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​chat with the fillum show was great fun!

thanks to emma fagan.

​click here for interview


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​​​THE FILLUM SHOW

​MO O'CONNELL WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY EMMA FAGAN
FROM THE FILLUM SHOW ABOUT ALL THINGS INDIE FILMMAKING
TONGIHT 27TH AUG 2020 AT 8PM

TUNE IN!

HERE


SPA WEEKEND

WINS

THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD 

AT IT'S BRITISH PREMIERE,  THE

UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL 2020

YOU CAN WATCH THE ZOOM AWARD CEREMONY, CLICKING HERE.
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SPA WEEKEND WILL HAVE IT'S UK PREMIERE AT THE

UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL 2020

SPA WEEKEND HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 4 AWARDS:



Best Actor for Steven Neeson,


Best Actress for Mo O'Connell 


Best Foreign Film: SPA Weekend


Best Director: Mo O'Connell

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​​​INTERVIEW WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JAMES WREN
FROM UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL
ABOUT ALL THINGS

'SPA WEEKEND' 

WITH MAUREEN O'CONNELL, STEVEN NEESON & TIM CASEY. CLICK BELOW.
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INTERVIEW


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​THESPISH SELECTED FOR TRI RIVERS FILM FESTIVAL 2020

WILL SCREEN ONLINE SATURDAY 18TH JULY

TKTS HERE:
​http://tririversfilmfestival.co.uk

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​Maureen O'Connell & Gemma Creagh have been selected for Screen Ireland's Spotlight Scheme to develop Maureen's short film GIRLS into a feature film called FAIR GAME.

Here, they are interviewed by the lovely Megan from
Dublin city FM about the award. Click Below.


INTERVIEW

jOIN THE cRAIC cOMEDY fILM fESTIVAL

HAS GONE ONLINE AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS

sO, YOU CAN VIEW MEITHERHOOD IN FULL ON THEIR WEBSITE ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL FILMS FROM MIDNIGHT 30TH APRIL 2020 UNTIL MIDNIGHT 1ST MAY 2020
​& VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE FILM! aND IT'S ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE! FOR MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY AWARE. DO DONATE IF YOU CAN!

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CLOSER


NEW TUNE FROM THE BAND

TIN PIGEONS

I PARTOOK IN A SMALL ROLE IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO BY TOMMY CREAGH & CONOR TOBIN

GREAT VIDEO & CHOON

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​AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME


A POEM BY
KITTY O'MEARA

I PARTOOK IN A RECITING OF KITTY O'MEARA'S BEAUTIFUL POEM.

THIS VIDEO IS DIRECTED BY SILVANA BENEDETTO & DANIELE BIZZOZZERO (PICTURED BELOW)

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light on stoneybatter


​I PARTOOK IN A POETRY EXCHANGE ONLINE. YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR OWN POEM AND READ IT OUT. THEN YOU TAG SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM. THIS IS THE POEM I CHOSE TO DO.

HERE IS A POEM I WROTE A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I LIVED IN THE 'BATTER. IT IS CALLED, "LIGHT ON STONEYBATTER"

BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOS AND ART OF THE 'BATTER.

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women in film & television ireland

have released two lovely articles showcasing members' work during this lockdown. 

Proclaim!

&

a trailer for
​
spa weekend

feature in them both

​thank you Wft.i !!!

link 1

link 2

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MEITHERHOOD

IS AN

OFFICIAL SELECTION

FOR THE

Join the craic - comedy for the mind- comedy FILM FESTIVAL

april 30th 2020

*because of the coronavirus, this festival will be online.*
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​MEITHERHOOD

is an

Official Selection

for the

Catalyst International Film Festival March 2020

Good Times!

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Delighted to announce that SPA Weekend has been Officially Selected for 3 Irish Film Festivals:

​Kerry International Film Festival, The Richard Harris International Film Festival & Carlow International Film Festival 2019 

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friends of the elderly

We made a short video for the wonderful charity 'friends of the elderly', called, "buddha buddies"

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​​WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION IRELAND


Maureen O'Connell features in
the 'MEMBER IN FOCUS' issue this month. 

​CLICK HERE TO READ

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​
​FANTASTIC REVIEW FOR

SPA WEEKEND


IN THE

DUBLIN INQUIRER


CLICK HERE

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AWARD-WINNING WORLD PREMIERE OF SPA WEEKEND AT THE

FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL OF BERLIN 2019

SPA Weekend won the
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SHE IS ON FIRE
Award
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TRAILER 3


FROM
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SPA WEEKEND
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TRAILER 2

from 

SPA Weekend
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Read Film Ireland's article on the making of PROCLAIM! 

