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Niamh Shaw combines her interest in science and the arts in her play, That’s About The Size Of It, says John Tynan

THE timing of actress/scientist Niamh Shaw’s collaborative show, That’s About The Size Of It — with Úna Kavanagh, as part of the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin — couldn’t be more apt. It comes a week after the announcement by scientists at the CERN facility in Switzerland of proof of the existence of the Higgs boson.

Ms Shaw’s show combines her science and theatre experience. “I came to the show with science as the basis,” she says. “I thought science was enough, but then Úna got involved. We both worked on Fair City, but got to know each other outside the show. As members of Anu, we collaborated on Laundry, about the Magdelene laundries, and it made sense to work together on That’s About The Size Of It.