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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe James Joyce Centre is proud to present a performance of John, May, James and Me<\/strong><\/em> by Eddie Naughton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stanislaus Joyce was the younger brother of James Joyce. Born in Dublin, Stanislaus was considered a \u201cWhetstone\u201d by his more famous brother, who shared his ideas and his books with him. He was three years younger than James and was his constant boyhood companion. Stanislaus rebelled against his native Ireland as his brother had done, and, in 1905, he joined James\u2019s household in Trieste. He wrote an unfinished memoir called My Brother\u2019s Keeper<\/em>, on which the play John, May, James and Me<\/em> by Eddie Naughton is based, along with other writings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The play looks at the Joyce family dynamic through the eyes of Stanislaus, from their father, John, a feckless Cork character with notions, to the long-suffering mother, May. It also looks in depth at the relationship between the two brothers over many years. Their trials and tribulations. The good times and bad. What was it like having a literary genius as a brother? How do you stop him from destroying his gift and even himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Performed by Pat Nolan. Directed by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eddie Naughton<\/strong> is a playwright based in The Liberties area of Dublin. His play John, May, James and Me <\/em>is <\/em>a Joyce family memoir, based on the writings of Stanislaus Joyce. Other plays he has written include Bullfight on Third Avenue<\/em>, Joxer Daly Esq,<\/em> The Exiling of Sean O’Casey,<\/em> Adrian Phelan is Going Home<\/em>, and a trilogy of drug plays (Franner and Joey, The Boy with the Halogyn Hair <\/em>and The Trouble with Bobo<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bairbre Ni Chaoimh <\/strong>is an actor, director and writer. She has toured nationally and internationally with all the major Irish theatre companies. She was an Associate Artist at the Abbey Theatre for three years and while Artistic Director of Calypso Productions she received an Irish Times award and a MAMA. Directing credits <\/strong>include three plays for The Gate Theatre\u2019s Beckett Festival, <\/strong>which toured to The Barbican, London and The Lincoln Center, New York and Catalpa <\/em>by Donal O\u2019Kelly,<\/em> which has won awards on three continents. She directed Noni Stapleton\u2019s one-woman show, Charolais<\/em> which received a host of awards including The Stewart Parker Award and The Little Gem Award. She recently directed the Irish premiere of Stumped, <\/em>a play <\/em>about Pinter and Beckett, for Bewleys Caf\u00e9 Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pat Nolan<\/strong> trained at DYT and The Focus Stanislavski Studio and appeared in many of their shows. He has an MA in Theatre from GSA\/Maynooth University. He has acted, directed, and produced shows nationally and internationally. Stage work includes Cinderella <\/em>and Borstal Boy<\/em> at the Gaiety, 12 Angry Men<\/em> at the Olympia, Risk Everything <\/em>with Whirlygig, Uncle Vanya<\/em> <\/strong>at the Gate, Oedipus <\/em>and The Wake<\/em> at the Abbey. He toured extensively with Take Off Your Cornflakes<\/em>. Probably best known to audiences for playing Barry in Fair City<\/em>, for which he won the Rose d\u2019Or award in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tickets are \u20ac15. To purchase tickets, click this link.<\/a>
The Bloomsday Festival<\/strong><\/a> is organised by the James Joyce Centre in partnership with F\u00e1ilte Ireland, Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3582,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[20,13],"class_list":["post-3498","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-bloomsdayfestival","event_categories-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n