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An Audience with Garry Hynes |
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Where: Aula Maxima, Quadrangle, NUI Galway
When: Thursday 11th March
Time: 19:00 – 21:30
On Thursday the 11th of March, the Literary and Debating Society will be hosting an Audience with Garry Hynes, founder and artistic director of the Druid Theatre Company. This event will take place in the Aula Maxima in the main Quadrangle of NUI Galway and will commence at 7pm.
Born in Ballaghadereen in 1953, Garry Hynes is a graduate of NUI Galway who has gone on to become one of the most accomplished and well respected individuals in Irish theatre. From her beginnings as a member of the NUIG Drama Society, Ms. Hynes went on to found the Druid Theatre and currently serves as its artistic director. Over the last 30 years, Ms. Hynes has directed plays for the Abbey Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Exchange, Manchester, the Kennedy Center and the Royal Court Theatre, London. She was also the first female director to receive a Tony Award for Direction for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998 and was awarded the Freedom of the City of Galway in 2006.
Ms. Hynes will be interviewed by Professor Adrian Frazier – an English Lecturer in NUIG and Director of the MA in Drama and Theatre Studies, and will deal with topics such as theatre in Galway and in Ireland, as well as discussing the role and influence of Irish theatre on the global stage. After the interview, there will be a questions and answer session, where members of the audience will have the opportunity to put questions to Ms. Hynes and Professor Frazier.
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Where: Cairnes Theatre
When: 24th February
Time: 20:00 – 21:30
Donating an organ can save someone’s life – yet every year people on the transplant list die due to a lack of donors and a lack of time. The government has tried ad campaigns, information sessions and many other mechanisms but nothing so far has worked to increase the level of organ donors in the country to the required level. A new approach is needed is lives are to be saved.
Every year, apathy and a lack of information mean that hundreds of badly needed organs are wasted. By changing the law so that every person is an organ donor unless they ‘opt-out’, we can save dozens of lives that would otherwise be lost. People’s laziness can be tolerated in many situations, but not where the cost is the lives of vulnerable people. People can still refuse, their rights are not harmed, it’s just changing the way they receive those rights.
But changing rights is significant, and where the State assumes rights over your body unless you sign the right form is an important difference. Consider the type of people this will really effect; people who don’t want to deal with the State’s bureaucracy or people who are illiterate are two obvious examples. Do we really want a society where our government owns us unless we state otherwise?
Join Lit & Deb and Sláinte Soc for a debate on saving lives, personal freedoms and the powers of the State.
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The Cosmetic Surgery Debate |
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“THW Ban Cosmetic Surgery”
This weeks debate has unfortunately had to be cancelled. Please keep checking www.literaryanddebating.com for details on future events.
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