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Ann Blake is an Irish musician and theatre practitioner based in Limerick, Ireland. As of 2020, she is an Artist-in-Residence with Ormston House. She had worked with Ormston House since 2013 on projects such as The Misadventures of a Good Citizen, The Museum of Mythological Water Beasts and The Feminist Supermarket. [1] She co-hosts a monthly podcast, The Limerick Lady, with Emma Langford. It has included guests such as Denise Chaila, [2] Sharon Slater, [3] Amanda Palmer, [4] and Pamela Connolly of the Pillow Queens. [5] She also hosts a podcast, Ann and Steve Talk Stuff, with Stephen Kinsella. [6]

She is a founding member of Choke Comedy Improv with Myles Breen. [7] Her play, The Morning After The Life Before, first produced in 2017, was based on her own life experience with the backdrop of the referendum for the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland included the provision for same-sex marriage in Ireland. Blake both wrote and performed in this play, which was produced by Gúna Nua and first performed in Belltable Arts Centre. [8] Since then, it toured both nationally and internationally, having been performed in such places as Viking Theatre in Clontarf, Dublin, [9] Bewley's Theatre, Dublin, [10] Omnibus Theatre, London. [11] While winning top awards at the London Fringe, Ontario, [12] and Montreal Fringe, [13] in 2019, it had five nominations and won two awards at the Origin Theatre's 1st Irish Awards in New York. [14] The play was favourably reviewed. [15] [16] [17]

She is a member of the Brad Pitt Light Orchestra. In 2010, they released their debut album, Lowering The Tone. [18] They performed at Irish festivals such as Electric Picnic, [19] and on The Late Late Show (Irish talk show). [20]

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  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Eric (23 November 2020). "Limerick Lady Podcast #24 Denise Chaila: Do Your Dishes In A Crown". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Fitzgerald, Eric (22 January 2021). "Limerick Lady Podcast #26: Sharon Slater: The Women Who Made Limerick". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Staff Reporter (17 October 2019). "Limerick Lady Podcast Episode 11 : Amanda Palmer". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Fitzgerald, Eric (17 June 2021). "LKLadyPod #31 Pamela Connolly: Pillow Queens, Popping Ears, And Trying To Pay The Rent". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Barry (5 August 2020). "Limerick Podcasts". Pigtown Times. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Lynch, Richard (16 April 2018). "Choke Comedy celebrate 10 years of gags and giggles this Friday, April 20". I Love Limerick. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "The Morning After the Life Before". www.irishplayography.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Donohoe, Katie (14 May 2019). "Review: 'The Morning After The Life Before' at the Viking Theatre". GCN. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Bewley's Cafe Theatre | Dublin, Ireland". www.bewleyscafetheatre.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "The Morning After The Life Before". Omnibus Theatre. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Fitzgerald, Eric (6 July 2022). "Pride 2022: Ann Blake returns to the morning after". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Theatre, Centaur (20 May 2021). "Centaur & the Montreal Fringe". Centaur Theatre. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Origin Theatre's 1st Irish Awards | Irish America". 1 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "The Morning After the Life Before: 5 star review by Sebastian Beaumont". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Durell, Sandi (21 January 2019). "Written by and starring Ann Blake at 1st Irish Festival". Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "The Morning After The Life Before". www.show-score.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Brad Pitt Light Orchestra". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  19. ↑ "Brad Pitt Light Orchestra [Ireland]". Silly Goose Records. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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