Shaun O’Connor and Alan Daniel Tobin have joined in collaboration to launch a new multidisciplinary project of film and music ‘The Consequences of Breaking the Heart - An Irish Folk Tale’, launching officially at Connolly’s of Leap, West Cork, on Saturday 21st November, before it’s worldwide release Tuesday 23rd November.
Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga is currently making her American theatrical debut in a passionate, critically acclaimed portrayal of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yael Farber and featuring an ensemble of leading Irish actors. With Farber's direction, the focus moves from Hamlet's anguish and identity to the power of resistance against treachery and the raw usurpation of power. The production, which began on February 1, 2020, was extended for an additional week, and will now play through March 8, 2020.
St. Ann's Warehouse, responding to popular demand nearly two months before performances begin, has extended the celebrated Gate Theatre Dublin production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yaël Farber and featuring Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga (Loving, AMC's 'Preacher'), in a 'mesmerizing' (Irish Times) American stage debut, as the Dane. With Farber's direction and text edit, the focus shifts from Hamlet's anguish and identity to the force of resistance against the raw usurpation of power. The production, which begins February 1, 2020, will now play an additional week, through March 8, 2020.
Excitement is growing as word from the rehearsals for this year's Summer Blockbuster at Cork's Everyman Theatre, 'Dancing at Lughnasa' is that this production is shaping up to be an innovative and fresh take on the Friel classic.
Excitement is growing as word from the rehearsals for this year's Summer Blockbuster at Cork's Everyman Theatre, 'Dancing at Lughnasa' is that this production is shaping up to be an innovative and fresh take on the Friel classic.
???????Following the success of Lovers (2015), and The Factory Girls (2016), The Everyman continues its tradition of producing top-quality drama. The curtain rises from Wednesday 2nd August to Saturday 26th August for Brian Friel's masterpiece, Dancing at Lughnasa. Friel's touching story features a stellar cast including: Eva Bartley, Jeanne O'Connor, Rosie O'Regan, Martha Dunlea, Barry McKiernan, Gary Murphy and Jack Healy.
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