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.

Fregoli theatre company were formed in 2007, and named themselves after the quick-change theatre artist Leopold Fregoli, channelling that same high-energy and adrenaline-filled style of performance. We are joined in this interview by newest member Tara Finn who joined in 2019 as an actor, Jarlath Tivnan, actor and writer and Kate Murray, actor and director who both joined in 2011. After Maria Tivnan and Rob McFeeley performed Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh at the ISDA festival in 2007, they were awarded best actress and best director for their work, and encouraged by Gina Moxley, one of the judges, to continue their work in a theatre company. As the company grew and adapted over the years they have shifted focus to work primarily on original scripts.

Thank you so much again to the group for making time in their busy schedule to join us for that amazing chat you can find them as Fregoli Theatre Company on Facebook and @fregolitheatre on Instagram. You can check out their website at fregolitheatre.ie for more info on them or to get in touch. Make sure to keep an eye out for their production of Cross Street later this year. You can find our podcast, In Fairness, on Acast, Spotify and Itunes. 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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