An Old Song, Half Forgotten: This play shouldn’t really work but it’s a compelling celebration of a life in theatre
Theatre: Bryan Murray, who has Alzheimer’s, gives a deft, graceful performance as a veteran actor with the disease
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Actor Bryan Murray on his Alzheimer’s: ‘There is no short-term memory. It is not the end of the world for me. But – there is a but’
Bryan Murray stars in Deirdre Kinahan’s new play at the Peacock. His role intersects with his own reality as he plays a man with Alzheimer’s
Young playwrights separated by lockdown come together for Abbey debut
Writers from Fighting Words programme meet for first time as their plays grace the stage
All the world is a van: Shakespeare in a time of Covid
King Lear in a Van is a clever way of bringing theatre and drama to the masses
Embargo review: Deirdre Kinahan’s new play is unashamedly humanistic
Dublin Theatre Festival: Unquestionably a celebration of the protest but with layers of nuance
‘This image of a man tarred and feathered, driving a train out of rage, just haunted me’
Deirdre Kinahan on her site-specific play about the 1920 munitions strike
Faultline review: Immersive journey through a societal upheaval
Dublin Theatre Festival: This absorbing new work remembers a faultline in the early days of Irish gay rights
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
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