In Context: riverrun

riverrun, actress Olwen Fouéré's exhilarating adaptation of the end of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, comes to BAM September 17—20. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to the production. Once you've seen it, help us keep the conversation going by telling us what you thought below.


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“The Watery Voice of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake” (The Guardian)
 “I dive in and hope only that I will not forget to swim,” says creator Olwen Fouéré of riverrun.

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Olwen Fouéré Wins Edinburgh Festival Award (Advertiser.ie)
Fouéré won the prestigious Herald Archangel Award for her performance in riverrun.

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“Olwen Fouéré on the Voice of the River” (IrishTheatreMagazine.ie)
“[The river] operates like a blood stream through everything,” says the riverrun actor. “It’s like the energy of waking up and moving on”

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“What to Make of Finnegans Wake?” (NYBooks.com)
Michael Chabon recounts a lifelong journey with Joyce’s elusive text.

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The Works: Olwen Fouéré (YouTube)
“Art is like an act of resistance against a prescribed reality,” says the riverrun actor.


Watch & Listen

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Audio
James Joyce Reads from Finnegans Wake (YouTube)
A 1929 recording of the author reading his work.
Video
Olwen Fouéré on riverrun (National Theatre)
“If you let it go, and go with the flow of it, it is, as Joyce described it, a sound-dance.”

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The Origins of riverrun  (Galway International Arts Festival)
“It’s the voice of the river L-I-F-E…life…Liffey,” says Fouéré of her protagonist.

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