Lonely road
Playwright and actress Áine Ryan told David Hennessy about bringing her one woman play Kitty in the Lane to the Brockley Jack for its...
Back where it all began
Tom Vaughan- Lawlor told David Hennessy about returning to the National Theatre for Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, seeing Barry Keoghan’s talent in one...
A sobering piece of theatre
By David Hennessy
Actor and playwright Eugene O’Hare has just launched his new play The Dry House at Marylebone Theatre.
Set in the Northern Irish border...
Born in London, guaranteed Irish
Author Kate Kerrigan told David Hennessy about her show which deals with growing up second generation Irish in the 70s and 80s when you...
Under belly
Seamus O’Rourke spoke to David Hennessy about his one man show Indigeston before he brings it to The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith this...
When the music has stopped
Maureen Beattie told David Hennessy about her current play that looks at a violinist who can no longer play due to MS, being born...
‘An uneasy reminder’
Actress Flora Montgomery told David Hennessy about her new play Under the Black Rock which is an ‘uneasy reminder’ of the Troubles in Northern...
Blowing in the wind
Playwright Tzarini Meyler told David Hennessy about her play Kites which is set in post- war Cork but has a resonance to today.
A London-...
From ‘rogue son’ to ‘Da’
Nigel Pivaro, known to Coronation Street fans as ‘rogue’ Terry Duckworth, told David Hennessy about taking on the role of Da in the current...
The real Brendan
John Merrigan of Fatdan Productions told David Hennessy about their new play that tells the story of Brendan Behan in a way that it...