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A climate-themed arts festival gets underway today in association with the Lime Tree Theatre and Belltable.

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A new trilingual production by play company Fishamble will take place in three different countries, and the Irish dates are down this week for none other than South Kerry’s Ionad na Dromada.

Stephen Rea brings Krapp back home, Hamilton comes to Dublin and Irish National Opera stages Salome

An old friend of mine, Darren Barefoot, died in February from cancer. As the end approached, he wrote a reflection on his website.

Fishamble: The New Play Company in association with Sunday's Child will bring MUSTARD, written and performed by Eva O'Connor and directed by Hildegard Ryan, to the Arcola Theatre, with previews from 16 May, opening on 17 May and runs until 3 June.

Blanket Ban West End - Blanket Ban Following a SOLD OUT Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, as winners of the Underbelly and New Diorama Untapped Award, hit-show Blanket Ban transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough. “Sometimes I’m afraid of this play.” Malta: Catholic kitsch, golden sun, deep blue sea, Eurovision – and a blanket ban on abortion. Propelled by three years of interviews with anonymous contributors and their own lived experience, actors and activists Marta and Davinia interrogate...

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