These Rooms is a collaboration between ANU and Cois Céim Dance Theatre. It will run as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival throughout October and for select dates in November. Amelia McConville spoke to actor Craig Connolly about the show. … Continue reading DTF: Interview with Craig Connolly, actor in THESE ROOMS
●●●●○ Embodied is a series of “physical proclamations”, in association with An Post and Dublin Dance Festival, and based in the GPO. The project is described as “a trail of six female dance solos”, depicting a female-oriented response to the … Continue reading Embodied – Review
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
Robert Ballagh is one of Ireland’s eminent modern artists. Inherently political himself, his life and work are imbued with an energising radicalism. tn2 visited his studio to talk about the false starts of his formative years, art and politics and his suspicion of conceptual art.
Continue reading Mise Éire: Interview with Robert Ballagh Robert Ballagh is one of Ireland’s eminent modern artists. Inherently political himself, his life and work are imbued with an energising radicalism. tn2 visited his studio to talk about the false starts of his formative years, government support of the arts, and his suspicion of conceptual art.
Set in 1916, Hugo Hamilton’s The Mariner, which is currently running at The Gate Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, tells the story of Cork man, Peter Shanley – a disgraced and heavily bandaged seafarer who returns home from the Royal Navy after the Battle of Jutland in a play filled with is filled with heart-breaking laments and tragic elegy – ●●●●○ Continue reading DTF: The Mariner – review