Let there by Light: A Yuletide Celebration of Lucia Joyce

Filmmaker, Author, and Dance Historian Deirdre Mulrooney will introduce the audience to the extraordinary achievements of overlooked artist Lucia Anna Joyce (1907 - 1982), at the heart of avant-garde 1920s Paris through the prism of her award-winning short dance/ poetry films, starring Irish actor Evanna Lynch (best known as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter) as Lucia.

Sit back and listen as the great Olwen Fouéré channels the voice of Lucia Joyce's eternal soul - in her own rare words - ahead of the 46th anniversary of her December 12th death in St. Andrew's Mental Hospital, Northampton.

Inviting reconsideration of James Joyce's only daughter as a significant artist in the Irish cultural canon, Deirdre will expand on Lucia's cancelled artistry, as outlined in her 2024 book "Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity" (originally published in Joyce Studies Annual).

In keeping with Joyce family tradition, we will light a candle for this misunderstood artist, whose name symbolises light at the darkest time of year, and raise a toast in advance of Saint Lucia's Day (December 13th) which coincided with the winter solstice in the Julian calendar.