Click here for article

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​PROCLAIM!

​
Just click to view film here

AFTER MANY NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL  FILM FESTIVALS,

"PROCLAIM!"

AN AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM BY
​ MAUREEN O'CONNELL 
​IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE.

3 HOT WHISKEYS PRODUCTIONS

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​JOLLY BOY

IS INTO THE AWESOME

FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL 2019


​I was delighted to be named on this fabulous list on 

International Women's Day 2019 

by 

WFT.i & SDGI

​

spa weekend 

press

Dublin Gazette

Odbox Interview 

Dublin city fm radio interview

G-Request Show interview
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​On Monday 11th February 2019, I directed a Valentine's skit to go online for Valentine's Day. So, it was quite the scramble to get the edit done for Thursday morning on the 14th. But, we did it!

And here it is

FOREVER




​"spa weekend"

trailer

a low-budget truly indy feature film

co-written by maureen o'connell & karl argue

directed & produced by Maureen o'connell

starring maureen o'connell, steven neeson & shane connellan
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spa weekend offically selected

for the awesome

female filmmakers festival of berlin in june 2019

de-lighted! woohoo!

​gratitude to all who worked on it!



​GREAT NEWS!

MEITHERHOOD

OFFICIAL SELECTION

WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL
​2018

Click HERE for teaser

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​JOLLY BOY 
&
MEITHERHOOD
​

WENT DOWN REALLY WELL AT THE AWESOME

DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
2018


​meitherhood
official selection 
of
carlow international film festival
2018

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​thespish

official selection
of
carlow international film festival
2018

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​Meitherhood

official selection
of
kerry film festival
2018

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PROCLAIM!
screened at
moving parts film festival la
​on september 14th 2018

delighted to be in hollywood la!
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delighted to announce
jolly boy
is officially selected for the
dublin international short film & music festival
october 2018
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Meitherhood
is officially selected for the
dublin international short film & music festival
october 2018
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THRILLED!

OFFICIAL SELECTION
FOR
PROCLAIM! & THESPISH
AT
DISAPPEAR HERE BALLYLIFFIN FILM FESTIVAL Sept. 2018


​still voices short film festival 2018

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THRILLED 
to announce that
PROCLAIM!
has been
Officially Selected
for
Best Short Film
in the
Moving Parts Film Festival Hollywood LA 2018
​
​

Absolutely DE-lighted!!!

Proclaim! is into Wexford Film Festival 2018!

It will be screened at this prestigious festival from 
​August 3rd -5th.

Thanks SO much to EVERYONE who worked on it!!

All legends!

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Very sad to hear of the passing of Alfred (Alf) McCormack.

Alf and his friend Freddie were two gentlemen printers at the National Print Museum and were the first people I met at the museum who encouraged me to research and make the film PROCLAIM!

They also said they would get me access to the museum- and they did!

Alf and Freddie were there on the day of the shoot and made sure the printing press worked for us and allowed us to film as it printed off several proclamations.

They also did us the massive favour of being in it.

They are the two gentlemen printers who take up the work of continuing to print after Christopher Brady leaves to bring more proclamations to the GPO and the streets and walls of Dublin City.

Alf also knew William O'Brien, one of the original printers of the proclamation (played by Brian Murphy), so it was perfectly fitting that he play the printer who took up the baton of continuing to print proclamations.

Alf is a beautifully warm & gentle soul with a cracking sense of humour & he will be missed.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

Rest in eternal peace Alf

​XXX



​ONLY DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE FURTHER GOOD NEWS!

THESPISH IS ON IT'S WAY TO NEW YORK USA!!!

IT WILL BE SCREENED ON JULY 21ST 2018 AT THE NEW YORK HUDSON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 

​​Here's their trailer for the fest
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we won the iffy!!!
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THESPISH IS NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FILM!

WE WON THE IFFY AWARD AT THE IFFY FILM FESTIVAL LAST NIGHT (june 29th 2018)

ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!

ONWARDS!

IFFY IS SUCH A COOL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY CENTRE.

STAFF ARE SO FRIENDLY. THEY PROVIDED FREE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FREE WINE AND POPCORN ALL NIGHT AND THE FILMS WERE TOP CLASS.

WE HAD SUCH A LOVELY NIGHT!

AND EVER MORE GREAT NEWS!!!

THESPISH

​HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY AT THE

BATON ROUGE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL july 27th & 28th 2018

DELIGHTED!

​HERE WE COME LOUISIANA USA!!!

​More Great News!

