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Stefanie Preissner talks to Arts & Disability Radio

Writer Stefanie Preissner interviewed on Arts & Disability Radio on Near FM


Posted: 27 November, 2015


Stefanie Preissner and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair chatted to Pádraig Naughton about new play ‘User Not Found’ at Axis Ballymun as part of First Fortnight 2015.

On Tuesday afternoon 6th January, 2015, Pádraig started his new radio show Arts & Disability Radio on Near FM.

Arts and Disability Radio showcases the work of artists and companies with disabilities and promotes upcoming accessible arts events, as well as featuring music by Irish and international singer songwriters with disabilities.

On this first programme he talked to Teresa Murray Marketing and PR Manager with Sight Savers Ireland about their Junior Painter competition which is open to Irish primary school children.

He was also joined in studio by writer and actor Stefanie Preissner and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair, Programme Manager at Axis Ballymun to discuss Stefanie’s new play ‘User Not Found’ which will be presented as a rehearsed reading at Axis as part of the 2015 First Fortnight, Ireland’s annual mental health arts festival.

The next Arts & Disability Radio will be broadcast at 3.30-4.40pm (UTC/(GMT) on Tuesday 20th January on Near FM 90.3 and live streamed on www.nearfm.ie.

Arts & Disability Radio, episode 1, featuring Stefanie Preissner and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair

Stefanie Preissner and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair in the Near FM studio for Arts & Disability Radio

I felt so far from the person I was trying to be on the internet. I couldn't sustain that kind of a lie, so I deleted my Facebook.

Stefanie Preissner

Promo image for User Not Found showing two girls standing in a playground


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