A dramatic monologue by Jane Coyle
Seven year-old Rusalka Hartmann travels to Northern Ireland from her home in Vienna on the Kindertransport. In the coastal town of Millisle, she is given a safe haven, kind friends and a new family. Seventy-five years later, Rosa Maguire shares memories of her grandmother’s eventful life. Based on real life experiences.
With musical inserts from the opera Rusalka by Dvorak.
Narrator: Jane Coyle
Duration: 20 min.
The show is performed in English with Slovenian subtitles.
In cooperation with The British Embassy Ljubljana
Jane Coyle is an award-winning writer, arts journalist and critic, who has worked across print and broadcast media platforms in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
A French speaker, she studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and is a graduate of the University of Leicester. She began her career at Faber & Faber in London
She is a critic and feature writer for The Stage and The Irish Times and a judging panel member for the UK Theatre Awards. She set up and ran the film & drama development unit of Waddell Media, where she worked in production for almost 20 years.
Jane has written three feature-length screenplays and five stage plays. She is co-librettist for the opera adaptation of her play The Suitcase.
She has taught at Queen’s University Belfast and regularly takes workshops on review writing.
A former vice-chair of the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, co-founder/former board member of Replay Productions, former board member of the Crescent Arts Centre and, for nine years, chair of DU Dance (NI).
Jane is the lead partner on the artistic development of Powerstone’s slate.
