Angry Bird

Rounding off our second series of new audio drama from women writers is 'Angry Bird' by Tamsin Larby. Eileen Nolan is a 75-year old ‘force of nature’ who has had enough and because she has nothing to lose, that makes her ferocious! She sees the populist Far Right as not only dangerous, but comes with discriminatory attitudes towards women, and being a survivor of domestic violence, she won’t tolerate this either. She eggs the leader of the anti-immigrant “Irish Citizen’s Party” in a very public display to make her point, and starts to really enjoy her new rebellious ‘celebrity’ status. However, her motives are more complicated than just politics. Her solicitor, Lisa Cleary, discovers Eileen has an estranged daughter, Chloe, who desperately wants to reconnect with Eileen as she escapes from her violent husband, but now can’t with all the publicity surrounding her mum. In trying to bring Chloe back into her life, Eileen has pushed her even further away. How will she resolve needing to make her political point and get to see her daughter again? Cast: Eileen - Mary McNamara Radio presenter - Maura Walsh Alex - Peter Prior Usher - Declan Cahill Niall McNally - Noel Kavanagh Roisin Hayes - Rebecca Blomfield Garda Larkin - Tommy Campbell Lisa Cleary - Melissa Nolan Chris - Ian Shipley Geraldine - Cleary Mary Neylon Chloe Dillon - Frances Keogh RTE presenter - Tommy Campbell Judge Kennedy - Peter Prior Prison guard - Carol Dempsey Directed by Declan Cahill Music Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license