Patrick O’Kane

Agreement: An outstanding evening, a landmark play, a thoroughly deserved five stars

Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama

Thu Mar 30 2023 - 11:10

Patrick O’Kane on playing David Trimble: ‘It’s not my job to judge my character. Quite the opposite’

The actor play found it fascinating to follow the late Ulster Unionist leader’s hard road to compromise for Owen McCafferty’s play Agreement

Wed Mar 29 2023 - 06:00

Irish Times Theatre Awards: Red gets to paint the town

What do you see? asked the big winner. We’re seeing double and elephants, came the answer

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00

Harassment ‘elephant’ enters the room at theatre awards night

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Mark Rothko drama ‘Red’ is the big winner

Sun Feb 25 2018 - 22:49

Brian Wilson and two major operas for Galway Arts Festival

Galway International Arts Festival marks its 40th birthday with biggest ever line-up

Tue May 02 2017 - 10:12

10 things we learned from this year’s Edinburgh extravaganza

As always, the shows being staged encompass the weird, the wonderful and the wacky

Sat Aug 15 2015 - 05:50

The cultural quotes of the year: madness, middle age and mother’s advice

A selection of the best, oddest and most memorable musings by some of the world’s artistic greats, as told to Irish Times writers

Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00

Parallel worlds: A Chilean trilogy that could be about the North

A young ‘disappeared’ woman, the debate over how a building linked to past conflict should be redeployed, and an exploration of a political leader feature in Prime Cut’s ambitious new trio of plays in Belfast

Tue May 27 2014 - 01:00

Patrick O’Kane: thoughts on acting, Belfast and a head butt

The actor is one of the most intense and intelligent performers in Irish theatre; little surprise, then, that a conversation with him starts to sound like a masterclass on acting

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00