For The Love of Mary at The Linenhall Arts Centre

For The Love of Mary is a bilingual, autobiographical mapping of a journey to find the Virgin Mary, a figure glorified as the epitome of female identity. It examines her lost humanity, rediscovered through stories shared by women living in Ireland, gathered around the kitchen table, often over a pot of tea.
The atrocities committed against women, the institutionalisation of women, and the Repeal and Decriminalise movements alongside acts of devotional faith and love are explored. All layered against a backdrop of religious ideology and national identity, performed by Mel Bradley, spoken word artist, writer, actor, life model, multimedia artist and creative facilitator.