It’s September and that can only mean one thing, it’s back to school time. The pencils have been sharpened, the school bags have been dusted off, and students around the country are looking uncharacteristically tidy in their school uniforms.
As Shakespeare wrote, “Summer’s lease hath all too short a date,” so get out there, grab your sunhat, your picnic blanket and your sense of adventure, and seek out something on summer’s spontaneous stages
Pop on your seat-belt, roll down your window, and pick a good CD because we are headed on a road trip around Ireland stages for my pick of the best our stages have to offer this summer.
A brilliant play might not cure your broken leg, but I promise it will make you feel better. Theatre is a communal art form, a creative outlet, a distraction. This World Health Day, maybe a trip to the theatre will be just the tonic.
In rehearsal rooms across the country, at writing desks in every province, on stages in every county, the best sort of troublemakers are at work creating the best of Irish theatre.
The start of a new year is always exciting. Who knows what the coming months will hold? Let’s hope it’s lots of theatre! So list off your resolutions, book your tickets, pick up your pen, open your script and dive in
I’ll be popping up on here with a column every month to share what I find exciting in theatre at the moment, tips on interesting shows to catch around Ireland, and some thoughts and news from the world of greasepaint and limelight.
