Friday 03th May 2024
Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. R95 D320
Grand Slam Champion storyteller Mary Kate O Flanagan comes to the Watergate on 3rd May with a two hour storytelling workshop. Venue TBC
Mary Kate returns to the Watergate on Friday 10 May with ‘Making a Show of Myself’. This show has earned standing ovations and stellar reviews, contains six of her award-winning true-life tales, woven together with insights into why storytelling is an essential part of being human.
Attend the workshop for €12 or avail of a discounted rate and attend both the workshop and show for only €20/€18.
The discount will automatically apply to your cart when booking online.
In a nation where storytelling is the national past-time, Mary Kate O Flanagan laid claim to the title of Ireland’s Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth, at The Abbey Theatre in 2015. She has since won the title of Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth in Los Angeles and a Champion Storyteller at The Dublin StorySlam on several occasions. If you want a flavour of what to expect, you can hear one of her stories on The Moth Radio Hour at: https://themoth.org/stories/carry-him-shoulder-high

That story went viral on TikTok on Father’s Day 2023, gaining over 1.4 million views in two days and, maybe more notably, the comments section is entirely positive. It has been included in The Top Ten Stories on The Moth on PBS radio, as well as being named by many as their favourite Moth story ever.

A life-affirming show
An entertainer of the first rank…it is a privilege for the audience that she is prepared so generously to make a show of herself
No More Workhorse
Endearing and ultimately uplifting…an absolutely lovely way to spend an evening – get there while you can!
Reviews Hub
Full of positivity. This life-affirming show is a good antidote right now in a world that seems impossibly difficult and cruel
The Irish Independent
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