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Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution
Irish theatre came out blazing this week, proving that gender equality is ‘not hard to do, if you want to’
Theatres agree to ‘gender-blind casting’ and more female playwrights
Leading theatres, festivals and groups sign up to policy to increase female involvement
That’s entertainment: Enya on song as ‘Riverdance’ profits dip
Newly filed accounts also show rough year for Rough Magic as losses widen
Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances
Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style
Culture shock: Is it really so hard to write about women?
From the male gaze to the female voice, it’s time to make a change
The 'contraceptive train’ spawns a musical
The women who went to Belfast in May 1971 to bring back illegal ‘French Letters’ are looking forward to seeing themselves on stage
Overnight success: a theatre becomes the city of Mahagonny in 12 hours
Witnessing the highly pressurised construction of the immersive city of Mahagonny for six performances of Brecht’s opera is impressive – it is amazing what you can achieve without planning permission
Opera meets Twitter in Sky Arts campaign
The broadcaster has commissioned a ‘parallel narrative’ to market Mahagonny production
Rough Magic and OTC win €230,000 Sky Arts award
Theatre companies to stage a Brecht and Weill play in large-scale immersive production
Knowing when to start Digging
Rough Magic unearths a state-of-the-nation drama by Declan Hughes that could still dig deeper
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