EVENT: Lay Up Your Ends at 40
October 25, 2023 – October 28, 2023
The Linen Hall Library & Queen’s University Belfast
with Ulster University & The Belfast International Arts Festival
Time: 09:00 – 17:00
Lay Up Your Ends at 40 – written by Charabanc Theatre Company and Martin Lynch
This year marks 40 years since the premiere of Charabanc Theatre Company’s production, Lay Up Your Ends, which was written by the company and Martin Lynch.
Programme of Events
Monday 9th October – Friday 3rd November Lay Up Your Ends: 40th Anniversary Exhibit
The Linen Hall, Belfast
Wednesday 25th October Charabanc & its Legacies: Dr Brenda Winter in conversation with Dr Ali FitzGibbon
Brian Friel Theatre, QUB, 5pm
Booking: https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650231
Thursday 26th October Workshop: Publishing and Performing ‘Lost’ Plays,
Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick & Dr Shonagh Hill
The Linen Hall Library, 3-5.30pm Booking: https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650229
Thursday 26th October Celebrating Jo Egan: Playwright, Producer, Writer, Director
The Linen Hall Library, 6-7pm
Booking: https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650232
Friday 27th October Lay Up Your Ends at 40: A Celebration of Charabanc Theatre Company and Women’s Theatre in Northern Ireland
Brian Friel Theatre, QUB, 9.30-7pm
Booking: https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650234
Friday & Saturday Witches in Eden by Olga Fielden (Riverside Theatre, 27th-28th October Coleraine)
Riverside Theatre Coleraine
For information & booking, please contact Lisa Fitzpatrick at l.fitzpatrick@ulster.ac.uk
For more information contact the organisers of this event:
Trish McTighe (QUB), t.mctighe@qub.ac.uk,
Shonagh Hill (QUB) s.hill@qub.ac.uk,
Lisa Fitzpatrick (UU), l.fitzpatrick@ulster.ac.uk.
This event is run in collaboration with The Linen Hall Library and the Belfast International Arts Festival, and is supported by the Faculty Research Initiatives Fund and the Drama Department in the School of Arts, English & Languages at QUB, and the School of Arts & Humanities at Ulster University.