Olwen Fouéré

Personal context

Summary

Olwen Fouéré is an Irish actor, writer, and theatre artist whose work spans experimental performance, film, visual art, and music. She co-founded the avant-garde group Operating Theatre and is known for boundary-pushing work, including riverrun, her adaptation of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. In 2015, she welcomed Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum result and described activism and engagement as forces for change. In 2026, she spoke against injustice and inequality, expressed anger at homelessness and genocidal massacres, and voiced deep concern about humanity’s impact on the planet.