Join Irish actor, writer and director Olwen Fouéré for an informal conversation about her theater, film and television career in advance of her Fund for Irish Studies event on November 14. Lunch provided.
About Olwen Fouéré
Olwen Fouéré. Photo by Rich Gilligan.
Olwen Fouéré is an actor, writer and director in theatre, film, music and the visual Arts. Her most recent stage appearances include The Boy by Marina Carr at the Abbey Theatre and the highly acclaimed production of The President by Thomas Bernhard at the Gate Theatre in Dublin co-produced by Sydney Theatre Company, iGirl (Abbey Theatre); Nous l’Europe, Banquet des Peuples (Avignon Festival); Blood Wedding (Young Vic Theatre); Ballyturk (Abbey Theatre, St Ann’s Warehouse). Other work of note includes riverrun — her adaptation of the voice of the river in Finnegans Wake — which premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival 2013 and toured internationally; Lessness (Barbican International Beckett Festival); and a legendary production of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé directed by Steven Berkoff (Gate Theatre, Dublin 1988-93).
In 1980 she formed Operating Theatre, an avant-garde theatre company and band, with composer Roger Doyle. They recently staged a reunion concert at the National Concert Hall as part of Musictown 2025 produced by Foggy Notions.
Her film and television credits include The Watchers; All You Need is Death; The Actor; The Northman; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022); Violet Gibson The Woman Who Shot Mussolini; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald; Sea Fever; Mandy; This Must Be The Place; The Survivalist; The Tourist S2; The Crown S5; Holding; Derry Girls S3.
Her numerous awards include an Irish Times Special Tribute Award, the Edinburgh Festival Archangel, and an Honorary Doctorate from Dublin City University for her outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland.
Admission & Details
Open to all Princeton students, faculty, and staff; no registration required.
Directions
Get directions to W331 Seminar Room, located on the third floor of Wallace Dance Building at the Lewis Arts complex.
Accessibility
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