Bertolt Brecht
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Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hip
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 10, 2020, 17:40
Dame Diana Rigg, who died on Tuesday aged 82, will have long known that all her obituarists would find space for Mrs Emma Peel in their opening p(...)

Ute Lemper joins Irish celebration of Bertolt Brecht
- Music
- September 7, 2019, 05:00
Born in Bavaria in 1898, playwright Bertolt Brecht worked principally in what is known as epic theatre, which favours provocative narratives intersper(...)

Aosdána functions as way of hiding fact that arts funding is shamefully low
- Music
- July 24, 2019, 05:00
Irish composer Jennifer Walshe has been elected to Germany’s Akademie der Künste, the Berlin-based academy of arts that was founded as long ago as 169(...)

Dead Dog in a Suitcase review: An abrasive, ragged comic opera
- Stage
- July 18, 2019, 11:12
DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE (AND OTHER LOVE SONGS) Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway ★★★★☆ “Who’d shoot a dog?” somebody wails early in Kneehigh’s splenetic(...)

Epiphany and Dead Dog in a Suitcase: theatre shows to catch this week
- Stage
- July 13, 2019, 05:00
Epiphany Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Previews Jul 17 Opens Jul 18-27 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm) druid.ie You may find our host familiar, in a modest, uncer(...)

US voters’ capacity for being appalled by Trump is waning
- US
- April 25, 2019, 01:00
He meant well but Bertolt Brecht has a lot to answer for. In his subversive poem about the East German government, composed in 1953, he wondered if it(...)

An ordinary bloke with many talents: Remembering Jer O’Leary
- Social Affairs
- January 3, 2019, 16:16
Actor, activist, artist, raconteur, orator, and trade unionist Jer O’Leary (73), who died in Dublin on St Stephen’s Day, had a favourite quotation: “I(...)

Theatre highlights of the week
- Stage
- May 26, 2018, 05:00
The Rehearsal, Playing The Dane Abbey Theatre, Dublin. May 23rd-26th, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) abbeytheatre.ie “A problem, you solve,” says Sister Gertr(...)

Acclaimed Hungarian director swaps the stage for anti-Orban activism
- Europe
- March 3, 2018, 05:00
For German playwright Bertolt Brecht, whose works include The Threepenny Opera and The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a theatre ticket was not an invitation (...)

Slack Bay (Ma Loute) review: flesh-eating French class comedy is an acquired taste
- Film
- June 22, 2017, 12:30
When Bruno Dumont, cinema’s most despairing visionary, released P’tit Quinquin – a 197-minute black comedy featuring mutilated cows, bumbling policeme(...)