"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times." - Brecht

Scottish writer, and author of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, will be introducing Emer's talk and show

Resistance is a refusal to accept the condition we find ourselves in. Art can speak to power by subverting the rational and opening up new possibilities. Can writers and artists dream new worlds in to existence that can stand against a monolithic globalized corporate consumer society? Emer Martin ‘s darkly comic work examines power and the abuse of it. Her characters have always been like the dogs howling at the edge of town. Ireland has long had a tradition of rebellion. Rage and resistance and a rejection of resignation will be the theme of her talk as she reads from a selection of her work and opens up the conversation of what role artists can play in the new culture of rage and resistance in these darkly turbulent times.