Colm Tóibín and Deirdre Purcell on how the Tyrone Guthrie centre has aided their creative process.
Annaghmakerrig was left to the Irish state by theatre director William Tyrone Guthrie upon his death to be used as artist retreat. The centre provides artists with a place to pursue their work in peace and quiet.
Colm Tóibín has been coming to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre since it opened and finds himself inspired by the landscape. He has found travelling to a different location and atmosphere is conducive to his work.
Deirdre Purcell has found that stays at Annaghmakerrig have helped her to make the transition from journalist to best selling novelist. The break from the work and family commitments allowed her to develop her own routine for writing fiction. There is a realisation that everything creatively is up to the artist once they are in residence at the centre.
'Arts Express' broadcast on 30 April 1991. The presenter is Mike Murphy.
This episode of was a special programme to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan.
'Arts Express' was a fast-moving magazine-style arts programme presented by Mike Murphy. Anne Roper joined him as co-presenter for the second series. Reporters included John Waters, Mary O'Sullivan and Ferdia Mac Anna. It covered theatre, cinema, books and music as well as the fine arts, and aimed to give a taste each week of what was new in the field of arts and entertainment. It was first broadcast on 22 September 1989 and ran for two series.
