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• 31
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Playful detours delight during thinking man’s truck journey: Mikel Murfi’s talent for physical theatre is simply mesmeric. His varied career as a...
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• 30
  JUL
  2021

  RTÉ | FEATURE

  Synge out loud - Playboy of the Western World, the musical: Producer Maria Moynihan Lee introduces The Playboy of The Western World - The Musical...
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• 29
  JUL
  2021

  RTÉ | FEATURE

  48% of artists considered abandoning career in past year: Almost half of professional artists considered abandoning their career in the arts over...
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• 29
  JUL
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  More than €170,000 secured to develop new ‘creative space’ at Nuns Island: Development at rear of Nun’s Island Theatre will add 1,800sq feet of...
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• 29
  JUL
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical comes to Coole Park in August: Kate O’Toole to narrate this radio play styled musical version of...
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• 26
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Waiting for Poirot review: A celebration of Limerick’s local talent:The daring murder mystery is full of action and keeps families entertained...
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• 26
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  In MiddleTown review: Mikel Murfi’s wonderful physicality in an unusual performance space: The ghost of Enda Walsh hovers around the edges of the...
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• 25
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | FEATURE

  Theatre: Plenty more Fishamble to see at this year’s Edinburgh Festival: One of the most devastating Covid blows in Irish theatre was the curtain...
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• 21
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre reviews: Home is where the heart is for two terrific online productions: It’s to be expected that Claudia Carroll’s The Secrets of Primrose...
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• 19
  JUL
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Druid to film The Seagull at Coole Park for on demand viewing during arts festival: Thomas Kilroy’s adaptation of Chekhov play will be on demand...
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• 18
  JUL
  2021

  THE JOURNAL | FEATURE

  Dublin City Council is using compulsory purchase orders to buy buildings to expand Abbey Theatre: Dublin City Council has lodged planning...
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• 17
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Courier delivers a playful hour’s entertainment in city square: The audience assembles at the eastern gate to Merrion Square. A Cyclone courier...
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• 17
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | INTERVIEW

  Young playwrights separated by lockdown come together for Abbey debut: Eight teenagers meet outside the Abbey Theatre before watching a play that...
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• 11
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre reviews: Summer comedies just don’t quite hit the spot: It felt wonderful to be back in a theatre. But it was still not as we know it...
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• 08
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Review: The Secrets of Primrose Square: A production that tracks the bleak reality of life during a pandemic in a south Dublin area...
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• 08
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  In the Middle of the Fields review: A timeless tale with a #MeToo edge: Premiere staging of Mary Lavin’s story of grief and vulnerability strikes...
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• 06
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH EXAMINER | INTERVIEW

  Kilkenny Arts Festival unveils mix of live and online events for August:Live performances will include those from the Irish National Opera, singer..
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• 06
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | FEATURE

  ‘Symbol of hope’: Light forms major part of Earagail Arts Festival: Programme draws on Donegal landscape with blend of in-person and online...
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• 04
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre review: To the Lighthouse features electrifying performances from Virginia Woolf’s maelstrom: There are moments in Virginia Woolf’s short....
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• 03
  JUL
  2021

  THE IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre: Sparkling Woolf adaptation fuses intellectual and dramatic tension: Virginia Woolf’s modernism finds astute expression in this spectacular...
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• 01
  JUL
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Life from the back of a flatbed truck... Mikel Murfi in new outdoor play which comes to Galway’s Black Box Theatre car park...
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• 01
  JUL
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Life from the back of a flatbed truck... Mikel Murfi in new outdoor play which comes to Galway’s Black Box Theatre car park on July 27...
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