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Review – Making Lemonade @The New Theatre

Published May 15, 2013

The newly formed Twisted Peasant Productions are hoping to firmly establish their reputation with Making Lemonade, a one-woman show set to highlight the prominence of gun culture within the city. The brainchild of Sylvia Beatley, Making Lemonade is an hour-long, one-woman show. Though sometimes making for uncomfortable viewing (tip: don’t read more…

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Drum Belly: Actor Ryan MacParland interviewed

Published April 11, 2013

Playing punks and gangsters as a newbie on the acting circuit does wonders for your cool cachet and your casting chances. From good vibrations to violent beatings, Ryan MacParland tells us about Richard Dormer's new play at The Abbey, Drum Belly. You got your first break in Irish film, Good Vibrations, which is coming out soon and is about the Belfast punk scene at the time of The Troubles. An ideal break? Yeh, definitely. Richard Dormer plays the main character called Terri Hooley ‘...read more

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King Back: Lear at the Abbey

Published February 14, 2013

The Abbey hasn’t had a production of King Lear in your granny’s lifetime. It is dense, difficult, hard to stage, and arguably Shakespeare’s best. But in spite of the terror of having to ‘meet the play’, Selina Cartmell has done it. Here she talks about grief, the play’s animal energies and the scene that started it all. After 80 years since the last Abbey production, why do King Lear now? I think it’s a play that resonates with everyone at any time because of these themes...read more

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The Project Arts Centre’s November Program In-Depth

Published November 9, 2012

What do you feel your role is as artistic director of The Project? I see the role as that of a facilitator. I have the opportunity of giving people the chance to realise their vision. And compared to my previous role at Rough Magic, it’s similar but on a read more…

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Dylan Tighe on: Record

Published September 28, 2012

Dylan knows the drugs don’t work and he’s got other ideas for what will. Through a collage of music, 16mm film, performance, and a (thankfully) short-lived bit of nudity, he delves into the depths of mental health and our sick ways of viewing it. You’re calling RECORD an ‘alternative opera’, but what is the whole thing exactly? Well it’s a project that has a few different parts to it. The first part is this album I made over the past few years, then the album is the source ...read more

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10 Things Dublin Can Learn From Radical Science

Published April 10, 2013

Bricking over the Liffey, banning all televisions in town and just straight-up seceding are amongst the ideas Radical Science can contribute to Dublin life.