Druid theatre company says it will produce only new plays in 2019
New writing ‘has to be nurtured and taken care of’, says artistic director Garry Hynes
Bach’s St John’s Passion, RTÉ NSO with Nicholas Kraemer: The best classical music this week
There’s a Nordic affair at the NCH and the ConTempo Quartet mix things up in Galway
Move into forestry casting a shadow across Leitrim
The planting of trees is causing tension in the area and turning farmer against farmer
Radio: Tubs gets the smell of abuse, Joe Duffy hears the ‘purpose of sexuality’
Review: ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’, ‘Liveline’, ‘Inside Culture’, ‘The Ronan Collins Show’
The Leitrim Equation solves a few musical mysteries
Among the gems uncovered in this show on Leitrim’s music heritage are a song from Turlough O’Carolan and a forgotten star of the New York stage
Fracking is bad news story for book inspired by Leitrim Observer
Gleanings is the result of Monica Corish’s creative residency at her local newspaper, but she wants to make headlines about the threat fracking poses to the environment
Playing God: the perks of the play-writing job
Three plays in the Dublin Theatre Festival attempt to capture the mess of modern life
Vincent Woods: Adam Goodes stands up to racists and bigots in sport
Culture of Aboriginals and Irish are intertwined in Australia
Vincent Woods: It’s not such a long way from Calais to the Irish coffin ships
Only a blink of time separates our ancestors from today’s migrants
Mining the hidden history of Ireland at the coal mines of Arigna
Vincent Woods: ‘Old and young miners were left with coal dust on the lung and under the skin, damaged hearing, damaged hips and damaged lives’
Opening the Gate: is Irish theatre still talking to itself?
The Irish Theatrical Diaspora Conference at the Gate heard illuminating talks about Edwards and Mac Liammóir, Beckett and Friel
Classical Music: The odd imbalance of ‘Ten Thousand Miles Away’, and the place of period performance
The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s collaborative concert was strong on Irish writers but weak on our composers
How to be Decadent in a time of hardship for Irish theatre
Andrew Flynn, Decadent Theatre Company’s director, has an unusual ability to combine artistic passion with the deal-clinching pitches of a travelling salesman
Commemorating 1916: International concerts would show Ireland’s independence of spirit
‘It’s not all about money or funding: it’s about honesty, courage, planning, vision and political will’
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