Olwen Fouéré, one of Ireland’s leading theatre-makers, will appear in discussion with Professor Ronan McDonald, Director of the Global Irish Studies Centre, UNSW, to talk about her acclaimed new adaptation of the voice of the river in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
A force of constant renewal, the river Life (Liffey/Anna Livia Plurabelle) generates a powerful transformative energy as she dissolves into the great ocean of time. Fouéré’s unique approach to Joyce’s extraordinary ‘sound-dance’ becomes a universal call to wake up, surrender the past and confront the betrayals that might lie at the heart of our histories.
Olwen Fouéré is an actor and creative artist across many disciplines including mainstream theatre and film. She has received numerous national and international awards for her work over the years. Most recently she received the Herald Archangel award (Edinburgh Festivals 2014) and the Irish Times Special Tribute Award 2013 for her outstanding contribution to Irish Theatre.
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riverrun can be seen at the Dunstan Playhouse from 26 February to 2 March as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts 2015.
This event is co-presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, The Hawke EU Centre and the Hawke Research Institute
FREE registration: The River of Lives Olwen Fouéré on the genesis of riverrun from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake
4 March, 6.00pm
Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, University of South Australia
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