THESPISH

Will screen as part of the IFFY Film Festival 2018

June 29th 7pm

Pearse Centre

​Dublin City Centre

Here is an IFFY Trailer
​

​Fantastic
​NEWS!

PROCLAIM! 
​has been selected to screen at the Still Voices Film Festival August 16th-19th 2018

Delighted!

​The GREAT news keeps coming!!

THESPISH

​has been accepted into the Sleeping Giant's Film Festival june 30th 2018

​Delighted!!!

​

​​THRILLED with the news that

PROCLAIM! 

has been selected as a

Semi-Finalist

at

Moving Parts Film Festival in LA, USA 2018

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​​And more great news! 

Apparently, PROCLAIM! and THESPISH went down so well at the Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC that they want to screen them again on St. Patrick's Day at the AFI.
​Thrilled!

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Great News!

The Irish Film Festival, New Jersey, USA, want to screen Thespish & Proclaim! another 2 times!

Once more for their sponsors as Best of Irish Shorts and a second time in the summer to promote their festival. 

Delighted!

​PROCLAIM! 
shares a double bill with Mark O'Connor's acclaimed, 
​"King of the Travellers" starring the legend, John Connors.

When?
March 7th 4pm 2018

Where?
Odeon Cinema 3Arena


​CHICAGO
is a beautiful city & maureen o'connell had such a wonderful time there celebrating the screening of 
​Thespish at the amazing
​Chicago Irish Film Festival 2018

Thanks to everyone who worked on THESPISH

Maureen o'connell's YDA Award Nominated short film
GIRLS
will be screened on RTE 2 Shortscreen once more on Monday 5th March at 11.55pm 2018

​​It will then be on the RTE iPlayer for 2 months afterwards.

​Delighted!

Click here for trailer.


​More fab news!

PROCLAIM! & THESPISH
will get 2 screenings EACH on the
23rd & 24th February 2018 at the
​Irish Film Festival in New Jersey USA

​Click here for schedule

Thanks ALL who worked on them & thanks to the Irish Film Festival, New Jersey

​GREAT NEWS!

maureen o'connell has received a travel grant from
Culture Ireland 
to go to Chicago for the
Chicago Irish Film Festival in March 2018
to see her newest film that she directed, THESPISH, being screened there.

So Excited!!!

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Program for the Capital Irish Film Festival 2018 is up!

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PROCLAIM! is in Programme 1
&
​THESPISH is in Programme 2

​Have a look at the schedule here 
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​​PROCLAIM!
​will screen at Filmbase in Temple Bar on February 16th at 7pm with some other wonderful short films.

€10 on the door and BYOB

See you there!


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THESPISH will screen just before the fantastic feature film, "Writing Home" at the Chicago Film Festival 2018. Delighted with that program slot!

Click HERE for details
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THESPISH & PROCLAIM! ARE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT

THESPISH

CHICAGO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2018

CAPITAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON DC USA, 2018

IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, NEW JERSEY  USA, 2018

PROCLAIM!

​CAPITAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON DC USA, 2018

IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, NEW JERSEY  USA, 2018


​Proclaim! 
​screens with the fabulous short film, 
The Lion's Share 
in aid of 
St. Aidan's Day Care Centre & Pethelpers.ie

Where?
Movies@Gorey

When?
Thursday November 16th 2017

Time?
7pm

See you there!

EVER MORE WONDERFUL NEWS!
​THESPISH HAS BEEN OFFICALLY SELCTED FOR THE BRILLIANT WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL
​3rd - 5th November
2017.

​EXCITED & DELIGHTED!

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​more great news for our newest short film, thespish.
​it will screen at the brilliant kerry film festival 2017. absolutely delighted!

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OUR NEWEST SHORT FILM, "THESPISH" WILL HAVE IT'S IRISH PREMIERE AT THE
​DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 (DISFMF) 

DELIGHTED & EXCITED!

GIRLS
​
screens tonight 01/09/2017
as part of an inhouse screening of Film Network Ireland.
​Tickets here
Some great films on show tonight! Looking forward to it!
​A4 Sounds 6pm BYOB

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proclaim!
screens at the bleeding pig festival on september 4th 2017
@8pm
@keelings of donabate

so excited!


​Delighted that Proclaim! has been chosen alongside other brilliant short films to screen at the fabulous Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin tonight: 

31/07/2017 at 6pm

​Click HERE for more info!


thrilled that GIRLS will screen in USA again on july 15th!!!

​And here's the fantastic line-up for the awesome Bluestocking Film Series 2017- GIRLS is alongside some cracker short films!! 

