Thursday, April 30, 2020

We’re in Here review: A sly contemporary play about temporary disconnection and lasting gratitude

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The narratives of a drama facilitator, a counsellor, and a son remembering his mother intermingle in John Doran's consoling new play....
Friday, April 24, 2020

The Little Foxes: Can the flapper generation of the Gate’s plays become the theatre’s playwrights?

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Lillian Hellman in 1976. A revival of her 1939 drama The Little Foxes , now sadly postponed, could signal a new trend for how the Gate ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Coronavirus arts measures: Politicians like talking art, just not the work involved in making it

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar aimed for a piece of rhetoric by quoting Seamus Heaney, but when politicians talk about the work involved in makin...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Coronavirus arts measures: The government took an arts policy and made it into a branding strategy

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Last week, Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan launched new arts measures to cope with the pandemic, with €500,000 invested by the depar...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

Irish Times Theatre Awards: The political avant-garde leads the pack, as the sector feels the cold

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The Examination , a sly contemporary play exploring the Irish prison service, wins best production, in a year when the outwardly politica...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

The Duty of Harsh Criticism: It isn’t pointless to talk about art during the crisis

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During World War I, book critic Rebecca West wrote the essay "The Duty of Harsh Criticism," a reminder that art must be talked ...
Friday, March 27, 2020

The Dragon: The uplifting fantasy comedy staged at the end of a pandemic

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Lady Gregory's 1919 comedy is set in a mythical castle on the Burren, where, according to a prophecy, a princess will be devoured by ...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Coronavirus: Art has a kind of magic. It’s helping to counteract feelings of separation and loneliness

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As the virus spreads, art is synthesising new connections. Painting:  Three Witches (scene from Macbeth) by William Rimmer. 
Sunday, March 8, 2020

The Cherry Orchard review: Tonally uneven production of Anton Chekhov’s Russian revolution comedy

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A broke aristocratic family face selling their estate, in Anton Chekhov's comedy. Photo: Robbie Jack 
Thursday, March 5, 2020

Our New Girl review: Sexism satire meets psychological thriller in Nancy Harris’s outstanding play

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A nanny arrives out of the blue, to help a woman with her troubled son, in Nancy Harris's psychological thriller. Photo: Ros Kavanagh...
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