Jane Brennan gives a mesmerising emulation of de Valera’s paced, crystal voice
Jane Brennan
Negotiations behind the foundation of the Irish State are staged at the NCH
Fascinated with ideas of art and ambiguity, Nancy Harris’s play sees long hidden secrets dredged up
With two new plays opening simultaneously in Dublin and London, the playwright lays bare both a family and a political drama, full of art and ambiguity
Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre
A year after his death, playwright Tom Murphy is being celebrated by actors keen to share their experience of working on his plays. His widow, actor Jane Brennan, talks about life with – and without – Murphy
Short contracts: Actors Jane Brennan and Frank McCusker on the effect of the theatre’s new strategy
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas
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A theatre man who was ‘an appallingly bad actor’ and a dad who loved unconditionally
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