Memorial Monologues – Adapting Site-Specific Work

Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan is adapted from the words of four brave and inspirational human rights defenders from around the world who were murdered because of their peaceful work defending the rights of others. Created as a promenade, ‘walk-in-the-park’ show with theatre, poetry and music, this performance was adapted for an indoor space by director and emerging theatre artist, Carmen Ortiz Victorino. This signified a new challenge for the director, and by presenting it as a local theatre movement for the Theatre in Palm project, Carmen was able to explore new working practices through the project. Carmen was very successful with her new staging, and some audiences even attending both the indoor (local theatre movement) and outdoor (roadshow) performances.

The play features four of the stories of human rights defenders who are commemorated at the Memorial to Human Rights Defenders in the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin. They are Lasantha Wickrematunge, journalist, Sri Lanka; Natalya Estemirova, journalist and human rights defender, Chechnya; Raed Fares, journalist and activist, Syria and Bety Cariño, activist and women’s rights defender, Mexico. 

Performed by Daniel Mahon, Josephine Patane, and Lisa McLoughlin Gnemmi.