On 28 October 2015 Fiach Mac Conghail, Director of the Abbey Theatre, announced the Abbey’s programme for the 1916 commemorations, entitled Waking the Nation. Intended to “interrogate rather than celebrate” the Rising, the ten-play lineup includes both newly commissioned plays … Continue reading Every Person, Without Distinction of Sex
Jerome Mockett explores how we adapt Shakespeare in order to confront contemporary issues from marriage to healthcare, and why reinterpreting the Bard produces a wealth of new perspectives.
Continue reading What Ish My Nation: Shakespeare and Contemporary Ireland
Lippy is told backwards. We begin at the end — even after the end — with a post-show Q&A from director Bush Moukarzel and actor David Heap. Immediately, the play is self-aware. Its allegiance is not to the telling of … Continue reading Lippy – review
The stage-set is of a bare kitchen in Germany, yet events occur in Paris, Cairo and Damascus; and the events themselves are pulled by their conflicting ties to romance and family, reportage and art, past and present. (●●●●○) Continue reading Oh My Sweet Land – review
The Abbey Theatre has run She Stoops to Conquer countless times — some would say too many. (●●●○○) Continue reading She Stoops to Conquer – review
tn2’s Theatre Editors select their favourite productions of 2014. Continue reading Best of 2014: Theatre
As one of the youngest playwright to be produced by the Abbey, Shaun Dunne speaks to Deputy Theatre Editor Matthew Malone about his precocious, socially-minded theatre. Continue reading Home Bird: Interview with Shaun Dunne
