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David Rawle has stayed modest after 'Moone Boy' success. Picture by David Conachy

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Actor David Rawle: ‘Nobody recognised me anymore. It meant I could just have a very normal life’

“As I got older, my features completely changed and nobody recognised me anymore. That was fantastic. It meant I could just have a very normal life.”

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Dublin Fringe Festival: Eimear O'Reilly’s The Spin and Síofra O Meara’s Blister in the spotlight

Joanna is homeless. Eimear Reilly’s The Spin opens with her ranting at her therapist in an almost drearily familiar saga of viewing “property” after ghastly property in an attempt to find somewhere to live permanently.

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Donald Teskey’s Paris paintings have more in common with his landscapes than you might think

Quai de Béthune Donald Teskey

Fine acting: Evanne Kilgallon, Lesley Conroy and Eva-Jane Gaffney in The Twenty Club. Photo by Sthiti Padhy

The Twenty Club: Superb performances light up fanciful wartime spy story

Tenacious and inspired, Glass Mask Theatre are fighting the good fight. A reorientation of the café space sees the playing area now in the centre, with the cabaret tables surrounding. A solid ambition to present new plays in an informal setting is carried off in style: a modest sharing-plate menu of cheese and charcuterie is available, with wines and coffees. It’s good to see this innovative approach to theatre survive into its fourth season in Dublin.

The actress Irene Papas, seen here is 2001, was outspoken in public about subjects such as politics and art. Picture by William Conran

Obituary: Irene Papas, Zorba the Greek star who was also hailed for powerful renderings of classical dramas

Irene Papas, a Greek actress who embodied roles of heroism and tragic dignity in films such as Zorba the Greek and The Guns of Navarone, and gained critical acclaim in classic Greek dramas including Electra and Antigone, has died. She was 96.

Artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. Picture by Mark Condren

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What lies beneath: Nathalie Du Pasquier’s optimistic perspective on life

Nathalie Du Pasquier Top

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Dublin Fringe Festival: Three plucky pieces offer anger and despair

Fringe Festival Various venues

2 Johnnies ‘Christmas Podcast Party’ at 3Arena sells out in minutes

The 3Arena Christmas show by comedy podcast duo The 2 Johnnies has sold out.

Michael Roberson performs his solo piece in WAKE. Photo: Ruth Medjber

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‘I went from waking up in a city to waking up in a field’ – the Irish dancer who accidentally ran away with the circus

There are those who run away to the circus and there are those, like Michael Roberson, who accidentally find that they’ve ended up in one.

Ryan Donaldson as Michael Collins in The Chief. Photo by Declan Colohan

The Chief: Stakes are high in vivid retelling of Michael Collins’ big decisions

Galway’s Decadent Theatre have traditionally produced revivals of hit plays and, in more recent times, adaptations of novels. This original play about Michael Collins by Jimmy Murphy, a history play as part of the centenary commemorations, is a departure of sorts.

'Dinner with Groucho' stars Ian Bartholomew as Groucho Marx and Ingrid Craigie as Proprietor

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Reasons to love this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival programme

Dublin Theatre Festival 2022 Multiple venues

Smooth operator – Carol Hodder’s ‘Rough Weather’

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What lies beneath: Carol Hodder inspired by the mizzle and mountains of Kerry

Carol Hodder Rough Weather

Andrew Bennett is set to take on the role of Mal in the play Heaven. Photo: Mark Hill

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An Cailín Ciúin’s Andrew Bennett on going from a quiet rural childhood to a party-hard life in Dublin as young actor

It’s a few weeks after An Cailín Ciúin was named as Ireland’s entry for next year’s Oscars and a few days before it’s announced as one of 30 movies recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards when I’m chatting to Andrew Bennett. Four months after the film’s release, it has fielded a clutch of festival prizes and an array of five-star reviews, and the “first and foremost stage actor” is getting his head around being recognised.

Christian Doyle (8) from Dublin pictured at Castletymon Library for the launch of Red Line Festival, which runs from October 13-16 this year. Photo: Gareth Chaney

Red Line Festival returns to celebrate all things literary

Red Line Festival returns for its 11th birthday next month, with more than 40 events in performance venues around south Dublin to appeal to all ages.

