Collective artistic experiences are one of society’s safety valves
Latest Government announcements have delayed the promised increase in audience size for theatres and cinemas
Virgin Media backs 10 short films in €150,000 festival scheme
Competition run with Screen Ireland aims to support Irish industry at development stage
Virgin Media film competition judges include Abrahamson and McGee
Irish industry ‘very conscious’ of need for more development funding, says Bill Malone
Evening Train review: Two young men on the edge of escape, one reckless, the other desperate
It’s the simplicity of the story that resonates in this musical based on Mick Flannery’s concept album
The Mick Flannery album that grew into a musical
The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home
This Album Changed My Life: Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)
Scarlet Rivera’s violin on the album informed Mick Flannery’s approach to music
Waking the Feminists campaign wins a Tonic Award in London
The grassroots movement called for equality for women across the Irish theatre sector
Beyond the Abbey: the trouble for women in theatre
The National Theatre’s maddeningly male 1916 centenary season highlights the difficulties that face women who work in Irish theatre
‘Everybody’s queer’: life on the sexuality spectrum
Our sexuality constantly changes, says Emer O’Toole, whose book describes her gender-bending coming of age in Galway
Exploring the effect of immigration on Irish theatre
‘Staging Intercultural Ireland’ brings together plays and interviews on inward migration
Cork Midsummer brings it all back home
This year’s Cork Midsummer Festival puts the city on stage. So who will be left to watch it, and will it amount to more than the sum of its parts?
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