I have created, mixed and mastered a new soundscape that can be listened to as part of the twixt exhibition at ATypical Gallery, Belfast.

The soundscape was created as part of a new show I have been writing called Synthesis - a play that focuses on themes of matrescence, community and motherhood. The writing of the first draft of which was funded by the University of Atypical’s d/Deaf & Disabled Artist’s Fund grant programme/Arts Council of Northern Ireland Lottery funding.

The exhibition features work by multiple artists who received support.

“…this initiative seeks to celebrate and amplify the varied and diverse voices from across this island. Each workshop will feature a guest writer from the island of Ireland who will share their work and talk about their own creative process. Island of Many Voices will culminate in an in-person showcase event at The Linen Hall.”

A planet powered anthology of climate poetry aimed at 9-13yr olds, featuring Michael Rosen and Hot Poets.

Ignite is a project partnering primary schools and spoken word poets in order to explore hopeful narratives around the climate crisis. The project is aimed at children aged 9-13yrs.

“Project Lighthouse brings together 30 young cultural champions — from Sligo, Derry~Londonderry, and Strabane — to explore identity, difference, and belonging through the creative power of theatre, storytelling, and lived experience.

Led by two cross-border artists - Abby Oliveira and Bob Kelly - and supported by Millennium Forum Productions,  Hawk’s Well Theatre, Children in Crossfire and the John and Pat Hume Foundation, this bold new programme asks young people aged 18–27 to become beacons of empathy, not just by talking about peace — but by living it, creating it, and sharing it on stage and screen.”

“Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, a young mixed-race Scots woman and a working-class Irish singer from Tallaght in Dublin are evicted without warning. After a year of living homeless on the streets, they chance upon the landlord that evicted them, and set out for revenge.”

I produced the spoken-word poetry as part of this spectacular collaboration between the acrobats of Compagnie XY, local artists and residents, In Your Space Circus, Ulster Present & IWM. The poetry was put to music by Marty Coyle and Mark O’Doherty.

A short story commissioned in 2021 by Short Works on BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast on 13th May 2022

Abby is one of 32 contributors to this vital new anthology published by Unbound and edited by Paul McVeigh.

Abby took part in this NI writer’s panel for the Royal Society of Literature/Arts Council NI in October 2021

Q&A with Jenny Lee at The Irish News - Oct 2021

A track that grinds to the bone and from the bone. From Grim17’s album Digital Throw-Up , feat Abby Oliveira on lyrics and vox.

A sun-soaked saudade straight from the heart of lockdown longing, by Warriors of the Dystotheque feat lyrics and vox from Abby Oliveira. From the EP ‘Lost in your Silence’.

By Warriors Of The Dystotheque feat Abby Oliveira on lyrics and vox. From the album ‘Anthropause.’

Abby is a poetry contributor to this new anthology of writing r.e the border in Ireland, edited by James Conor Patterson, New Island books 2021.

Abby is a poetry contributor to new climate change anthology Empty House, edited by Alice Kinsella and Nessa O’Mahony, published by Doire Press (2021)

Abby featured in this episode of BBC Radio Foyle’s Mark Patterson Show in Oct 2021, discussing jazz composer Alice Coletrane’s album Journey in Satchidananda. Part of National Album Day.