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The Ann & Phelim Scoop

The War, the Play, and Ireland’s Reckoning

The Ann & Phelim Scoop

The Unreported Story Society

Society & Culture

4.7556 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You may have seen our recent email announcing the Irish premiere of our verbatim play OCTOBER 7. Well, there have been developments. The National Concert Hall (NCH), where the play is supposed to be performed as a staged reading, has been putting us through a roller coaster of cancellations, uncancellations and reconsiderations. 


They are back to “considering” the reservation. The NCH are claiming they learned something new about the booking recently. Watch the podcast to find out what it was!


And we explore why Ireland has the reputation for being the most anti-semitic country in Europe, going back over 100 years! It's a long show and could be longer. We expose two Irish presidents and the Dublin City councillors whose behaviour during an official meeting resembles that of your drunk, conspiracy theorist uncle at Thanksgiving dinner.


This is why we need the play to come to Ireland but we need your support. 


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Let's be clear. There’s nothing deceptive about OCTOBER 7 the play. There is no need to reconsider allowing it to be performed.


It’s the pure testimony of people who survived Israel’s darkest day. We realized that journalists and activists either celebrated the 2023 massacre, ignored it or blamed Israel for the war in Gaza without mentioning the context. As journalists the responsibility fell on us so we went to Israel and interviewed survivors; the wounded, the bereaved, the rescuers and the heroes who fought back.


From their heartbreaking testimony came our play which had a six week off-Broadway run and then toured America’s “elite” universities and most recently, the Kennedy Center.


 As a journalist from the Federalist said: 


“OCTOBER 7 the play offered something rare: moral clarity without instruction, faith without propaganda, and testimony without shame. It did not demand allegiance to one side, but it certainly demanded attention.”


Ann brought you guys another crazy headline courtesy of Queen Elizabeth I. Watch this week to hear about a trans adaptation of history that would make the woke executives at Netflix blush!


We also read your comments from last week and just had to proudly display them on the show. Watch this week to find out if you are one of the 5 people who got a shoutout.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

And the crazy headline this week, I'm just going to give you one from the Telegraph, the Daily Telegraph in the UK.

0:04.8

Elizabeth I first will be transgender in ITV drama.

0:09.7

The ITV series, far from being a historical account, will be a reimagining of the monarch's life.

0:20.0

Hello, my name is Anne McElheny.

0:21.7

And I am Phelan McAleur.

0:23.0

And welcome to the Anne and Phelham Scoop. Yes. We've just had the Easter weekend. Yes. The birthday boy weekend. Phelom had a big birthday. No, Phelm didn't have a big birthday. Philom had a birthday. No. I would disagree with you. I would call it a big birthday. and I want to thank my wife for organizing a really perfect

0:38.5

birthday weekend. In fact, it's wrong to call it a birthday weekend. It was a festival.

0:45.0

It was a birthday long weekend. It did it start on Thursday? I'm nearly not fit to do anything

0:49.6

after it. And I think I have to say that I shout out to anyone who does surprises for anybody ever.

0:56.0

It's a nightmare.

0:57.8

If you're not used to lying and you suddenly have to do all this lying, it's very challenging.

1:02.2

I want it officially on the record.

1:03.8

Okay.

1:04.4

No more surprises at birthdays.

1:06.7

No more surprise dinners, no more surprise anything.

1:08.9

I'm happy to...

1:10.7

I bet you'll change your mind about that. No, no, no, no, no. Okay, well, we have big news, Phelham. I think we'll move directly on from the birthday. Well, I just want to thank my wife for organizing. Well, thank you. My birthday weekend was very nice, very special. More of that, please. Less surprises, more of that. And everyone should have a

1:29.5

birthday every day, I think. Yes. Well, I wouldn't be fit for it. I can tell you that. Okay, so,

1:35.3

but we have some very big news that developed, that's just, that kind of developed. Well,

1:40.3

how do you want to express this film? Well, we thought the big news today was going to be the announcement that the October 7th play is coming to Ireland.

1:48.0

It was all set up for the National Concert Hall on May the 11th.

1:52.0

Stage reading just like the Kennedy Center, just like all the campus performances.

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