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The Favourite // Review Lauren Boland outlines why The Favourite could be your favourite film this awards season

●●●●● As awards season intensifies this month, one film generating considerable Oscar buzz is The Favourite (2018) from director Yorgos Lanthimos. Dramatic, entertaining, and at times heart-wrenching, The Favourite is an exciting new take on period films, with an impeccable … Continue reading The Favourite // Review Lauren Boland outlines why The Favourite could be your favourite film this awards season

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Milkman: Anna Burns Paints A Nameless City To Perfection The Northern Irish novel deserves its spot on the Man Booker 2018 longlist.

●●●●○ I decided to read Anna Burns’ newest novel Milkman after it was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018. Opening Milkman, I knew very little about the book, and I think by the time I read the final … Continue reading Milkman: Anna Burns Paints A Nameless City To Perfection The Northern Irish novel deserves its spot on the Man Booker 2018 longlist.

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The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Trinity graduate and Mayo native Sally Rooney is tied for the youngest writer on this year’s longlist.

If you thought the awe and adrenaline of awards season was locked up in an Oscar-shaped vault until next spring, think again. The Man Booker Prize 2018 longlist, which celebrates a selection of the year’s best novels published in Ireland … Continue reading The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Trinity graduate and Mayo native Sally Rooney is tied for the youngest writer on this year’s longlist.

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Heist Society: Ocean’s Eight reviewed Bullock & Blanchett lead their all-star girl squad through an entertaining heist movie.

●●●●○ Ocean’s Eight triumphantly defies the notions that a cast of women cannot capture audiences and that a group of women cannot be comrades. Carrying on the legacy of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Trilogy, Gary Ross’ Ocean’s Eight is engaging and … Continue reading Heist Society: Ocean’s Eight reviewed Bullock & Blanchett lead their all-star girl squad through an entertaining heist movie.

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Five Book Shops Within Walking Distance of Trinity Lauren Boland reveals some of Dublin’s literary treasures

Exams are over, essays are submitted, the sun is (sporadically) shining: summer offers the opportunity to put aside heavy academic texts and engage with a different kind of reading. For me, that’s been Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow … Continue reading Five Book Shops Within Walking Distance of Trinity Lauren Boland reveals some of Dublin’s literary treasures

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Dublin: A haven for LGBTQIA+ theatre? An exploration of a potential golden age for LGBTQIA+ theatre in Dublin

Theatre is a space where identity can be explored in a way not afforded to many LGBT+ people in the prescribed roles of everyday life. By  adopting a different role, identity can be teased out, reinvestigated, and brought to life … Continue reading Dublin: A haven for LGBTQIA+ theatre? An exploration of a potential golden age for LGBTQIA+ theatre in Dublin

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Murder of Crows @ The Project Art Centre explores bonds of womanhood Deputy Theatre Editor Lauren Boland reviews Murder of Crows at The Project Art Centre.

Murder of Crows employs familiar devices – delinquent pupils, a mysterious grandmother, and a trip to an eerie forest – to draw the audience into a world that is at once both recognisable and enigmatic.  There is nothing inherently unique … Continue reading Murder of Crows @ The Project Art Centre explores bonds of womanhood Deputy Theatre Editor Lauren Boland reviews Murder of Crows at The Project Art Centre.

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If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You @ Project Arts Centre Lauren Boland hopes that this LGBT+ production will "set a precedence for theatre to come" in Ireland.

If We Got Some More Cocaine, I Could Show You How I Love You has a deceptively simple premise: two young men robbing a house in County Clare must hide together on the roof to wait out the Gardaí. The … Continue reading If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You @ Project Arts Centre Lauren Boland hopes that this LGBT+ production will “set a precedence for theatre to come” in Ireland.

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December’s Dublin Theatre Company: Pan Pan Theatre Company Lauren Boland looks at Pan Pan Theatre Company in this month's instalment of Dublin Theatre Companies.

Who They Are: Pan Pan Theatre was founded by co-artistic directors Aedín Cosgrove and Gavin Quinn in 1993. They have created over thirty performance pieces in the last 24 years, and have toured worldwide to destinations including the USA, China, … Continue reading December’s Dublin Theatre Company: Pan Pan Theatre Company Lauren Boland looks at Pan Pan Theatre Company in this month’s instalment of Dublin Theatre Companies.

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“Let The Right One In” at the Abbey Theatre Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel of the same title, "Let The Right One In" follows a Swedish village haunted by a recent string of murders which have seen their neighbours strewn in the snow-covered forest, drained of blood.

  ●●●●● Let The Right One In is a beguiling tale of love and violence, and how the two interact. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel of the same title, Let The Right One In follows a Swedish village … Continue reading “Let The Right One In” at the Abbey Theatre Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel of the same title, “Let The Right One In” follows a Swedish village haunted by a recent string of murders which have seen their neighbours strewn in the snow-covered forest, drained of blood.