The 1920s London Irish Theatre: Abbey’s difficulty was England’s opportunity
Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel’s history shows extent to which Irish drama was important in London
Seán O’Casey
Playwright Seán O’Casey’s daughter: ‘He never seemed old to me... he was quite adventurous’
Seán O’Casey’s daughter Shivaun, a living link to one of our most famous playwrights, has written a memoir that includes previously unpublished letters from her father
Abbey Theatre announces centenary Plough and the Stars production for 2026
New plays by Marina Carr, Frank McGuinness and Una McKevitt to also feature in forthcoming season
Giving all artists a basic income means they can get on with the bloody work
For every €1 invested in the pilot scheme, €1.39 is generated
Brenda Fricker: ‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’
Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir
Samuel Beckett vs Archbishop McQuaid: Why an infuriated Nobel laureate withdrew his play from Dublin Theatre Festival
Festival acquired letter playwright wrote to friend in 1958 to apologise for feeling compelled to cancel planned run of Act without Words I
The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takers
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
Starjazzer: Affecting, innovative Anu adaptation marries a put-upon O’Casey heroine with her equally abused granddaughter
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Louise Lowe’s socially conscious production tells two stories at once, putting an unusual theatrical space to creative use
The Guide: Cúirt, Samara Joy, Take That and other events to see, shows to book, and ones to catch before they end
April 20th-April 26th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
In Dublin, there was always, amid dark days, music being made and sung
The city has its troubles, but it also has a cultural robustness that took the edge off some of the difficulties
Garry Hynes wins best director at UK Theatre Awards for DruidO’Casey
Druid’s production, which is a play cycle of Seán O’Casey’s three best known plays, premiered in July
Agnes O’Casey: ‘It’s just been so easy to hate women, no matter the period. And that is terrifying’
The great-granddaughter of the playwright Seán O’Casey is doing the family name proud, starring in two new films, Lies We Tell and The Miracle Club
The Guide: August 26th-September 1st, 2023 – Events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland can be proud of itself only if it can confront its shameful deeds
Druid’s magnificent new staging of the O’Casey trilogy should be a source of national pride
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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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