Introducing: Actor Niamh McPhillips – ‘My mother would bring us to London to see Shakespeare. I was hooked’

Age: 23.

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Theatre reviews: Pop Tart Lipstick is a star vehicle that’s sadly a bit short of wheel balance

Pop Tart Lipstick Bestseller Cafe Dublin

Pauline Bewick - Myself with Fuscia. Image courtesy National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland and Yvonne Davis

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What Lies Beneath: Pauline Bewick’s mighty talent burns as brightly as ever

Pauline Bewick Myself with Fuscia

Martha Kirby and Glenn Adamson in Bat out of Hell. Photo by Chris Davis Studio

Bat Out of Hell: A revved-up trip down memory lane set to Meat Loaf classics

Lots of today’s 50-somethings spent a portion of their youth singing or screeching along to the Bat Out of Hell albums, the operatic rock-offerings from singer Meat Loaf and writer/composer Jim Steinman. The songs captured the intensity of teenagerdom in the 1970s, when the grip of social and sexual control was beginning to slip. The music press at the time sneered at the squelchy romantic lyrics and the over-the-top orchestral rock arrangements. But when did hormonal teens ever listen to anyone?

Irish soprano Ailish Tynan. Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

Upfront: Ailish Tynan on motherhood and memorable moments

Ailish Tynan (47) is an Irish soprano with a soaring career in London. A regular in Wigmore Hall, she also frequently performs in operas. She is renowned for her versatility, her comic performances and her delightful down-to-earth manner. From Mullingar, she lives in London with her husband, Keith, the principal bass trombonist in the Royal Opera House. They have a five-year-old daughter, Daisy, and a dog, Jack.

Mark Schrier and Caroline Morahan in 'Looking At The Sun'. Picture by Sthiti Padhy

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Looking at the Sun: Tame, lengthy farce lacks humour and imagination

LOOKING AT THE SUN Smock Alley Dublin

Comedian Michael Fry photographed in Liberty Lane in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath

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Michael Fry: ‘It felt like someone was telling you if you don’t play GAA, you can go f*** yourself’

The background of Michael Fry’s Zoom call is what you might describe as a little on the cluttered side. Guitars appear in every free space, while the shelves behind his desk are stuffed with books and laptop accessories. A microphone stand pokes out from behind his desk-facing chair. Fry logs in, wearing a vibrant purple T-shirt, his nose piercing glinting as he drinks blackcurrant cordial from a Guinness pint glass.

The mysterious Art Riddler, who is keeping his identity a secret. He says he’ll even wear a mask to his upcoming exhibition. Picture by Jeannie Wenham

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Who is the Art Riddler? We speak to the mysterious patron of struggling artists offering a €10,000 prize

The morning I meet the Art Riddler, via video call, he’s edgy. “To ask a question, can you see me?” he says, his voice unsure. I can’t, but I think to myself that he’s enormously committed to anonymity while I look at the blank screen.

Eoin French and Emmet Kirwan in Accents. Photo by Sarah Doyle

Highlights of Dublin Fringe as festival returns to full strength

Having managed the Covid pandemic restrictions over the last two years with customary ingenuity, Dublin Fringe Festival is back to full strength this year. Now that the good weather is ending, it’s the perfect time to book yourself into some mental hyper-stimulation, courtesy of the inventive plans of this vast variety of artists. Here’s a selection of highlights:

Masai Graham as he wins the Dave Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 award for the second time. The award returns for the first time in three years following a Covid hiatus. Photo: Lesley Martin/Taylor Herring PR/PA Wire

‘Funniest Joke’ at the Edinburgh Fringe awarded to Masai Graham for second time

The funniest joke at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been awarded.

