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What makes our favourite films our favourite films? Nostalgia? Beloved stars? Stunning cinematography? Heart-rending scenes and compelling stories?

It’s fair to say the sight of a naked Mr Pumblechook being whipped on the bottom by housewife-turned-dominatrix Mrs Joe Gargery had some viewers of the new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations reaching for the smelling salts.

Rothe House will be transported back to 1922 this weekend with three performances of The Untold Tales of Freedom. This is show is series of monologues written s...

After almost 30 years of making magic happen at Barnstorm Theatre Company Vincent Dempsey is exiting stage right and taking a well-deserved break. Humble, modes...

Second helping of Love in Lockdown will be served later this month Reporter: );  ); Lockdown has placed restrictions on most aspects of people’s lives, but Barnstorm Theatre Company and Barn Owl Players continue to prove that even the most ardent of lockdowns has not put a barrier on the arts. Beginning with their successful monologue virtual production, Zoom BOP: Confinement, last September, the two companies set out to up the stakes by producing, Love in Lockdown, a series of newly wri...

Love in Lockdown: Kilkenny actors showcase new works on March 18 Reporter:  ); Love in Lockdown: a challenge at the best of times! This is theatre at its resilient best from the partnership of Barnstorm Theatre Company and Barn Owl Players in Kilkenny. With all the restrictions keeping people isolated in our homes, local theatre is still happening behind closed doors, on radio and online. In Kilkenny, the theatre community has risen to the challenge and explored how, where and when theatre s...

Kilkenny theatre group is looking for actors for latest production Reporter: );  ); The Barn Owl Players are leading the way when it comes to innovative solutions to the challenges facing the future of live performance in a pandemic. In 2020 local theatre group Barn Owl Players in partnership with Barnstorm Theatre Company created and presented Zoom BOP: Confinement which produced a series of original monologues by artists in the region. The partnership has gone a step further with a New Writ...

Twenty writers sign up to get involved in Lock in Lockdown project Reporter:  ); Barnstorm Theatre Company and Barn Owl Players have joined forces to produce Love in Lockdown – a series of original short plays written by new and existing writers in the region. Twenty writers signed up to the project and over the past few weeks have been busily penning their new works with guidance and input from playwrighting mentor Maeve Ingoldsby. Talent “It is so exciting to find such varied talent,”...