Like a next level audiobook, sit back and relax as one of Ireland’s finest young actors offers a taste of what might be your next favourite book.
Like a next level audiobook, our lunchtime Pages in Performance series is the perfect way to take a taste of what might be your next favourite book.
On Thursday 22 May, actor John Maher reads from Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits, which follows two young potters in ancient Syracuse as they form unexpected attachments to enemy Athenian captives when they decide to stage a play to make a little money.
If you like what you hear, you can pick up your own copy at the onsite festival bookshop and join us for A Manner of Speaking on Sunday 26 May at 19:30 where the author will be in conversation with fellow writer Colin Barrett and moderator John Patrick McHugh.
John Maher is a graduating trained actor of the Gaiety School of Acting Class of 2024. From Dublin, John holds a First Class Honours BA in English and Drama from University College Dublin. John was a member of the Ad Astra Performing Arts Academy while studying in UCD. And his passion for storytelling stems from his time as a Professional Wrestler performing in shows across Dublin and Ireland since the age of 15
Presented in partnership with the Gaiety School of Acting.