Radio
Drama Season - Voices From The River City
In association with Limerick City of Culture 2014 and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Powerstone commissioned a season of radio drama entitled Voices from the River City.
This collection of six original, half-hour radio plays featured some of Limerick’s best writing and performing talent. They were produced and directed by Powerstone co-founder and associate Brian Kelly and broadcast on Limerick’s Live 95FM station as part of the City of Culture’s Made in Limerick strand.
The Gift
by Ciara Tobin
A 40 year-old woman sets out to find her birth mother, who was forced to give her up for adoption in the 1970s.
Little Bits Left Over
by Mike Finn
Set in September 1970 in a Limerick hospital, where innocent 20 year-old Luke and his cousins await the imminent arrival of President Nixon. Luke has a special reason to be excited. He is convinced that he is half-American.
Redemption
by Sean O’Doherty
Fr. Liam, a priest in a rural parish, is forced out of his comfortable existence by the unexpected repercussions of his actions towards an incoming Traveller family.
Young, Free and Single
by Marie Boylan
The central theme is the difficult but pertinent issue of teenage suicide. Through a non-linear, time shifting narrative, the drama enters the mindset of a young person on the cusp of adulthood.
I’m A Believer
by Paul Meade
As a middle-aged man prepares to move his father to a nursing home, scenes from his parents’ marriage arise. Differing perspectives prompt the realisation that the past is a place where truth and fact are not necessarily the same for everyone.
This Time It’s Different
by Pat O’Connor
A contemporary piece focusing on a man recently released from prison, who comes to the conclusion that he should start to take control of his own destiny.
