Seaweed and Sealing Wax

Ireland's first Female Botanist

Seaweed & Sealing Wax

BEHIND THE SCENES: Information on past and planned performances

 

SEAWEED & SEALING WAX 3: plans for 2023

A funding application has been submitted to enable two performances –  in the West Cork Literary Festival 7 to 14 July 2023 and in the Ellen Hutchins Festival 12 to 20 August 2023. A studio produced audio recording will be available online later in the year. 

CVs of the Creative Team for Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: 2023 are available here:

Karen Minihan

Finola Finlay

Marianne Lee

Oonagh Hurley

 

Possible venues for the 2023 performances are:

Future Forests, Kealkil

Marino Church, Bantry

School House, Whiddy.

 

Future Forests
The Future Forests space set up for performance / talk
Marino Church, Bantry
Marino Church
Old School House, Whiddy
Old School House, Whiddy

SEAWEED & SEALING WAX 2: 2022

Live performance Friday 19th August 2022 at Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey. Script available HERE

A studio audio recording of elements of the performance will be released on 9th February 2023. 

The performance was funded by a Cork County Council Arts Grant and a generous anonymous donation.  

See here for an online listing for the August 2022 performance. 

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2: August 2022: Seaview House Hotel lawn, Ballylickey
Karen Minihan and Finola Finlay in Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2: August 2022
Poet, Laura McKenna in Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2: August 2022
Botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty in Seaweed and Sealing Wax 2: August 2022
Madeline Hutchins with Ellen archives in Seaweed & Sealing Wax 2: August 2022

CVs for the creative team S&SW2: 2022 are available here.

Karen Minihan

Finola Finlay

Shevaun Doherty

Robin McLoughlin

Laura McKenna

see weeds and sealing wax

The 2021 performance was live in the gardens of SeaView House Hotel, Ballylickey on 20th August, and then this was re-shaped for a Zoom performance in December. The Zoom performance had an audience of 104.

Feedback from the performance on Zoom on 14th December 2021 is here.

The recording of the Zoom performance is available for sale in the shop 

Setting the scene, parachute shelter on the lawn at SeaView House Hotel, Ballylickey
Karen Minihan reading Ellen’s letters
Carrie O’Flynn dressed as Ellen might have been, and Mark O’Mahony reading Dawson Turner’s letters
Finola Finlay as Host, giving context and explanatory notes
Letter writing kit and microscope base
Carrie O’Flynn, historical re-enctor, with period microscope