The Bright Plain

Michelle Dooley Mahon is a writer from Wexford, Ireland. She wrote and performed seven one-woman shows before she became the author of the groundbreaking novel Scourged and the playwright and performer of its adaptation to the stage, The Scourge, which won her a writing award in New York when she performed it off Broadway at The Irish Rep in 2020. She was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD at age fifty seven. She writes and hosts the #mdmpodcast and has been commissioned to write essays on a wide variety of topics. She is a speaker and advocate about Alzheimers and mental health. During lockdown she performed two new shows: Pas Mon Singe (Not My Monkey), and Divilskin part 2. She is currently writing directly from her diaries for a new book called Spiders Don't Eat Biscuits about being a carer for her ninety-two-year-old father, Tom. She lives alone with three beautiful dogs who think they are people. Caitriona Dunnett is an Irish artist based in the UK. Her practice explores memory. She is intrigued by the traces people leave behind, the paths they weave through time and the legacies attached to them. Dunnett has a BA Hons in Photography from Nottingham Trent University and a MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been supported by the Irish and English Art Councils, The Richard and Siobhá n Coward Foundation, Grain Projects and a-n The Artist Information Company. Recent exhibitions included Brighton Photo Fringe, Hill Close Gardens, Warwick, The Lost Garden, Darkroom Birmingham, Images Are All We Have, PhotoIreland Festival, The Flourish Award Exhibition, West Yorkshire Print Workshop and 22, Format Festival