The year in theatre: At last, Ireland has lost its fear of new writing for the stage
We may be optimistic about a place that’s far more hospitable, where new writing could be the norm, not the exception
Brokentalkers
Theatre company
The Mirror Stage review: Unflinchingly real experiences of losing contact with reality
Theatre: Brokentalkers developed their illuminating work about psychosis with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Mirror Stage: ‘When you imagine a theatre show about psychosis, what do you see?’
Brokentalkers have teamed up with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to blend testimony, research and performance
Willa White: ‘Drugs removed all the stuff a seven-year-old kid should not have in their life’
Solvent abuse as a child sent the actor and comedian Willa White on a downward spiral. The Examination, his play with Brokentalkers, has helped to turn the past into a positive
Everything Falls review: Family care presented as a wearying, compassionate dance
Theatre: Shaun Dunne and Brokentalkers’ collaboration portrays the challenges of looking after a partner with a long-term illness
Bellow review: An odd-couple pairing between an avant-garde performer and a traditional musician
Theatre: Brokentalkers are aware they occupy a rarefied zone. This encounter between Gary Keegan and Danny O’Mahony enjoyably sends up their approach
Manifest review: What does a young boy need to become a good man? Brokentalkers sketch out an answer
Theatre: As the show’s facilitator asks, with chilling rhetorical resonance, would you rather ‘be a warrior in a garden or a gardener in a war?’
Brian Friel’s plays come alive again after a strange decade
Having been sanitised in the 2010s, recent productions have found hidden layers
The Examination review: No easy escapes in Brokentalkers’ sly, provocative play
The irreverent company’s absorbing production interrogates the Irish Prison Service
Best theatre: You’ll dig Peat and be held captive by The Examination
A witty play about weighty matters; and a prison drama drawn from real life
Woman Undone review: Mary Coughlan’s acts of creation and destruction
The singer’s unconventional collaboration with Brokentalkers makes an unsettling art of suffering
Mary Coughlan “I could have died and I’m not thinking about that”
Róisín Meets Podcast: Galway singer is back on stage at Vicar Street next month after overcoming heart disease
Tiger Dublin Fringe: five ways to choose what to see
From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick
Culture Shock: Rage against the machine – why we don’t have to let the robots win
From iPhones to Daft Punk, technology has made us something more than human and less than people. But there is another vision of the world
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices