Stewart Parker
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It’s time to explore riches of Ulster Protestant culture
- Books
- November 4, 2019, 10:00
Despite claims that people across Ireland are counting down the clock to Irish unity, different political priorities appear to abound south of the bor(...)

Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’
- Stage
- July 27, 2019, 05:00
It’s fascinating how the same set of words can have so many different meanings. I’m sitting in on rehearsals for Rough Magic’s forthcoming production (...)

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees
- Stage
- January 19, 2019, 05:00
A stunning, shape-shifting lament with a bravura star performance. A room-spinning take on an unstaged Samuel Beckett novel. A vivid mingling of forgo(...)

The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city
- Stage
- October 29, 2018, 05:00
Belfast’s Lyric Theatre is 50 years old. What began as a personal crusade and grew into an important cultural movement is now one of Ireland’s leading(...)

Drip Feed review: A giant bender, and many laughs, expose a darker reality
- Stage
- September 20, 2018, 16:19
DRIP FEED Project Arts Centre ★ ★ ★ ★ The portents are good: a Stewart Parker Trust award winner; both Fishamble theatre company and Soho Theatre – i(...)

It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle
- Stage
- August 4, 2018, 05:00
Puck descends a staircase, strutting with fresh achievement, and everyone in the rehearsal room lights up. In the middle of the long playing space, w(...)
The best books of 2017: have you missed something great?
- Books
- December 9, 2017, 06:00
A retelling of King Lear set in a corrupt, contemporary India. A young Finnish girl’s bleakly funny immigrant childhood. A Trinity graduate’s languid (...)

All the world’s a stage for playwright bursary
- Stage
- November 6, 2017, 17:00
For those with a script idea in the attic, or on the hard drive, now is the time to dust it off and flesh it out quickly. Wednesday November 8th is th(...)

After the amputation: a powerful rendering of disability
- Books
- May 6, 2017, 06:00
From Franz Kafka’s The Trial to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters to David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King, some novels defy their authors’ death(...)

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Irish road to modernity has no straight lines
- Art & Design
- October 15, 2016, 06:00
“Modern” is a funny word in Ireland. In other countries, modern implies a straight line of development, from rural to urban, from agricultural to ind(...)