Miriam is Director of Postgraduate Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway, and the Vice-President of the Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR). Her research interests include twentieth and twenty-first century theatre and performance, production and performance ecologies, the politics of performance, feminisms, and trauma and memory studies. Miriam's recent monograph Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow (2018), considers how performance and production ecologies in Ireland and the UK capture woman-centred traumatic histories through staging, performance and production encounters. Staging Trauma was nominated for the TaPRA Early-Career Research Award 2019 and critically acclaimed in reviews by Modern Drama, Times Higher Education, Irish Literary Supplement, Irish University Review, New Theatre Quarterly, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, and more.
Miriam's broadcast and media experience includes:
2020: Interviewee for documentary on the Oscar-nominated feature film The Field (dir. Jim Sheridan), adapted from John B. Keane’s play. Produced by Dearg Productions directed by Brian Reddin, broadcast on RTÉ 1, 29 December.
2020: Interviewee for Dublin Inquirer on Mad, Bad and Dangerous: a celebration of ‘difficult’ women and interviewee for Stage Door Live produced by TheatreMaker.ie. Further Mad, Bad and Dangerous media reports include RTÉ 6.1 news, Morning Ireland radio, and culture/online; a post-show Bealtaine talk chaired by Roisin Ingle (Irish Times), preview in the Sunday Independent, and features by Connacht Tribune.
2020: Panelist at NUI Galway digital launch of Tuam Oral History Project streamed live on Facebook moderated by Rachel English, 30 July.
2020: RTÉ Brainstorm, ‘Is it time for a daily arts report on the new, just like sports?’ 14 May. This article was further analysed in the Irish Times ‘View on Culture’, weekend edition, 22 May 2020, and the Irish Examiner, 18 May 2020.
2019: Newstalk radio interviewee, ‘Galway 2020’, 18 September.
2019: Irish Times online, ‘Will Galway 2020 live up to its ambitious aspirations?’ 17 September.
2019: Connacht Tribune feature article on my monograph Staging Trauma launched by Louise Lowe (ANU Productions) and Dr Cathy Leeney (UCD), written by Jim Hynes. 1 March 2019, p. 15.
2018: RTÉ: Radio 1, ‘Ireland Now’ panel discussion for Brainstorm, broadcast 4 December 2018.
- ‘Marina Carr’s On Raftery’s Hill: The Challenge for Audiences’, RTÉ Brainstorm, 17 April.
- ‘Gender, Power, and Tipping Points’, International Women’s Day, RTÉ Brainstorm, 8 March.
2017: The Irish Examiner, Interviewee for ‘The Creativity Movement and Why You Should Try It’, by Alissa McMillan, 26 January.
2016: Headstuff, ‘WakingTheFeminists: Here’s to the Estrogen Rising’, 17 November.
2015: ‘Morning Ireland’ RTÉ Radio 1‘Gate Conference’ segment with RTÉ Arts Correspondent Sinéad Crowley, 29 April.
2015: Connemara Community Radio, ‘Performance Points at NUI Galway’ segment, 10 February.
Miriam is associate producer/researcher for season 1 of the documentary web-series co-produced by Up Up Up and Copper Alley, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous: a celebration of 'difficult' women, programmed as part of the 2020 Dublin Fringe and Bealtaine Festivals, in September and October. In spring 2021, Miriam will direct and produce the Tuam Oral History Theatre Production with Drama and Theatre Studies, collaborating with staff and students throughout the university.
Miriam is recently returned from a semester as guest lecturer at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, also delivering guest lectures at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) in Rio de Janeiro, and the University of São Paulo (USP), sponsored by the Government of Ireland Academic Mobility Scheme. Miriam is developing new teaching materials that explore the connections between Irish and Brazilian theatre and performance, particularly relating to memory studies, trauma studies, and feminisms.
Recent publications include co-editing a special issue of international journal Ilha do Desterro (2018), the collection Radical Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland (Carysfort, 2015), and a special issue of the journal Irish Theatre International (2014). She has also published articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including Contemporary Theatre Review, Modern Drama ('Honourable Mention'), New Theatre Quarterly, Mortality, Irish Studies Review, Cadernos de Letras and Focus.
Miriam established the Feminist Storytelling Network at NUI Galway in 2017, an interdisciplinary forum that promotes research, pedagogy and knowledge exchange relating to feminist principles, histories and experiences. The FSN curates annual symposia and workshops, connecting international and Irish scholars, artists and activists. Further information regarding upcoming and past events can be found here: https://www.feministstorytelling.ie.
