Theatre
Tiny Plays 24/7: Fishamble’s Unexpected End to an Inspired Beginning
During lockdown, the company asked established and aspiring playwrights for 600-word scripts that explored the human experience of the current historical moment.
At Druid Debuts, Edward Lee’s ‘Wall’ Astonishes in its Timeliness
The play is part of the company’s annual festival that is running online until July 23rd.
Meet the Trinity Graduates Finding New Ways to Stay on the Stage
Theatre has been hit hard by the pandemic. For recent Trinity graduates, it has brought challenges – but many are making waves even in lockdown.
With Druid Theatre, a Trio of Plays Show an Ireland Long Before Lockdown
As part of the DruidSynge recordings, three of Ireland's most famous plays can be streamed. They offer a glimpse of Ireland in the 20th century.
Uncowed by the Pandemic, DU Players Deliver a Festival of Resilience, Online
With 25 shows and 57 installation pieces, Resilience, an online festival from DU Players, shows a society thriving under lockdown's challenges.
With SugarKissAngel Hill, Players and TFM Deliver Drama Over the Airwaves
Now on its last episode, SugarKissAngel Hill – a collaboration between Players and Trinity FM – is an engaging story with super voice acting.
In the Project Arts Centre, Theatre That Thinks About What Comes Next
For Cian O’Brien, the artistic director of the Project Arts Centre, theatre's future is up for grabs. This, he says, brings opportunities as well as risks.
With Dear Ireland, The Abbey Tells Tales of a Shrunken World
The theatre is staging an online festival with 50 plays – an experience that's disconcerting, exhausting and occasionally magical.
Trinity Graduate Sebastian Barry Announced as Irish Fiction Laureate
Barry is the second Trinity graduate to take the role, following on from Anne Enright.
The World is in Shutdown. But, for DU Players, the Show Has Gone On(line)
The society's theatre might have closed, but members of DU Players are still creating – using technology, and more than a dash of inventiveness.