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Irish Drama

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Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan on Moment

1 March 2011

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: DEIRDRE KINAHAN The Irish playwright and artistic director of Tall Tales theatre company talks to Amardeep Sohi about her latest, Moment (Bush Theatre), a dark but thrilling play about a family coming to terms with a horrific murder, and about her work with Tall Tales. Recorded at the Bush.

Dublin Theatre Festival: Garry Hynes and Druid

11 October 2010

in International, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: GARRY HYNES The artistic director of Galway’s Druid Theatre Company talks to Carole Woddis talks about Sean O’Casey’s The Silver Tassie (Gaiety Theatre), and about her vision for the company which she co-founded with Mick Lally and Marie Mullen. Recorded at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin.

Dublin Theatre Festival: Eina McHugh and the Ark

10 October 2010

in Children's Theatre, International, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: EINA McHUGH The director and chief executive of the Ark, the first custom-built cultural centre for children in Europe, talks to Carole Woddis about The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly by Tasmanian Irish writer, Finegan Kruckemeyer, directed by Lynne Parker, in association with Theatre Lovett. A one-man show, performed by Louis Lovett, it has garnered plaudits. Recorded at the Ark.

Dublin Theatre Festival: Lynne Parker and Rough Magic

8 October 2010

in Directors, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: LYNNE PARKER The founder and artistic director of Rough Magic Theatre Company talks to Carole Woddis about Phaedra, a new version of Racine’s play, written by Hilary Fannin, and with music inspired by Rameau’s opera by Ellen Cranitch. Recorded at Rough Magic, Dublin.

Dublin Theatre Festival – a quick guide to work in 2010

2 October 2010

in 20th-century Drama, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: LOUGHLIN DEEGAN The director of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival talks to Dominic Cavendish about the 2010 programme, which features work by Samuel Beckett, David Mamet and Harold Pinter. The festival runs to 17 October.

Edinburgh 2010: Freefall at the Traverse

18 August 2010

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Irish Drama, Playwrights

EDINBURGH 2010 Irish playwright Michael West discusses collaborative creation in the context of his Freefall (Traverse), a hit about the uncertainties of life seen through the eyes of a dying man, and also his previous play Dublin by Lamplight. Interview by Philip Fisher.

Director Joe Hill-Gibbins revives Martin McDonagh

29 July 2010

in American Drama, Directors, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: JOE HILL-GIBBINS The director talks to Philip Fisher about his cracking revival of Martin McDonagh’s 1996 debut, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Young Vic). He also looks back at his controversial debut, Wallace Shawn’s A Thought in Three Parts, and forwards to his upcoming production of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. Recorded at the Young Vic.

Edinburgh 2009: Elaine Murphy and Little Gem

19 August 2009

in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Irish Drama, New Writing

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2009 The ace cast – Sarah Greene, Hilda Fay and Anita Reeves – perform extracts from Elaine Murphy’s hit debut Little Gem (Traverse), a triple monologue by three generations of Dublin women, and then Philip Fisher talks to them about the play.

Stella Feehily on her debut Duck

29 July 2009

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: STELLA FEEHILY (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about her 2003 debut, Duck (Out of Joint/Royal Court), a play about two teenagers in Dublin, and about her plans for the future. Recorded at Out of Joint, London.

Theatre Book Prize 2008

7 April 2009

in Books, Irish Drama, Theatre People

THEATRE BOOK PRIZE 2008 Howard Loxton, administrator and chair of the Society for Theatre Research book prize, introduces this year’s judges, choreographer Omar Okai, Prof Kate Newey and Financial Times critic Ian Shuttleworth, plus presenter Steven Berkoff, who talk about the books.

Enda Walsh from Disco Pigs to Hunger

3 November 2008

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: ENDA WALSH (2/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his career, from the classic Disco Pigs (Corcadorca, 1996) through to his current film, Hunger (Steve McQueen) and his Dostoyevsky adaptation for Theatre O, Delirium (Barbican, 2008). Expletives not deleted.

Enda Walsh and The Walworth Farce

3 November 2008

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: ENDA WALSH (1/2) The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his scintillating 2006 play for Druid, The Walworth Farce (now at the National), and about the mechanics of keeping a farce moving. Expletives not deleted.

Acclaimed Irish playwright Tom Murphy (2/2)

16 June 2006

in Irish Drama, Playwrights

THEATRE FORUM IRELAND 2006: TOM MURPHY (2/2) The acclaimed Irish playwright continues his address about his life and work. Sound quality: moderate.

Acclaimed Irish playwright Tom Murphy (1/2)

16 June 2006

in Irish Drama, Playwrights

THEATRE FORUM IRELAND 2006: TOM MURPHY (1/2) The acclaimed Irish playwright begins his address about his life and work. Sound quality: moderate.

Theatre Forum Ireland: Asking for Trouble (1/3)

16 June 2006

in Asian Voices, Irish Drama, Reviews and Roundtables, Transcripts

THEATRE FORUM IRELAND 2006: ASKING FOR TROUBLE (1/3) The public debate on Censorship and Artistic Freedom, with Neal Foster, Stewart Lee, Peter Sellars and Janet Steel. Conall Morrison chairs.

West End Review: November 2005

25 November 2005

in Irish Drama, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Coram Boy (National) and Tom Murphy’s Alice Trilogy (Royal Court). Kate Bassett, Jane Edwardes and Heather Neill discuss. Mark Shenton hosts.

Review of By the Bog of Cats

3 December 2004

in Greek Drama, Irish Drama, Reviews and Roundtables

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BY THE BOG OF CATS David Benedict, Jane Edwardes and Heather Neill get stuck into Marina Carr’s Medea-rewrite, in the West End with Hollywood star Holly Hunter. Matt Wolf hosts.

Maverick director Dominic Dromgoole uncensored (1/2)

8 October 2004

in Directors, Irish Drama, New Writing

INTERVIEW: DOMINIC DROMGOOLE (1/2) The director drops in to talk about his revival of The Shadow of a Gunman, at the Tricycle. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Playwright Frank McGuinness explores Greek tragedy

13 August 2004

in Greek Drama, Irish Drama, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: FRANK McGUINNESS The Irish playwright talks about his adaptation of Euripides’ Hecuba – the successor to his acclaimed rendition of Electra. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Review of Shining City

11 June 2004

in Irish Drama, New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

SHINING CITY Kate Bassett, David Benedict and Heather Neill enthuse about the latest from Conor The Weir McPherson at the Royal Court. Patrick Marmion hosts.

Review of Endgame

12 March 2004

in 20th-century Drama, Irish Drama, Reviews and Roundtables

ENDGAME Applause, up to a point, for Beckettian co-stars Michael Gambon and Lee Evans from Jane Edwardes, Rachel Halliburton, Heather Neill and Ian Shuttleworth. Dominic Cavendish hosts.

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