Our calendar guide to this summer
Our writers highlight their top picks for a variety of events to look out for this summer. Continue reading Our calendar guide to this summer
Our writers highlight their top picks for a variety of events to look out for this summer. Continue reading Our calendar guide to this summer
●●●○○ Michael West’s Conservatory, showing at the Abbey Theatre’s neglected sister stage, the Peacock, is an intriguing piece of new Irish writing. It begins with an elderly couple, credited only as He and She, bickering about copulating cats and crossword … Continue reading Review: Conservatory // Abbey Theatre
WORDS Kayla Walsh ILLUSTRATIONS Alice Wilson Stephen Brennan’s story is strikingly reminiscent of Billy Elliot. Ever since he was a child, he dreamt of being a ballet dancer. But growing up in a single-parent family in the 80s and attending … Continue reading Raising the Barre
WORDS Kayla Walsh Dennis Kelly’s Osama the Hero is an unusual piece of writing. When the play opened at Hampstead Theatre in London in 2004, police were stationed at the doors out of fear that the public would react violently to … Continue reading Review: Osama the Hero // Players’ Theatre
WORDS Kayla Walsh & Katherine Murphy ILLUSTRATION Alice Wilson January was a controversial month for the arts in Ireland. It began with scandal over the policies of the board managing the Limerick City of Culture project, which saw the resignation … Continue reading Notes on a scandal
WORDS Kayla Walsh Sean Finegan, Sean Flanagan and Conor McKenna are the kind of guys you can’t help but like immediately. Charming, good-looking and witty, the trio make up Foil, Arms and Hog, one of Ireland’s only (and therefore most popular) … Continue reading Interview: Foil, Arms and Hog
WORDS KAYLA MARIE WALSH The lights slowly dim. A hush falls over the audience as Tchaikovsky’s immortal music reverberates around the room. The velvet curtain rises, revealing a glittering Christmas tree sheltering beautifully wrapped presents. Waiflike ballerinas glide onto the stage … Continue reading Review: The Nutcracker – The Gaiety