O’REILLYS The Betty Ann Norton Collection 6th - 8th April 2022

4 rected the School. Their contribution to the community of the ar ts in Dublin went above and beyond. Generations of students came through the doors of 57 and 27 Harcour t Street and subsequently in St Louis secondary school (when they moved location in 2006). The Betty Ann Nor ton Theatre School and Agency has seen some wonderful Irish talent pass through its doors, with many students going on to achieve fame and great success in their field; Claudia Carroll (actor and writer), Jim Culleton (Director) Moya Doher ty (co- founder of Riverdance), Amy Huberman (ac- tor/writer),Vincent Lambe (Filmmaker), Hugh O’Conor (actor) and Áine Lawlor (Broad- caster) are just some of the well-known Irish figures to have attended Betty Ann’s School. The Betty Ann Nor ton School and Agency continues the legacy of its founder with former student, Ciara Feely as its director. Ciara’s commitment to teach as passionately as her mentor Betty Ann is shared amongst staff members Grace Halton, Dan O’Farrell, Evie O’Brien, Vanessa Schaefer, Charlotte O’Reilly among others and they are doing a fantastic job maintaining the schools highly regarded reputation. Betty Ann is survived by her brother Jim Norton, sister-in-law Mary Larkin, her extended family and of course the students both past and present of her theatre school. Her beloved husband Michael predeceased her in 2017. Betty Ann’s lessons in speech and drama are treasured by all who experienced them, and she is fondly remembered today throughout many households for the impact she had on so many lives. President Michael D Higgins spoke very highly of this impact when he said that “Betty Ann Norton gave six decades, with great generosity, to the world of theatre, the world of the spirit and performance, a world we must not lose.”, and he urged us to consider the im- por tance of her legacy stating “The best tribute to her memory is to suppor t ar tists in their campaign to live, and continue at this difficult time for our theatres, our cultural spaces and all those who work within them,”. Jim Culleton in Winter Things Betty and Hugh O’Conor