Breaking the silence
Ronan Dempsey spoke to David Hennessy about his acclaimed play on the subject of domestic violence against men, The Words Are There, just before...
From Belfast to Broadway
West End and Broadway star Rachel Tucker told David Hennessy about her new album, starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard with Nicole Scherzinger,...
London-based Tipperary playwright and actress double winner at London theatre awards
By David Hennessy
Áine Ryan, the London-based playwright and actress from Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary, came away from the recent London Pub Theatres awards night...
Liverpool Irish Festival returns for 21st year
The Liverpool Irish Festival returns this week with a theme of anniversaries running through the programme for its 21st offering.
The annual festival features 40...
In the blood
Actress Kathy Kiera Clarke spoke to David Hennessy about the Almeida’s revival of Portia Coughlan which deals with themes such as grief and generational...
‘Torn between the living and the dead’
Actor Chris Walley spoke to David Hennessy about returning to stage in the Almeida’s Portia Coughlan, winning an Olivier Award for Martin McDonagh’s The...
‘Wolfe Tone was murdered’
Historical entertainer Paddy Cullivan told Cara Treacy why he feels Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone did not take his own life and was actually murdered...
It could happen to you
Playwright Brian Foster and actress Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley told David Hennessy about their multi- award winning Myra’s Story ahead of its debut on the London...
The law of the land
David Hennessy spoke to the director and cast of TC Murray’s Birthright as Finborough Theatre stage the ‘forgotten masterpiece of Irish theatre’ in London...
Keeping the Faith
Paul Carroll told David Hennessy about playing the lead Frank Hardy in the upcoming UK and Irish tour of ‘Brian Friel’s masterpiece’ Faith Healer.
The...