The drugs don’t work
David Hennessy chats to Dublin troubadour Damien Dempsey about how cocaine is destroying Irish lives and culture, why something has to be done about...
Waters Under the Bridge
Boogie woogie pianist Ben Waters will be joined by Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood for some special concerts at Fulham’s Under the Bridge venue.
Well known...
Once upon a time in the west (of Ireland)
Director Nick Rowland tells David Hennessy why it was important for Calm with Horses, adapted from Colin Barrett’s novella, to be authentically Irish, why...
Bringing raw emotions to the table
5 stars
By David Hennessy
Gillian Greer’s MEAT is powerful and thought-provoking. The Dublin playwright’s piece, currently playing at Theatre503, sees Maxine (played by India Mullen)...
The good doctor
Playing Irish doctor Will Munro in BBC’s Casualty for almost a year now, Jack Nolan has been making quite an impression in BBC’s enduringly...
Beating the bullies with country music
By Mags McGagh
Seventeen-year-old Megan-Louise has had her musical talents compared to Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift said of the people who bullied her “If they don’t...
Manning up
Alan Mahon told David Hennessy how the rugby rape trial inspired him to co-write LAD which explores toxic masculinity, how Pauline McLynn makes everything...
VIDEO: Tell it Slant opens at Hope Theatre
Press-ing ahead
4 stars
By David Hennessy
Tell it Slant launched at The Hope Theatre in Islington last week. The play shows what happens when a catastrophic...
The Knitting Ring to premiere at ICC in Hammersmith
A new drama documentary premieres at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre at 8pm on Friday 28 February.
The Knitting Ring shows a group of older Irish...
Musician strikes chord with Birmingham-Irish documentary
Annie Driver chatted to Angela Moran who presented BBC’s recent Birmingham Irish I Am about the overwhelming reaction to the show as well as...