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.
By Emer Tyrrell

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.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe

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.
By Emer Tyrrell

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.
By Ailbhe Noonan

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.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe

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.
By Ailbhe Noonan

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.
By Emer Tyrrell

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.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe

Trinity Graduate Sebastian Barry Announced as Irish Fiction Laureate

Barry is the second Trinity graduate to take the role, following on from Anne Enright.
By Kathleen McNamee

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.
By Emer Tyrrell