Living the dream
Theatre director Peter Kavanagh told David Hennessy about bringing Canadian classic Salt- Water Moon to the UK for the first time, being the last...
Middle Eastern adventure
5 stars
By David Hennessy
Áine Ryan’s Paddy Goes to Petra begins with actor Brendan Dunlea asking the audience the question, if they have ever...
Michael Collins and Jewish nationalism
Playwright Julia Pascal told David Hennessy about her new play that explores Jewish- Irish identity and how Michael Collins inspired Jewish nationalism.
Award- winning...
Creeslough actress stars in radical new play
A Donegal actress/musician will star in a radical new musical play that seeks to shine a light on the incredible story of Julie d’Aubigny,...
Dinner for two
Ingrid Craigie told David Hennessy about Dinner with Groucho, the new Frank McGuinness play that reimagines the time that Groucho Marx met TS Eliot.
Ingrid...
Identity crisis
David Hennessy spoke to Max Elton, Matthew Blaney and Stephen Kennedy, the director and cast of David Ireland’s Not Now, a comedy play about...
Arabian nights
Award-winning playwright Áine Ní Riain told David Hennessy about bringing her play Paddy Goes to Petra to London.
An award-winning London-based Tipperary playwright is bringing...
Returning to Liverpool
Liverpool Irish Festival returns for their 20th festival this week, with ten days of 40+ Irish arts and culture events celebrating the connections between Liverpool and Ireland...
Ending the silence
Jaki McCarrick told David Hennessy about her play Belfast Girls which tells the story of the Irish orphan girls that were shipped out of...
Resurrecting a ‘forgotten’ classic
David Hennessy spoke to Brian Martin and Andrew Maunder who are currently bringing Kate O’Brien’s Distinguished Villa back to the London stage after almost...