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Director of Postgraduate Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway; Vice-President of the Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR); Founder of the Feminist Storytelling Network at NUI Galway; Author and Producer
Miriam is Director of Postgraduate Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway, and the Vice-President of the Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR). Her research interests include twentieth and twenty-first century theatre and performance, production and performance ecologies, the politics of performance, feminisms, and trauma and memory studies. Miriam's recent monograph Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow (2018), considers how performance and production ecologies in Ireland and the UK capture woman-centred traumatic histories through staging, performance and production encounters. Staging Trauma was nominated for the TaPRA Early-Career Research Award 2019 and critically acclaimed in reviews by Modern Drama, Times Higher Education, Irish Literary Supplement, Irish University Review, New Theatre Quarterly, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, and more.
Miriam's broadcast and media experience includes:
2020: Interviewee for documentary on the Oscar-nominated feature film The Field (dir. Jim Sheridan), adapted from John B. Keane’s play. Produced by Dearg Productions directed by Brian Reddin, broadcast on RTÉ 1, 29 December.
2020: Interviewee for Dublin Inquirer on Mad, Bad and Dangerous: a celebration of ‘difficult’ women and interviewee for Stage Door Live produced by TheatreMaker.ie. Further Mad, Bad and Dangerous media reports include RTÉ 6.1 news, Morning Ireland radio, and culture/online; a post-show Bealtaine talk chaired by Roisin Ingle (Irish Times), preview in the Sunday Independent, and features by Connacht Tribune.
2020: Panelist at NUI Galway digital launch of Tuam Oral History Project streamed live on Facebook moderated by Rachel English, 30 July.
2020: RTÉ Brainstorm, ‘Is it time for a daily arts report on the new, just like sports?’ 14 May. This article was further analysed in the Irish Times ‘View on Culture’, weekend edition, 22 May 2020, and the Irish Examiner, 18 May 2020.
2019: Newstalk radio interviewee, ‘Galway 2020’, 18 September.
2019: Irish Times online, ‘Will Galway 2020 live up to its ambitious aspirations?’ 17 September.
2019: Connacht Tribune feature article on my monograph Staging Trauma launched by Louise Lowe (ANU Productions) and Dr Cathy Leeney (UCD), written by Jim Hynes. 1 March 2019, p. 15.
2018: RTÉ: Radio 1, ‘Ireland Now’ panel discussion for Brainstorm, broadcast 4 December 2018.
- ‘Marina Carr’s On Raftery’s Hill: The Challenge for Audiences’, RTÉ Brainstorm, 17 April.
- ‘Gender, Power, and Tipping Points’, International Women’s Day, RTÉ Brainstorm, 8 March.
2017: The Irish Examiner, Interviewee for ‘The Creativity Movement and Why You Should Try It’, by Alissa McMillan, 26 January.
2016: Headstuff, ‘WakingTheFeminists: Here’s to the Estrogen Rising’, 17 November.
2015: ‘Morning Ireland’ RTÉ Radio 1‘Gate Conference’ segment with RTÉ Arts Correspondent Sinéad Crowley, 29 April.
2015: Connemara Community Radio, ‘Performance Points at NUI Galway’ segment, 10 February.
Miriam is associate producer/researcher for season 1 of the documentary web-series co-produced by Up Up Up and Copper Alley, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous: a celebration of 'difficult' women, programmed as part of the 2020 Dublin Fringe and Bealtaine Festivals, in September and October. In spring 2021, Miriam will direct and produce the Tuam Oral History Theatre Production with Drama and Theatre Studies, collaborating with staff and students throughout the university.
Miriam is recently returned from a semester as guest lecturer at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, also delivering guest lectures at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) in Rio de Janeiro, and the University of São Paulo (USP), sponsored by the Government of Ireland Academic Mobility Scheme. Miriam is developing new teaching materials that explore the connections between Irish and Brazilian theatre and performance, particularly relating to memory studies, trauma studies, and feminisms.
Recent publications include co-editing a special issue of international journal Ilha do Desterro (2018), the collection Radical Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland (Carysfort, 2015), and a special issue of the journal Irish Theatre International (2014). She has also published articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including Contemporary Theatre Review, Modern Drama ('Honourable Mention'), New Theatre Quarterly, Mortality, Irish Studies Review, Cadernos de Letras and Focus.
Miriam established the Feminist Storytelling Network at NUI Galway in 2017, an interdisciplinary forum that promotes research, pedagogy and knowledge exchange relating to feminist principles, histories and experiences. The FSN curates annual symposia and workshops, connecting international and Irish scholars, artists and activists. Further information regarding upcoming and past events can be found here: https://www.feministstorytelling.ie.
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