Just click

​HERE


RTE HAS BOUGHT GIRLS AND WILL SCREEN ON
​SHORTSCREEN RTE 2 ON MAY 1ST 2017
@ 5 past midnight
​if you miss it, you can catch it here on rte iplayer  

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OUR VERY OWN MAUREEN O'CONNELL HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A YOUNG DIRECTOR'S AWARD FOR THE SHORT FILM "GIRLS"

WE ARE OVER THE MOON!

AWARD CEREMONY THIS WEEK FEBRUARY 23RD- SO EXCITED!!!



​​PROCLAIM! TAKES TOP BILLING AT THE LIGHTHOUSE!

DELIGHTED THAT PROCLAIM! WILL TAKE TOP BILLING AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA'S O.I.C. MEDIA CHARITY EVENT FOR THE CAPUCHIIN DAY CENTRE.

DATE? 30TH JANUARY

TIME? 6.30PM

WHERE? LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA, SMITHFIELD, DUBLIN 7

SEE YOU THERE!

LOVELY NEWS!

​PROCLAIM! TO SCREEN AT TECH AMERGIN IN KERRY!

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more fanatastic news!!!

proclaim! has won the best script award at the
dublin international short film & music festival

the talent at this festival was incredible so, we were delighted with the win!

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proclaim! has won the best 1916 centenary short film award at the prestigious fingal film festival 

not bad for it's irish premiere, eh?

​delighted!!!!!!!!

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PROCLAIM! HAS BEEN NOMINATED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS
FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE BEST 1916 CENTENARY SHORT FILM AWARD.
DEE-LIGHTED!!!

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AND EVERMORE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NEWS!!!

BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM AWARD CATEGORY

&...

MAUREEN o'cONNELL HAS BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER AWARD CATEGORY

AT THE BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL

ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!!!

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EVEN MORE WONDERFUL NEWS!!!

BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS ARE INTO THE BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL!!!   

​HUZZAH!

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MORE FABULOUS NEWS!!!

PROCLAIM! IS INTO THE AWESOME KERRY FILM FESTIVAL 2016!!!

​WHOOP!

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MORE GREAT NEWS!!!

PROCLAIM! WILL BE SCREENED AT THE DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM &   MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016

OCTOBER 6TH-9TH

DELIGHTED!!!

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​DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT PROCLAIM! HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO SCREEN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016

DATE: 1ST OCTOBER
WHERE: MOVIES@SWORDS CINEMA
TIME: 5PM-8PM

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girls screened at the o.i.c. media's event at the wonderful lighthouse cinema in smithfield o july 25th.

it was glorious to behold girls on the might lighthouse screen!

​it was a great night of short films & all proceeds went to the capuchin day centre.


​"GIRLS" & "PROCLAIM!" TO SCREEN AT "FILM ON THE eDGE" AT THE gALWAY FRINGE FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY 9TH JULY AT 2PM IN NUN'S ISLAND THEATRE.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED HERE AT 3 HOT WHISKEYS!!!

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PROCLAIM!

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A SHORT FILM ABOUT THE ACTUAL CHARACTERS & EVENTS SURROUNDING THE PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL IRISH PROCLAMATION READ BY PADRAIG PEARSE AT THE G.P.O. DUBLIN, ON EASTER MONDAY, 24TH APRIL, 1916.

3hw is in pre-production & readying ourselves for a February shoot. 
exciting times!                                                  

​join proclaim! on twitter here & on facebook here

GOOD GIRL AT THE RADA FESTIVAL 2015 WENT FABOLOUSLY! GREAT FEEDBACK AND INTEREST. 

good girl

3hw's brand spanking new play will have it's u.k. premiere rehearsed read-through at the rada festival in july 2015

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Alexandra comes runner up in a Page 3 Contest and will only get the winning money of £3000 if she goes ahead with the glamour shoot. Will she do it?

"There are two types out there. There are good girls and there are sluts. Which do you want to be?"

Good Girl is about Alexandra. A young woman who decides to do a topless glamour shoot after her ex-boyfriend posts a photo of her online and she inadvertently becomes runner up in a Page 3 Contest. She’s applied to go to college but she decides this may just be a much more lucrative option for her and may give her the money she’s been so desperately wanting to go back home to Australia. She's wise to the world. But does everyone agree with her? Can she maintain relationships with her father & those that judge this decision in a darker light? Contains some nudity.

Writer/Director: Maureen O'Connell
Dramaturg: Francis Grin
Producer: Laura Hyde

BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.rada.ac.uk/whats-on/rada-festival/good-girl

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