Home: Part One
17 March - 17 July 2021
The national theatre of Ireland's response to the report on Mother and Baby Institutions
In January 2021 the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published its report investigating the discrimination experienced by vulnerable women and children in Mother and Baby Institutions in Ireland. It asserted that, over 76 years from 1922 to 1998, some 56,000 mothers and 57,000 children were kept in the 14 Mother and Baby Institutions and four County Homes it examined.
Home: Part One is a direct response to the report on Mother and Baby Homes, focusing on the testimonies of survivors. Home: Part One will be broadcast on St. Patrick’s Day 2021, a day where we celebrate our identity should also be a day for us to reflect on Ireland’s history and on the experiences of its citizens. It will be available to watch back for four months after.
The readings will stream on our YouTube channel at 7pm on 17th March 2021.
For a running order and credits, download our online programme.
School’s Resources
Our Community and Education team have worked with teachers from Larkin Community College to create educational resources to accompany Home: Part One. They are designed for Junior Certifitcate, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate classes and consist of a Teacher’s Pack and Supporting Slides.
Donations
Home: Part One is in aid of Barnardos Post Adoption Service. Please support the service by making a donation at www.barnardos.ie/donate
Participants
Images: Ste Murray
The testimonies will be read by some of Ireland’s leading actors and public figures, with live music performed by Mary Coughlan and Johnny Taylor.
Readers: Karen Ardiff, Ivana Bacik, Cathy Belton, Jane Brennan, Noelle Brown, Siobhan Callaghan, Orla Casey, Catherine Connolly, Derbhle Crotty, Amelia Crowley, Anne Enright, Hilda Fay, Liz Fitzgibbon, Brenda Fricker, Gráinne Hallahan, Mary Healy, Esosa Ighodaro, Jess Kavanagh, Lauren Larkin, Susan Lohan, Síle Maguire, Ruth McCabe, Gillian McCarthy, Denise McCormack, Mary McDonagh, Eleanor Methven, Sarah Morris, Marie Mullen, Laura Murphy, Mary Murray, Máire Ní Ghráinne, Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Donna Anita Nikolaisen, Melissa Nolan, Helen Norton, Marion O’Dwyer, Olivia O’Leary, Aisling O’Sullivan, Geraldine Plunkett, Joan Sheehy, Noni Stapleton, Carmel Stephens, Catherine Walsh, Eleanor Walsh, Ali White.
Filmed portraits, in order of appearance:
Portrait 1: Joan McDermott
Portrait 2: Mary Coll
Portrait 3: PJ Haverty
Portrait 4: Catherine Coffey O’Brien
Portrait 5: Anne Fitzgerald
Credits
- Concept by: Graham McLaren & Neil Murray (Directors of the Abbey Theatre)
- Curator and Lead Artist: Noelle Brown
- Editorial panel: Catriona Crowe
- Editorial panel: Michèle Forbes
- Editorial panel: Colin Murphy
- Editorial panel: Conall Ó Fátharta
- Editorial panel: Jody O’Neill
- Editorial panel: Caroline Williams
- Head of Producing: Jen Coppinger
- Senior Producer: Craig Flaherty
- Dramaturg: Louise Stephens
- Casting Director: Sarah Jones
- Producing Assistant: David Doyle
- New Work Assistant: Selina O’Reilly
- Performance Director: Andrea Ainsworth
- Voice Director: Helena Walsh
- Production Manager: Cliff Barragry
- Company Manager: Danny Erskine
- Company Stage Manager: Bronagh Doherty
- Stage Manager: Roxzan Bowes
- Stage Manager: Orla Burke
- Stage Manager: Tara Furlong
- Stage Manager: Anne Kyle
- Lighting Design: Kevin McFadden
- Composer: Ray Harman
- Sound Mixing: Derek Conaghy
- Sound Mixing: Morgan Dunne
- Online Moderator: Conall Ó Fátharta
- Press Manager: Róisín McGann
- Marketing Manager: Fergus Hannigan
- Communications and Digital Engagement Officer: Jack O’Dea
- Marketing and Press Officer: Heather Maher
- Administrative Support: Luke Casserly
- Administrative Support: Éadaoin McCarrick
- Administrative Support: David Roper Nolan
- Video Production: Areaman
- Producer for Areaman: Shane Hogan
- Camera Operator: Eleanor Bowman
- Camera Operator: Simon Crowe
- Camera Operator: Tommy Fitzgerald
- Camera Operator: Esme Pum McNamee
- Camera Operator: Luke Sweetman
- Camera Assistant/Data Wrangler: Aoife Quinn
- Location Sound: Rob Moore
- Location Sound: Steven Power
- Clapper Loader: Kev Moore
- Vision Mixing: Shane Hogan
- Post-Production: David Keeling
- Creative Design: ZOO
- Photography: Ste Murray
- Photography: Mark Stedman
- Portrait Production: Dave O’Carroll
- Irish Sign Language Interpreter: Amanda Coogan