Blackthorn Theatre Group are embarking on their third professional production. Which doesn’t sound impressive until you realise that most of the group are under eighteen. I spoke with Luke Field, one of the founder members about their forthcoming productions of Brian Friel’s “Lovers:Winners” and “Grievance” by Steven Lynch. Sorry for asking this, but how old are you? I’m 18, for another little while anyway. That puts me pretty much just about on the “elder lemon” side of the company’s average age. Given your ages, how do you get people to let you have a venue to put on a show or even rehearse? Well, we’ve been running this company for well over a year now and it still amazes me how accommodating people can be. We have a wonderful performance venue in the Cork Arts Theatre, whose staff members have been very supportive of Blackthorn since the company was founded … There’s more →