Queering the Airwaves: Tracing Our Past - Dublin's Pub Scene Pre-Decriminalisation

Join Emma Hurson and Hana Laine Flamm for a conversation-in-progress about Ireland’s queer pubs, clubs, and spaces. Drawing on Flamm’s master’s research, they’ll compare the scene prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to now, discussing how spaces like these offer sites of connection for Irish queers. In today’s Ireland, do gay venues still hold the same significance? What do we want to preserve and what can we move beyond? How do we find a larger narrative from traces of lives lived in smokey bars and foggy memories? In the hour-long broadcast, the duo will explore the process of crafting theatre and turning memory into performance. Hurson and Flamm want to return to the conversations they had at the start of their creative partnership, retracing their thoughts and collaging them into other creative approaches. @hanaflammingo @awbabyface