16. Remembering Mike Moloney - Fender Jackson, Hugh Brown & Paul McEneaney
8 January 2024
About This Episode
Episode 16 is a celebration of the life of Mike Moloney with Hugh Brown and
Paul McEneaney joining Fender Jackson where they discuss studying
Performing Arts, Donal McKendry, Belfast Community Circus School, working
in Maghaberry Prison, staging a performance in prison, Jim Webster,
Streetwise Community Circus, Death Of A Salesman, Samuel Beckett, Michelle
Wiggins, Stephen McNally, Magilligan Prison, Prison Arts Foundation, the
influence the Performing Arts has had on their careers, The Vanishing
Elephant, Charles Way, Harry Houdini, William Burroughs, Suzanne Vega,
Frank Zappa, pwc, finding the challenge within oneself as an artist,
devising art to appeal to oneself first and foremost, Helen Sloane, the
impact you can have on a life just by being yourself, Malcolm Elliot,
Sandie, Aidan Browne, Michelle Wiggins the singer, the discipline of
repetitive performances, performing on the street, Jackson Pollock, Andy
Warhol, knowing what the artist intends, life being art, Zen, Paul Jackson,
Gilbert & George, John Devlin, Michael O’Hanlon, theatre being created and
destroyed at the same time, when art gets realised, the formula for
longevity in the performing arts, the relative nature of success, living a
life without regrets, getting away with it, ikigai and other topics.
The Ireland Podcast
Introduction: The Ireland Podcast sets out the aims and ethos of the series.
It introduces the long-form conversational approach and focus on Irish culture and lived experience.