Plays & Poetry

Time plays a major role in Imbolg, Maighread Medbh's eighth book of poetry. Change & choice with their shadows, doubt & fear inhabit the book in differing forms, but sensual pleasure is always in the frame with an abiding element of play. Her 'Lockdown Diary', from March /April 2020, encompasses 50 days of meditations on the first Covid-19 lockdown

This highly evolved verse novel, inspired by the flamboyancy of Irish artist Pauline Bewick's art, gives epic treatment to the themes of gender, the body, time and the meaning of myth in this post-postmodern world.

Poetry collection

The chapters in this collection examine the methods, politics and philosophy of sharing choreographic process, aiming to uncover theoretical repercussions of and the implications for forms of knowledge, the appreciation of dance, education and artistic practices.