Class Acts: Navigating Life's Landscapes

Join us for an evening featuring readings by acclaimed Irish writers Elaine Feeney, LIsa Harding, and Rónán Hession, accompanied by live music from I Have a Tribe. Hosted by Derek Hand, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, this event explores themes of equality, connection, and belonging through powerful storytelling and evocative sound.

Each writer illuminates working-class communities, fractured families, and outsiders navigating complex emotional and social landscapes. Elaine Feeney’s Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way offers a lyrical and urgent voice for social justice; Lisa Harding’s The Wildelings delivers a darkly compelling exploration of friendship, manipulation, and family secrets within the pressures of social expectation; and Rónán Hession’s quietly contemplative Ghost Mountain delves into grief, healing, and imagination. Together, these readings provide a rich, empathetic glimpse into lived experience.

Throughout the evening, Patrick O’Laoghaire of I Have a Tribe will perform music that pulses with the rhythms of everyday life. His sound blends folk, electronic, and spoken word influences to create immersive soundscapes that echo the themes of resilience, identity, and community explored by the writers.

Experience a moving fusion of words and music that celebrates resilience, identity, and the search for belonging.

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