Wide cultural appetite in a county with a rich artistic heritage
County Cork has a wide range of artistic content to enjoy, as Ian McDonagh, Arts Officer with Cork County Council, outlines to Colette Sheridan
Source: irishexaminer.com
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Obituary: Thomas Kilroy, noted playwright, novelist and academic whose great imagination was matched by his talent
Playwright, novelist and academic Thomas Kilroy, who has died at the age of 89, was one of the most distinguished Irish dramatists and authors of modern times.
Source: independent.ie
Mary Lavin: 'Writing for her was a kind of need. It was the thing that was going to get her through' – The Irish Times
Mary Lavin’s short story, In the Middle of the Fields, has been adopted rather than adapted as a play
Source: irishtimes.com
Waterford News & Star — View from the Green Room: All the things left unsaid
WRITER/ actor/ sometime priest Michael Harding almost slips onto the apron of the Theatre Royal stage with that apologetic sorry-to-disturb-you-like appearance…
Source: waterford-news.ie
Written in clear-eyed anger: Harold Pinter's anti-war poems
Slaughter in Ukraine sent me back to poems Pinter wrote about US-led invasion of Iraq
Source: irishtimes.com
Michael Billington's top 10 books about theatre | Stage books
From Anne Enright’s novel about an actor’s daughter to the diaries of former National Theatre director Peter Hall, the theatre critic chooses his favourite titles about the stage
Source: theguardian.com
How one of the world's biggest musicals found its star in Dublin
How one of the worlds biggest musicals found its star in Dublin Updated / Friday, 8 Jan 2021 15:57 Genevieve Lyons: "audiences prefered to go to Dun Laoghaire to see Lyons as Sally Bowles than go to see Harris in the same role on the big screen". Photo: NUI Galway Archives Analysis: Genevieve Lyons played a central role in Irish theatre in the 1950s at a time the country was undergoing much cultural change The 1950s in Ireland is often typified as a lost decade. While there are many valid re...
Source: rte.ie