Arts

Layered and Engrossing, The Children Lights Up Gate Theatre

Lucy Kirkwood's masterful new play has a good claim to be one of the best in years.
By Jack Farrell

Fostering the New Generation of Irish Writers

Since 1996, the Irish Writers Centre has been welcoming writers young and old into its Parnell Sq refuge.
By Katy Poole

Speaking With: Shaun Dunne

Jack Farrell speaks to the rising film and theatre maker whose most recent show, Rapids, explored HIV in Ireland today.
By Jack Farrell

The Rise of the Essay

Ireland's newest emerging literary genre, the essay, gives a new platform for the personal.
By Chris Corbett

Laughs Aplenty as Cumann Gaelach’s Musical Hits Right Notes

An Cumann Gaelach's adaptation of Oisín i dTír na nÓg is loaded with ramshackle charm.
By Emer Moreau

No Airs Or Graces, As Colm Wilkinson Visits Phil and TMT

Famed Irish tenor Colm Wilkinson offered practical advice to students wishing to pursue careers in the arts, during a visit to Trinity yesterday.
By Julie Leenane

Kneecap Escorted off UCD Stage After Chants of ‘Tiocfaidh ár Lá’

The Irish-language group, who will play Trinity Ball next month, were escorted off stage early at a concert in UCD this week.
By Orla Murnaghan

Dreaming of Jupiter: Ambi-Groovers With a Penchant for Pop

Up-and-comers Dreaming of Jupiter talk straddling genres and the importance of self-awareness to songwriting.
By Michael Dooley

In Ussher Film Archive, a Mecca for Cinephiles

Tucked away on the first floor of the Ussher, Trinity's film library offers cultural enrichment outside the pages of a book.
By Patrick O'Donoghue

Speaking With: Shane Berkery

Berkery is one of the most exciting young painters to come out of the Irish art scene in recent years.
By Sorcha Brennan