Galway International Arts Festival Reveals 2024 Programme
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2024
Galway International Arts Festival takes place from 15-28 July 2024 with a packed programme of theatre, circus, music, visual art, street art and spectacle, comedy and talks, that looks at who we are and what concerns us.
Clonmel Junction Arts Festival Returns This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2022
The main hub will be the Junction Festival Dome. This wonderful structure will be at Kickham Barracks, familiar to regional audiences from Clonmel’s In The Open Faoin Spéir projects, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Waterford Spraoi’s PRISM.
Abbey Theatre's DEAR IRELAND Premieres Live Online
by Stephi Wild - Apr 27, 2020
Over four nights (28 April - 1 May), audiences throughout Ireland and across the globe can watch the world premiere of Dear Ireland a?" a historic digital theatre project that brings together 50 brand new monologues, commissioned by the Abbey Theatre as a rapid response to the COVID-19 crisis. Each piece of work was written and created in self isolation by 100 participating artists.
Abbey Theatre Announces 100 Artists For DEAR IRELAND
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2020
The Abbey Theatre has commissioned writers from Ireland, with unique additional contributions from the USA, China and Italy, to each write a monologue, to be performed by 50 actors, and then streamed on the Abbey's digital platforms. Today, 15 April 2020, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre, announce the lineup of artists taking part in the theatre's historic project, Dear Ireland.
Casting Announced For The World Premiere of ASKING FOR IT By Louise O'Neill
by Julie Musbach - Mar 9, 2018
Today casting details were announced for the much anticipated world premiere production of Asking for It by Louise O'Neill produced by Landmark Productions and the Everyman and co-commissioned by the Abbey Theatre. This world premiere production will open at the Everyman as part of Cork Midsummer Festival on 15 June.
Landmark Productions Presents THE APPROACH At The Everyman
by Julie Musbach - Feb 15, 2018
Landmark Productions presents a new play by Mark O'Rowe - his first since the award-winning Our Few and Evil Days at the Abbey in 2014. Following a hugely successful run at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, The Approach comes to The Everyman, Cork, from 27 February – 3 March.
Everyman Spring/Summer Programme Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 2018
At the end of 2017, the Everyman refreshed their artistic policy to better reflect the work they had been doing, and the vision for where they were headed. The theatre's 2018 programme of events, announced today, encapsulates those ideas perfectly:
World Premiere Of Louise O'Neill's ASKING FOR IT Set For The Everyman Stage 2018
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2017
It was announced today that the world premiere production of Asking for It by Louise O'Neill will be performed on the Abbey stage next November. This much anticipated production is produced by Landmark Productions and the Everyman and co-commissioned by the Abbey Theatre. Conceived as a large-scale, technically ambitious production, it will be adapted for stage by Meadhbh McHugh in a collaboration with Annabelle Comyn, who also directs. The creative team also includes set designer Paul O'Mahony; lighting designer Sinead McKenna; sound designer Philip Stewart. Tickets for both venues are on sale now.
IFTA Announces Nominees for the 10th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards
by Caryn Robbins - Jan 16, 2013
This very special 10th Anniversary of the Irish Film & Television Awards promises to be an unforgettable occasion, celebrating Ireland's outstanding film and television productions in 2012 and reflecting upon a decade of exceptional art, creativity and entertainment in Ireland.
Duncan, Rickman & Shaw Lead Abbey's 'BORKMAN' at BAM, 1/7-2/6
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 7, 2011
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BAM Presents JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness. This production comes from the Abbey Theatre, Ireland and is directed by James Macdonald with set design by Tom Pye, costume design by Joan Bergin, lighting design by Jean Kalman, and sound design by Ian Dickinson
Duncan, Rickman & Shaw Lead Abbey's 'BORKMAN' at BAM, 1/7-2/6
by Sophie Schulman - Dec 14, 2010
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BAM Presents JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness. This production comes from the Abbey Theatre, Ireland and is directed by James Macdonald with set design by Tom Pye, costume design by Joan Bergin, lighting design by Jean Kalman, and sound design by Ian Dickinson