Niall Henry
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Jonathan Swift’s satire works as key to modern-day ills
- Stage
- September 28, 2019, 05:00
Not long after his death, Jonathan Swift became the subject of a scurrilous rumour. As the story had it, not only did Swift, the renowned satirist and(...)

‘When you sail, it is impossible to think of anything else except the act of sailing’
- Fitness
- July 28, 2019, 05:00
I have been sailing since I was four years old, and competing at sailing competitions on and off for the last 35 years. Working as artistic director o(...)
Trad and Tintown: the best of this week’s theatre
- Stage
- April 27, 2019, 05:00
Trad The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway Apr 25th-27th, 8pm; The Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin Apr 30th-May 11th, 8pm; Everyman Theatre, Cork, May (...)

This week’s theatre: Country Girls hit the Abbey while Alice returns to Wonderland
- Stage
- March 9, 2019, 05:00
The Country Girls Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Ends Apr 6th, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) €13-€45 abbeytheatre.ie A remarkable story of shedding innocence and tho(...)

The School Days of Thaddeus K review: An elegant depiction of a dismal time
- Stage
- November 5, 2018, 12:45
THE SCHOOL DAYS OF THADDEUS K Factory Performance Space, Sligo ★★★☆☆ The new production from Blue Raincoat ought to ring a bell. It begins with one i(...)

A taste of the theatre this week
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- November 3, 2017, 05:00
Down and Out in Paris and London Wexford Arts Centre Thursday November 9th 8pm €16/€14 wexfordartscentre.com Written in 1933, George Orwell’s Down a(...)

Beckett plays to be staged in former factory in historic Sligo estate
- Stage
- September 17, 2017, 19:00
The setting will be unusual when three short plays by Samuel Beckett are staged in Sligo for 10 nights. Beckett Hazelwood, presented by the Blue Rain(...)

Is it curtains for regional theatre as we know it?
- Stage
- November 8, 2016, 05:00
It’s easy, these days, to feel nostalgic for a time when things seemed irretrievably better. But earlier this year, when a 20-year-old copy of the Lim(...)

Alice in Wonderland review: curious return to the past
- Stage
- October 28, 2016, 16:30
The Factory Performance Space, Sligo ★★★ In a year marked by official commemorations, it’s striking that the longest-standing independent theatre(...)

Irish architects think inside – and outside – the glass box
- Homes & Property
- July 2, 2016, 01:00
Folding, floating, hiding, sinking, sliding, sheltering, overshooting – architecture is constantly shifting about, as is evident in this year’s RIAI (...)