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
Plays bring curtain down on arts eventTHE CLOSING weekend of the Kilkenny Arts Festival got off to an early start yesterday morning with the premiere of Holy Mary, …Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Creative locals inspire Kilkenny arts festivitiesCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT is key to the Kilkenny Arts Festival, which opened yesterday evening.Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Beowulf rises againWHEN THE anonymous scribe of an Old English manuscript first committed the story of Beowulf to paper, he could never have imagined…Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00