by Rob Hartnett | May 29, 2019 | News, Theatre
The Gate Theatre has announced its Autumn/Winter season and it will include the staging of a World Premiere which involves no actors. Beckett’s Room tells the story of an apartment in Paris where Samuel Beckett lived with his partner Suzanne during the second...
by Rob Hartnett | Apr 30, 2019 | News, Theatre
The death of Lyra McKee in Derry has raised awareness around the world that the Troubles in Northern Ireland are not as much a part of history as had been hoped. The death of a journalist anywhere is a major story in itself and while Northern Ireland has benefitted in...
by Rob Hartnett | Apr 3, 2019 | News, Theatre
As part of its 30th year in 2018, Fishamble: The New Play Company set out to find one, big, ambitious play, that bursts with humanity and tackles a subject about which the playwright feels passionate. The search for a Play for Ireland drew 372 submissions, of which 30...
by Rob Hartnett | Mar 22, 2019 | Concerts, News, Theatre
Illusionist, magician and daredevil David Blaine is coming to Dublin’s 3Arena for a one off show as part of a seven date arena tour of Britain and Ireland. Tickets for the June 8th show will go on sale on Friday, March 29th. Blaine famously spent 44 days in a glass...
by Rob Hartnett | Mar 22, 2019 | News, Theatre
Playwright Jimmy Murphy, a former member of the Abbey Theatre Advisory Council has this afternoon called for Government to step in to an increasingly bitter war of words at the national theatre. Speaking on the pavement outside the theatre Murphy was reacting to news...
by Rob Hartnett | Mar 1, 2019 | Music, News, Theatre, Uncategorized
The special 10 th anniversary tour of American Idiot – the ground breaking Tony award-winning rock musical with music by punk-pop and multi Grammy award-winning band Green Day is coming to Dublin this month. The show will be staged at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin from...
