Welcome to this week's episode of In Fairness Inquire: Roscommon Artists, a special series of our podcast dedicated to interviewing astounding creative artists that are based here at home in Roscommon. In these interviews we will be talking to actors, theatre-makers, drama facilitators, comedians, writers, directors, poets, producers, a dancer and a weaver. We will discuss how they started in their profession, obstacles they have faced, how they have been impacted by the pandemic, the importance of creativity in their lives, their influences, how they stay motivated to keep creating and most importantly how you, the listener, can support their work. We are keen to make our audiences all around the world aware of the constant stream of Roscommon-based creative work. We also hope this series will encourage some of you to support local art, recognise its necessity and maybe even pursue some creative endeavours of your own. This series comes to you thanks to the generous support of Roscommon County Council who have kindly commissioned this series and endorsed us with the necessary equipment and software to record the interviews safely and remotely during the Summer of 2021.
This week we will be hearing from Catherine Sheridan. Catherine is a long time inspiration and good friend to both of us, as those of you who have listened to our podcast will know. Catherine is a drama facilitator, artistic director of Roscommon county youth theatre, lecturer, an arts coordinator in schools, a playwright and a master crocheter, to name but a few roles she plays in her career of creativity and discovery. Roscommon County Youth Theatre was born and from there Catherine witnessed the transformations and blossomings of many young participants who went through her training. Catherine even asked us to recall our first day at youth theatre and we reminisced on the last production the three of us worked on together - If I was in the GPO we would have won. This production, written and directed by Catherine, is particularly close to her heart, and id like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Catherine for generously sharing with us her grá and personal inspirations that made the play which in turn made us.
In this interview Catherine speaks beautifully about where she finds inspiration and motivation in the people she works with and the world she sees around her every day. She emphasises the importance of taking healthy breaks from work and finding creative outlets that are completely different from your main line of work. You’re in for a refreshing, inspiring and poignant conversation with the most unstoppable drama worker in Ireland, Roscommon’s own Catherine Sheridan.
If you’re aged between 11 and 18 or you know someone who is, make sure to get in touch with Catherine at roscommoncoyt@gmail.com or drama.works@hotmail.com, to enrol in the new term of Roscommon county youth theatre which will be starting soon. You can find their page on Facebook and see more updates there @ Roscommon County Youth Theatre, she herself is Catherine Simons on Facebook, catherinesimondrama on Instagram. You can check out the Roscommon County Youth Theatre website or the Drama Works website for more info on Catherine or the youth theatre or to get in touch.
You can hear more from us and our interviewees on our Instagram, @infairnesspod, same on Twitter, and In Fairness Podcast on Facebook. Feel free to get in touch on any of these platforms with any questions or suggestions that you may have for us. Thank you again to Roscommon County Council for supporting us to create this series, and to our wonderful mentor Catherine Sheridan for keeping us in check and bringing us both together at the very beginning of our journey. You have been listening to In Fairness Inquire: Roscommon Artists, Research and questions by Molly Mew, Sound engineering, editing and producing by Misha Fitzgibbon, thank you so much for listening.
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