Arts

Beckett’s Room: A Daring Concept with Room for Improvement

With both hits and misses, an experimental production of Beckett's Room ultimately highlighted the importance of actors in live performance.
By Emer Tyrrell

Speaking With: Rory Sweetman

The Trinity graduate explores the attack and defence of College during the 1916 Rising in his new book.
By Martha Kirwan

At Dublin Theatre Festival, 18 Days of Jaw-Dropping Plays

A guide to some of the world-class theatre that's set to descend on Dublin over the next month.
By Emer Tyrrell

A Groundbreaking PJ Harvey Album is Documented in Dublin

Directed by award-winning cinematographer Seamus Murphy, A Dog Called Money follows PJ Harvey as she creates her 2016 album.
By Ellie O'Neill

At Sass Mouth Dames Film Club, a Series on Hollywood Censorship

The 11th season of Sass Mouth Dames Film Club investigates films made in Hollywood before the imposition of a code that censored many pictures.
By Tom Monaghan

A Sculptural Re-Imagination of Capitalism at the MART Gallery

Richard Forrest's new sculpture exhibit, A Negative Infinity, reflects on the effects of capitalism on the exhaustion of the human spirit.
By Rachael Gunning

Museum of Literature Ireland is Dublin Culture’s Newest Jewel

On Culture Night, Dublin's new Museum of Literature Ireland launched, merging the old and the new in a mesmerising way
By Sárán Fogarty

Turasanna Treoraithe agus Ceol: na hImeachtaí Gaelacha agus Oíche Chultúir

Tá nasc láidir ag an gcultúr leis an nGaeilge – ná caill amach ar an deis í a cheiliuradh mar is ceart.
By Aoife Enright

Lenny Abrahamson is Taking Irish Film in a New Direction

Academy Award-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson talks about directing Normal People, rom-coms – and why he needs to get Sky TV.
By Susie Crawford

Feminism and Nationalism Collide in Emer Nolan’s New Book

The Irish author tracks the lives of five influential Irish women, painting a historical picture of feminism in Ireland.
By Ellen Finnerty