Theatre

In Players Theatre, a Poignant Portrayal of Teen Struggle

Sticky Label, written and directed by Em Ormonde, is a moving piece of theatre that cleverly utilises well-written and three-dimensional characters.
By Gráinne Mahon

Meet Prof Brian Singleton, the Most Famous Name in Scholarly Theatre

Brian Singleton, a Eurovision fanatic, is an encyclopaedia on theatre. But students are what matters to him most of all.
By Rachel O’Leary

Trinity’s Ongoing Debut Festival Shows the Best of Student Drama

This year's Debut Festival is well underway, but if its first production passed you by, there's plenty of time to catch up.
By Emer Tyrrell

In ‘Pale Sister’, Lisa Dwan Amazes But Ismene Disappoints

Pale Sister will run in the Gate Theatre until November 9th.
By Emer Tyrrell

With Antigone – Or Pale Sister – Dublin Continues a Trend of Greek Myths

Following the trend of recent Irish productions retelling Greek mythology, the Gate shows the Euripidean tragedy Antigone, in the form of Pale Sister.
By Sophie Furlong Tighe

Bewley’s Cafe Lunches Just Got a Little Darker, With Nothing But a Toerag

Aisling O’Mara's Nothing But a Toerag will run in Bewley's Cafe Theatre all through November.
By Alannah Murray

Meet the Woman Putting Playwrights on a Path to the Stage

Pamela McQueen talks about how being a playwright went out of fashion – and then came back in.
By Emer Tyrrell

A Trinity Director is Bringing Van Gogh Back – Tomorrow, in the Samuel Beckett

Beginning tomorrow, fourth-year drama student CN Smith will present his directorial realisation of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
By Emer Tyrrell

The Theatre Group Injecting New Life into Phibsborough – Together

The Corps Ensemble, a theatre group in Dublin, is to open a new venue called the Bohemian Theatre in the heart of Phibsborough.
By Emer Tyrrell

How Aoibheann McCann is Redefining the Playboy of the Western World

Actress Aoibheann McCann talks re-imagining Widow Quin in an all-female collaborating team.
By Emer Tyrrell