Lynne Parker

Cleft review: An intriguing look at fear, bravery and trauma

Fergal McElherron explores family histories, and life on the margins in his new play

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 11:54

The week’s best theatre: Two new plays going by their gut

These Stupid Things at Smock Alley Theatre and Cleft at O’Donoghue Theatre are his week’s highlights

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00

Fair City actor lived his life ‘to the full’, funeral Mass told

Actor Karl Shiels, who died on Monday aged 47, played shady Robbie Quinn in the soap

Thu Jul 18 2019 - 20:28

Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach

Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th

Tue Jun 18 2019 - 12:59

Director’s Choice: Theatre directors pick the soundtracks of their lives

Musicians from RIAM will play these specially selected, deeply personal pieces

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 05:00

After a two-year process, Fishamble selects its 'big, ambitious' Play for Ireland

The Alternative wins Fishamble’s project, which seeks to buck trend for shorter productions

Tue Apr 02 2019 - 05:00

Owen Roe: 'How can you study Beckett and not know anything about Laurel and Hardy?'

The actor will be honoured at this year's Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

Sat Mar 23 2019 - 05:00

A Midsummer Night’s Dream laced with glee, invention and a shiver of anxiety

Review: Lynne Parker directs an Irish take on Shakespeare at Kilkenny Arts Festival

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 11:00

Shakespeare’s summer sensation: This week’s theatre highlights

Rough Magic’s high-voltage staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream addresses climate change, while Jim Cartwright’s ‘Two’ is more than the sum of its parts

Sat Aug 04 2018 - 05:00

It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle

Rough Magic is recharging itself with a new young company and an electrifying take on Shakespeare

Sat Aug 04 2018 - 05:00

Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution

Irish theatre came out blazing this week, proving that gender equality is ‘not hard to do, if you want to’

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00

President pays tribute to ‘courageous being’ Tom Murphy

Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service

Sat May 19 2018 - 18:41

‘Shakespeare is for life, not just for the Leaving Cert’

Highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival announced for the medieval city

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 01:00

Theatre directors condemn sexual harassment and abuse of power

Directors of Abbey and Gate and Druid among those committed to challenging ‘unacceptable behaviour’

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 19:16

Melt review: A play that goes to the end of the world

There’s no other play quite like Rough Magic’s Melt right now

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 13:20

Which Irish theatre companies have the worst record regarding women?

New research commissioned by Waking The Feminists shows theatre companies with biggest state subsidy have worst gender record

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 10:45

Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances

Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style

Sat Apr 30 2016 - 14:15

Parker on Parker: ‘Stewart’s work has been horrendously ignored’

Productions of Stewart Parker plays have been among the biggest successes of his niece Lynne Parker’s career. For her latest tilt at Northern Star, she decided to ‘Brecht it a bit’

Wed Apr 20 2016 - 06:00