Mainstream [Paperback]

We share a history, we share a memory and they both share my heart.

It's that time of the year. A time that Eoin, Mary Anne and Jack all remember. Having grown up together in various care homes for the disabled, they now rely on each other in adulthood for support, friendship and love.

But when young film-maker Eleanor arrives, struggling with hidden issues and agendas of her own, to make a documentary about their lives together, the examination and attention she brings threatens to disrupt the long-term relationships and friendships at the heart of their group.

Mainstreamis a complex drama about truth, lies and the mainstreaming of Travellers with disabilities. It was produced in November 2016 in a co-production between Fishamble Theatre Company and Project Arts Centre, Dublin.

Rosaleen McDonaghis a playwright, academic and activist from Ireland. Rosaleen worked in Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre for ten years, managing the VAW programme. She was involved in initiatives on Traveller women's issues and is regarded as a leading feminist within the Traveller community. Theatre work includesStuck, She's Not Mine, Rings, MainstreamandProtegee. Shortlisted for the P.J. O'Connor radio play Awards, 2010. Commissions for theIrish Timesinclude a response to Channel 4's seriesMy Big Fat Gypsy Wedding; 'We want to be respected. We want to be protected ' -book review; and'Traveller feuding is neither sport nor entertainment.' The Voice of the Traveller Magazine: 'Inertia' (April 2014); 'Blonde, blue-eyed, brave girl'(November 2013). Currently in development with RTE onUnsettled, a feature film. 2014 - 'Write to Play' Programme, in partnership with Soho Theatre, The Royal Court and The National Theatre of London, where her playContext, about the Ryan report, is in development. Rosaleen is also on student scholarship with Northumbria University, reading folC’