Risky businessFrom humble beginnings in 1995, Dublin Fringe Festival has been embraced by the mainstream, crossing over with its big sister…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
'My job is to have a happy actor'It was only natural that Peter O’Brien would turn his attention to the stage, given the fashion designer’s theatrical style. …Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Shakespeare's poetry makes grand stage entrance at Edinburgh festival and by appPOST-MODERN POP culture has given us so many new versions of Shakespeare’s plays that they are a canon unto themselves.Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Young at artA FEW WEEKS before I had my first child, a friend who had already taken the plunge told me, bleakly, that I would never read …Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Seeing Dublin in full BloomSaturday is Bloomsday, and while many of the places Joyce mentioned in ‘Ulysses’ are gone, several are still there, with alternatives…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Under the influenceOne question, eight writers – we asked a collection of those taking part in the Dublin Writers’ Festival one question: what writer…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
'The body has a language of its own'Pat Kinevane’s theatrical epiphany was ‘like being walloped about the back of the head’, and the result is mesmerising work about…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Chick lit goes a raunchy shade of blueTHE PUBLICATION OF EL James’s e-book Fifty Shades trilogy has become one of the big cultural stories of the yearMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
'Jim should have stuck to the singing'James Joyce had been a professional musician – once sharing the bill with John McCormack – and music played a very important …Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Tales from the wrong side of the tracksIRVINE WELSH IS sitting comfortably in the lobby-bar of the Clarence Hotel when I arrive to meet him, on the day his latest novel…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Getting hands on with a puppet masterThe annual puppet festival shows how much life can be brought to shadow, as long as you have PVC and the right lightTue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Trinity plays host to Flann 100 as admirers celebrate comic geniusFLANNORAKS OF all types gathered yesterday at Trinity College Dublin for the final day of Flann 100, a centenary celebration …Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Hanging out with ChekhovTHE PLAYS of Anton Chekhov have been a staple of the Irish repertoire for almost 100 yearsThu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
Reasons to be grumpyFICTION: The Cold Eye of Heaven, By Christine Dwyer Hickey, Atlantic Books, 215pp. £12.99Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Kilkenny ends on a high noteBRIGHTLY DRESSED men and women throwing shapes on the street, a choir serenading shoppers under the shadow of Kilkenny Castle…Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
