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What is Aphantasia?
Alexithymia is proud to have a neurodiverse cast and creative team! We chatted to two cast members Keagan Vaskess (playing Blue) and Emma Hoy (playing Yellow) about their experience with Aphantasia - a condition where one does not possess a functioning mind's eye and cannot visualise imagery. They talk about how it affects their life and how it's impacted their professional careers.
How did the writing of Alexithymia happen?
Alexithymia is a fracturing experience. You have to work in order to make connections. Without that work, your mind becomes occupied by other topics that are massively fulfilling, but can make engaging with life emotionally and socially somewhat fraught.
Alexithymia: Why This and Why Now?
So, we launched! After keeping a secret since, well, longer than I’ve been able to keep a secret for before, Alexithymia will be opening the 2017 Poppyseed Theatre Festival. Drinks have been drunk, songs sung, at least one person has already won a free ticket for screaming at the audience. All that is left to do now is to make this thing happen...
5 Reasons You Should Book Tickets To 'Inferno: A Double Bill'
Read on to find out why you can't miss this exciting theatrical event Inferno: A Double Bill
A feminine take on theatre. Or should that be feminist?
Theatre teaches us that feminism has nothing to do with hating men. Together, theatre and feminism teach us that femininity and masculinity are not inherent aspects of being a woman or a man respectively. But that's not all...
2016: the year of women in theatre
Why? Because we said so.
Cheated death in Chile and Meryl Streep has starred in his play – the playwright you need to know
Remember the time you survived a Cold War coup and then Meryl Streep starred in your play? Meet the guy who does...
7 things you should know about Ireland’s most controversial playwright
The first play of 'Inferno: A Double Bill' is Crestfall. Read on for 7 weird and wonderful things you should know about the Irish playwright responsible for said play who just goes there...
Nude and being nude
This one is about the nudity in the show, nudity in our society, #GetNakedForNude and why mainstream media aren't interested...
The labour beneath the beauty spot
The labour of creating the self...
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