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WELC MEWELCOME TO ONE GOOD TURN BY UNA MCKEVIT T. IF YOU ARE JOINING US IN PERSON, YOU ARE THE FIRST PHYSICAL AUDIENCES TO AT TEND A LIVE ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION PERFORMED ON THE ABBE Y STAGE SINCE MARCH 2020. WE ARE SO GL AD TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE BUILDING WITH US. WE ALSO E X TEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR AUDIENCES TUNING IN FROM THEIR OWN HOMES, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR PRODUCTIONS AVAIL ABLE ONLINE.

One Good Turn will mark a turning point in the Irish theatre landscape. After a year of creating primarily digital projects, that helped us to safely employ over 600 artists, the Government’s recent announcement that theatres can re-open, allows the re-emergence of live theatre and the return of audiences to our theatre seats.

The last 15 months have had a profound impact on the theatre industry and, in particular, its artists. We want to extend our sincere thanks to Minister Catherine Martin T.D. and her colleagues for the admirable work they have done in advocating for the theatre community.

Re-opening is a journey, one that will be travelled slowly and safely. We are opening at about 10% capacity with strict COVID-19 protocols in place for both our artists and audiences. To ensure we are still doing our best to serve all of Ireland’s audiences we have developed a hybrid format that allows us to have a limited live audience in the auditorium, while it is being filmed and live-streamed to people at home at the same time. This flexibility will ensure our work continues to be widely available.

We are really proud to bring audiences this wonderful new play from Una McKevitt, which also marks her Abbey stage debut. We would like to welcome Director Emma Jordan, the brilliant cast of Pom Boyd, Catherine Byrne, Liz FitzGibbon, Bosco Hogan, Aoibhéann McCann and Shane O’Reilly as well as the design teams back to the theatre, and to thank all the Abbey staff for bringing this production to life.

We hope you enjoy the show and thank you, so much, for coming.

Graham McLaren and Neil MurrayDirectors of the Abbey Theatre

Helen Pom Boyd Brenda Catherine Byrne Fiona Liz FitzGibbon Frank Bosco Hogan Aoife Aoibhéann McCann Ciaran Shane O’Reilly

Voiceovers Gerard Byrne Michael James Ford Bosco Hogan Aisling O’Mara Jody O’Neill Aonghus Óg McAnally

Writer Una McKevitt Director Emma Jordan Set Design Colin Richmond Costume Design Enda Kenny Lighting Design Sarah-Jane ShielsComposer & Sound Designer Carl Kennedy Voice Director Andrea Ainsworth Dramaturg Louise Stephens Casting Sarah Jones Senior Producer Craig Flaherty Producing Assistant David Doyle Production Manager Sally Withnell Company Manager Danny Erskine Company Stage Manager Roxzan Bowes Deputy Stage Manager Anne Kyle Assistant Stage Manager Orla Burke Video Production/Livestream AreamanProducer for Areaman Shane Hogan Director for Areaman David Keeling Director of Photography Tommy Fitzgerald Camera Operators Tommy Fitzgerald Simon Crowe Esme Pum McNamee

Vision Mixing David Keeling Livestream Technician Luke Weir Post-Production David Keeling Hair & Make-Up Caroline McCurdy Costume Supervisor Síofra Ní Chiardha Dresser Yvonne Kelly Props Master Eimer Murphy Set Construction Theatre Production Services (TPS) Kitchen Construction Eddie Moran Associate Lighting Designer Kevin Smith Head Electrician Dave Carpenter Lighting Operator Eoin Byrne Sound Operators Morgan Dunne Derek ConaghyRadio Mic Technician Laura Honan Stage Technicians Pat Russell Davy McChrystal Marketing & Press Maura Campbell Fergus Hannigan Heather Maher Róisín McGann Jack O’DeaGraphic Design ZOO.Photography Ros Kavanagh

Irish Sign Language Interpreter Vanessa O’Connell

COMPANY

Running Time: Approx. 80 minutes. There is no interval. Special Thanks To: COPD Ireland, Joan Johnston, Richard Hanley and the Portering Department, Mater Hospital

ISL interpreted performances feature a professional interpreter who translates the production into Irish Sign Language.

TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN.

A few years ago, I wrote down a conversation between myself and my Dad where he was asking me to fix the reception on the TV and I was trying and failing to do that. I couldn’t see where that conversation could go, so I put it away and only came back to it when I started working on One Good Turn in Spring 2020.

With One Good Turn I wanted to try and capture something of the dynamics of caring for someone and being cared for by someone in the family home, the two sides of the experience. It can be a complicated time for a family and it’s not something that skates off in your memory never to be seen again; it makes an impression.

I wanted as much as I could to reflect that shared experience back to an audience in a warm but honest way. But I didn’t know where to start. Sitting in the shed staring into space that scene with the TV came back to me, so I dug it up and started there.

Una McKevitt

WRITER’S NOTE

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BOARDMairéad DelaneyLoretta DignamBosco HoganPeter LowryMáire O’HigginsBreda O’KeeffeMichael OwensDr. Frances Ruane (Chair)Michael WallMichael West

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