I.NY | The Ireland New York Project marks the 100th anniversary of The New Yorker with an evening exploring and celebrating the story of the renowned magazine’s relationship with generations of leading Irish authors.

This unique evening welcomes The New Yorker’s Deborah Treisman and Cressida Leyshon to Dublin, joining frequently New Yorker published writers Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle and Colin Barrett in conversation with Belinda McKeon, about the historic and contemporary story of The New Yorker’s Irish Writers. Anne, Roddy and Colin will also each read from one of their New Yorker pieces on the evening.

Speaking on this milestone event, Abbey Theatre Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin added;

On behalf of all of us at the Abbey Theatre, it is a joy to welcome I.NY and The New Yorker’s Deborah Treisman and Cressida Leyshan to this house. Our stage is a place built on the conviction that stories matter. Irish writers have found in fiction, not an escape from life but a way of illuminating it – capturing our contradictions, our humour, our sorrows, and our resilience, a way to speak to the heart of who we are. Fiction is essential because it allows us to step into each other’s lives, to imagine beyond what is fixed, and to hold onto the hope that things can be different. It reminds us that empathy and imagination are not luxuries, but necessities. With this event, we return a debt of hospitality, for over a century Irish writers have been welcomed onto the pages and into the hearts of The New Yorker and its readership. We happily welcome Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Colin Barrett, Belinda McKeon and The New Yorker onto our stage as together we mark a hundred years of those Irish voices carried across the world; we celebrate the writer – their courage, their vision, and their ability to remind us of our shared humanity.