The Shark is Broken is running at the Gaiety from 13 – 17 May. Steven Spielberg’s shark thriller Jaws is one of the most legendary movies of all time, but almost as legendary are the stories of how difficult it was to make. It was impossible to train and use a great white shark, so […]

11 months ago

Starring Steve Coogan as four different characters, tickets are on sale now. Due to various global developments, a feeling of nuclear anxiety is in the air and it’s already being represented in the arts. This specific, pervading sense of dread was at the heart of Christopher Nolan’s recent Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer. Just this […]

1 year ago

Tributes have poured in for the award-winning actor Broadway and TV star Gavin Creel has died at the age of 48. His publicist Matt Polk announced Creel’s passing on Tuesday, saying that the TV and Broadway actor had been suffering from a “rare and aggressive” cancer. Creel was best known for his theatre career, which […]

1 year ago

The dating scene has changed a lot in the past decade, but a bad first date is still a bad first date. Nothing has changed there! The advent of apps like Match, Tinder, Eharmony, and more, have added an element of ease, convenience and greater options to those looking for love. However, when it comes […]

2 years ago

“It was Agatha Christie’s favourite play.” With the lives of the Knives Out series, a return to the big screen for Agatha Christie classics and the Harlan Coben run on Netflix, murder mysteries are enjoying quite the resurgence. An Irish theatre company celebrating a big anniversary, this year, is leaning into that genre with a […]

2 years ago

“There is an isle.” One of the best Irish plays in recent decades is returning to the stage for a run that coincides nicely with the 2024 Six Nations. Alone It Stands, written by Breen and first performed in 1999, theatre groups across the land, and further afield (London, New York, Auckland, Sydney). The most […]

2 years ago