Kelli-Ann Masterson in the title role with tenor Andrew Gavin in Semele. Picture by Frances Marshall

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Jupiter prefers blondes in Opera Collective’s bombshell take on Handel’s Semele

Semele Kilkenny Arts Festival and touring to the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

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What lies beneath: Diarmuid Breen’s Blue Horizon is at once hazardous and hopeful

Diarmuid Breen Blue Horizon

Chloe O'Reilly, musician Danny O'Mahony and Tadhg Hickey in Letters of a Country Postman. Photo by Marcin Lewandowski

Letters of a Country Postman: John B Keane adaptation brings us back to the future post haste

If I said this show is about the spread and control of information; about how shady folk use devious methods in surveillance of ordinary people; about how hunger for communication and information forms a major impetus in life; about how the gatekeepers of this information are figures of high status in the community, you would think I was describing an up-to-the-minute play about the internet.

'Dublin Boys I: Happy Campers' by Carmen Havens (oil on canvas)

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What lies beneath: A serious bloodline for art and a very big box of crayons

Carmen Havens Dublin Boys I: Happy Campers (oil on canvas)

Eleanor Methven in Rough Magic's The Tempest at Kilkenny Arts Festival. Picture by Ros Kavanagh

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Eleanor Methven is spellbinding in Rough Magic’s The Tempest

The Tempest Kilkenny Castle Parklands

Linzi Hateley and ensemble in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Photo by Tristram Kenton

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Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: revival glows with Seventies sass and spangles

The 1970s are alive and well on the stage of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. There is nothing in this touring London Palladium production that wouldn’t feel at home in the decade that taste forgot. This musical, full of catchy tunes, is based on the story of Joseph, son of Jacob, from the Book of Genesis. It was created as a school show by writer Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber when they were barely out of their teens. A 35-minute version had its professional premiere in 1972, and it grew legs during that decade.

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Theatre & Arts

September 2022

Actor David Rawle: ‘Nobody recognised me anymore. It meant I could just have a very normal life’

Dublin Fringe Festival: Eimear O'Reilly’s The Spin and Síofra O Meara’s Blister in the spotlight

Donald Teskey’s Paris paintings have more in common with his landscapes than you might think

The Twenty Club: Superb performances light up fanciful wartime spy story

Obituary: Irene Papas, Zorba the Greek star who was also hailed for powerful renderings of classical dramas

What lies beneath: Nathalie Du Pasquier’s optimistic perspective on life

Dublin Fringe Festival: Three plucky pieces offer anger and despair

2 Johnnies ‘Christmas Podcast Party’ at 3Arena sells out in minutes

‘I went from waking up in a city to waking up in a field’ – the Irish dancer who accidentally ran away with the circus

The Chief: Stakes are high in vivid retelling of Michael Collins’ big decisions

Reasons to love this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival programme

What lies beneath: Carol Hodder inspired by the mizzle and mountains of Kerry

An Cailín Ciúin’s Andrew Bennett on going from a quiet rural childhood to a party-hard life in Dublin as young actor

Red Line Festival returns to celebrate all things literary

Introducing: Actor Niamh McPhillips – ‘My mother would bring us to London to see Shakespeare. I was hooked’

Theatre reviews: Pop Tart Lipstick is a star vehicle that’s sadly a bit short of wheel balance

What Lies Beneath: Pauline Bewick’s mighty talent burns as brightly as ever

Bat Out of Hell: A revved-up trip down memory lane set to Meat Loaf classics

August 2022

Upfront: Ailish Tynan on motherhood and memorable moments

Looking at the Sun: Tame, lengthy farce lacks humour and imagination

Michael Fry: ‘It felt like someone was telling you if you don’t play GAA, you can go f*** yourself’

Who is the Art Riddler? We speak to the mysterious patron of struggling artists offering a €10,000 prize

Highlights of Dublin Fringe as festival returns to full strength

‘Funniest Joke’ at the Edinburgh Fringe awarded to Masai Graham for second time

Jupiter prefers blondes in Opera Collective’s bombshell take on Handel’s Semele

What lies beneath: Diarmuid Breen’s Blue Horizon is at once hazardous and hopeful

Letters of a Country Postman: John B Keane adaptation brings us back to the future post haste

What lies beneath: A serious bloodline for art and a very big box of crayons

Eleanor Methven is spellbinding in Rough Magic’s The Tempest

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: revival glows with Seventies sass and spangles

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