Christine Molloy
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Christine Molloy, is a UK-based artist known for her works of theatre, interactive art, and film.
Life and career
Molloy was born in Dublin, Ireland.{{cite web |title= Rose Plays Julie review – identity quest goes to truly dark places |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/19/rose-plays-julie-review-christine-molloy-joe-lawlor-ann-skelly-identity-quest |work= theguardian.com |date=19 September 2021|author= Mark Kermode }} She studied theatre in the late 1980s at Dartington College of Arts, UK, alongside her partner Joe Lawlor, both graduating in 1992. Molloy and Lawlor have together made works of theatre, interactive art, and film, as creative partnership Desperate Optimists, which also became the name of their production company.
Career
In a 2016 article in Sight and Sound, Sophie Mayer described their filmmaking process as 'a unique merging of community arts (with months spent developing relationships and stories) and vérité documentary'.{{cite web |title=Desperate Optimists: power to the public |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/desperate-optimists-power-public |website=Sight and Sound |date=29 November 2016 |publisher=BFI |access-date=18 Aug 2021}}
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Category:20th-century Irish women
Category:Alumni of Dartington College of Arts
Category:Irish expatriates in England