Ann Blake is an Irish musician and theatre practitioner based in Limerick, Ireland. As of 2020, she is an Artist-in-Residence with Ormston House. She had worked with Ormston House since 2013 on projects such as The Misadventures of a Good Citizen, The Museum of Mythological Water Beasts and The Feminist Supermarket.^[1] She co-hosts a monthly podcast, The Limerick Lady, with Emma Langford. It has included guests such as Denise Chaila,^[2] Sharon Slater,^[3] Amanda Palmer,^[4] and Pamela Connolly of the Pillow Queens.^[5] She also hosts a podcast, Ann and Steve Talk Stuff, with Stephen Kinsella.^[6]

She is a founding member of Choke Comedy Improv with Myles Breen.^[7] Her play, The Morning After The Life Before, first produced in 2017, was based on her own life experience with the backdrop of the referendum for the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland included the provision for same-sex marriage in Ireland. Blake both wrote and performed in this play, which was produced by Gúna Nua and first performed in Belltable Arts Centre.^[8] Since then, it toured both nationally and internationally, having been performed in such places as Viking Theatre in Clontarf, Dublin,^[9] Bewley's Theatre, Dublin,^[10] Omnibus Theatre, London.^[11] While winning top awards at the London Fringe, Ontario,^[12] and Montreal Fringe,^[13] in 2019, it had five nominations and won two awards at the Origin Theatre's 1st Irish Awards in New York.^[14] The play was favourably reviewed.^[15][16][17]

She is a member of the Brad Pitt Light Orchestra. In 2010, they released their debut album, Lowering The Tone.^[18] They performed at Irish festivals such as Electric Picnic,^[19] and on The Late Late Show (Irish talk show).^[20]

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