A tragicomedy musical based on a graphic novel and memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home fuses genres seamlessly to provide a piece of theatre unlike any other. Running at The Gate Theatre and directed by the theatre’s Artistic Director, Roisin … Continue reading Fun Home Breathes Fresh Air Into the Current Irish Theatre Scene – Here’s Why
The other day, an Erasmus student in one of my seminars was gushing about Ireland. She was telling us how beautiful it is, how much there is to do and see and how nice a place it must be to … Continue reading Learning to love our home again: An Irish Travel Guide for Irish People
The conversation around fashion is changing. The climate crisis has forced us all to look into our wardrobes and at the rapidly bankrupting high-street behemoths that once filled shopping centres and lined the most famous streets in the world. Now, … Continue reading An Interview with Apricity Ireland TN2 speaks to Gemma Holden, founder of Ireland’s newest slow fashion brand
Originally Published in Print, September 2021 Contraception in Ireland has historically been a contentious issue. Contraception was never made available for women or men, either under English rule or in the Republic. Then, in 1985, the Family Planning Act … Continue reading Contraception in Ireland: Why are some forms harder to attain than others?
Illustration by Maeve Breathnach This story is part of TN2’s ongoing flash fiction series, which aims to give a platform to exciting new writers from Trinity. If you would like your fiction to be considered for publication, simply submit it … Continue reading Ruination // Flash Fiction
TW: rape, sexual assault
Because Ireland can’t have nice things, we’ve reached the inevitable ‘two steps back’ following the ‘one step forward’ of passing the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. Most of us thought that it would have to do with the Iona Institute’s attempting to appeal the result. However, since an achievement in bodily autonomy apparently needs to be balanced with an offence to it, this week the Law Reform Commission has issued a report that recommends we respond to rape culture — by further muddying the legal definitions of rape.
If colour is the hallmark of Expressionism, then the work of Emil Nolde encapsulates this beautifully. Colour is the single unifying characteristic of the works shown in the National Gallery, in an exhibition that invites you to contemplate the wide … Continue reading Emil Node: Colour is Life // Review “If colour is the hallmark of Expressionism, then the work of Emil Nolde encapsulates this beautifully. “
Conor Reid is a Trinity College Alumnus and a successful teacher, writer and now podcaster. Words to That Effect was first launched in 2017, and written, edited and recorded in Dublin. In the introduction to the first episode, Reid explains … Continue reading A Homegrown Podcast Sensation: Words to That Effect “I want the show to be accessible to anyone who’s interested, without feeling like it’s over-simplified for those who might already be familiar with the area”
The ADIFF-hosted world premiere of Phantom Islands took place on February 27th, so unfortunately I have no wild stories of facing terrifying blizzards to reach the theatre after fighting a single parent of 4 for the last half-pan of Brennans. … Continue reading Phantom Islands: A Portrait of Ireland’s Haunting Island Landscape There is no objective cinema, but that does not mean that we cannot revel in its inherent artifice.
The first thing that strikes you about Brian Maguire’s paintings is how familiar they seem. Anyone who has merely glanced at the news in recent years would easily recognise Aleppo. This alone is a sobering fact. The paintings in the … Continue reading War Changes Its Addresses: The Aleppo Paintings @ IMMA Jess Cloake attends Brian Maguire’s exhibition at IMMA, praising it for its honest and powerful representation of Aleppo in crisis.
digital_self is an attempt to understand the many ways we choose to represent ourselves in digital media. The exhibition primarily concerns itself with issues of originality, identity and self-indulgence that all too often occur online and seemingly dominate social media. … Continue reading digital_self @ IMMA // Review Jess Cloake reviews an exhibition that “attempts to understand the ways we choose to represent ourselves in digital media.”
Eatyard is one of those cool hipster places that doesn’t feel like it’s in Ireland. With its storage container food outlets, wooden seating arrangements and abundant fairy lights it’s become one of my favourite places to visit in Dublin. If … Continue reading The Eatyard Experience – Dublin’s Foodie Haven Kate Banks gives the low-down on Dublin’s foodie haven