling off our IKEA swivel chairs. Having collaborated over the past year on a learning project we affectionately termed ‘No Fear of Shakespeare’ we had spent a number of months exploringContinue reading “Reason in Madness?”

We’re very excited to finally share details the first outing of this provocative, entertaining and informative new work, devised by the participants of the Crossroads and Seasons theatre programme (St. John of Gods Liffey Region), explores the ups and downs of living with an intellectual disability as we try to navigate the “new directions” ofContinue reading “I’ve a Disability: Get me out of Here!”