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• 27
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | FEATURE

  Aidan Gillen: ‘I am trying my best to be as unhealthy as I can'. 'I HAD NO INTENTION OR IDEA THAT I COULD HAVE A CAREER': ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW...
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• 25
  NOV
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Katie O’Halloran is Marie Mullen Bursary award recipient for 2021-22 “I feel a strengthening of my own personal responsibility to support the voice...
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• 25
  NOV
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Applications open for Theatre57 Nuns’ Island residencies Group to run pilot artist-led theatre hub in the Nuns’ Island between January and March...
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• 25
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  The Treaty review: Intrigue and subterfuge in this gender-blind story of freedom Jane Brennan gives a mesmerising emulation of de Valera’s paced...
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• 25
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  All the Angels: the story of Handel’s Messiah told in clunky footnotes Review: The cast are superb, but Nick Drake’s script fails to harmonise the...
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• 24
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Hail to the Great Wave: Oblivion, after all, can become a kind of fun Review: Eadaoin O’Donoghue’s comic new play gives a dark tail to the end of...
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• 24
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Sham: Shakespearean drama given a productive delivery in a familiar context Review: Gúna Nua’s production puts Hamlet in a modern Limerick gangland...
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• 24
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Pure Mental: Keith Walsh’s first play keeps attention despite lack of structure The material hasn’t been weathered. Instead, unleashed by therapy...
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• 21
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Boxing drama Fight Night is back in the ring and it’s a knockout. Aonghus Óg McAnally packs a punch in Fight Night...
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• 20
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | FEATURE

  Department store Tchaikovsky has bags of Christmas cheer Nutcracker Sweeties at Gaiety Theatre, Dublin until Saturday, November 20, national tour...
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• 20
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | INTERVIEW

  How Handel's Messiah was brought to life by Nick Drake’s All the Angels The play, which charts creation of the classic piece, premieres in Ireland...
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• 20
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | OPINION

  It’s not endgame for Irish theatre, but it is a struggle. Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge....
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• 19
  NOV
  2021

  THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH | FEATURE

  Fears curtain could fall on theatre after funds U-turn Uni pulls request for Riverside money. There are fears for the future of the Riverside...
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• 19
  NOV
  2021

  THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH | OPINION

  Stark impact of Covid on arts revealed Survey shows 99% of ticket sales slashed and 25% drop in employment The stark impact of the pandemic....
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• 17
  NOV
  2021

  RTÉ | FEATURE

  Druid bring Seán O'Casey's comedies back to the stage. Seán O'Casey is best known for a remarkable quartet of plays he wrote in the 1920s....
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• 17
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | FEATURE

  Gate Theatre unable to present full year of productions in 2022 Dublin theatre grapples with ‘unsustainable’ financial model and Covid fallout...
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• 16
  NOV
  2021

  THE NEW YORK TIMES | REVIEW

  ‘Medicine’ Review: One Dose Reality, Two Doses Absurdity Domhnall Gleeson is surrounded by an eccentric cast of characters in Enda Walsh’s surreal...
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• 14
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre reviews: Irish National Opera’s prison drama Fidelio is a triumph. Robert Murray and Sinéad Campbell Wallace in sublime production of...
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• 13
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | FEATURE

  Beethoven’s prison opera is a socially aware breath of fresh air Fidelio at Gaiety Theatre, Dublin until Saturday, November 13...
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• 12
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Demos: A filmed dance finally makes the stage – and sweaty in-the-fleshness wins out Dublin Dublin Festival: Liz Roche Company’s piece explores...
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• 11
  NOV
  2021

  THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH | OPINION

  Think opera isn’t for you? Think again. Old Friends and Other Days, screened as part of this year’s Belfast Film Festival, hits all the right notes...
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• 08
  NOV
  2021

  RTÉ |

  Straight to Video - Emmet Kirwan on his new play
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• 08
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre review: The Book of Names skilfully revisits 1921 from Dublin Port
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• 07
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | REVIEW

  Theatre reviews: Oh no, it isn’t! Straight to Video is more panto than satire
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• 06
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | FEATURE

  Video shop drama rewinds to the 90s to deliver plenty of laughs Straight to Video at The Civic, Tallaght; and Project Arts Centre, Dublin until...
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• 06
  NOV
  2021

  IRISH INDEPENDENT | INTERVIEW

  Theatre director Annabelle Comyn: ‘My worst job was working in a pub owned by a couple who would sniff my glass of water, always suspicious I was...
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• 06
  NOV
  2021

  THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH | FEATURE

  Marie Jones’s classic one-man show, A Night in November, is back on stage under her son’s direction Keeping it in the family...
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• 04
  NOV
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  Jungle Door - ex-girlfriends seek to rekindle a friendship Galway theatre company Eva’s Echo to present new play at the Town Hall Theatre
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• 04
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  The Misunderstanding of Myrrha: Unwaveringly intense, wonderfully danced Dublin Dance Festival Winter Edition: Junk Ensemble’s highly visual...
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• 03
  NOV
  2021

  THE IRISH TIMES | REVIEW

  Straight to Video: Energetic performances and whip-smart writing Theatre review: Emmet Kirwan’s play builds to an exciting and unexpected climax
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• 02
  NOV
  2021

  THE GALWAY ADVERTISER | FEATURE

  ‘Rollicking musical’ The Iron Annie Cabaret at Town Hall ‘Think Reservoir Dogs meets Thelma and Louise and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and that’s..
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