With the Grand Stretch still a distant hope, it can be hard to muster the motivation for jogging on a cold morning, or replacing cosy festive evenings with night classes, so I’m here to liven things up and add a theatrical spin to your resolutions.
However you choose to spend your Christmas, I hope it is a warm and loving time, filled with family, food, rest and maybe a bit of theatre. Nollaig Shona Daoibh!
It might be the month of All Souls’ Day, of lengthening nights and crisp falling leaves, but it’s also a time to look forward and so this month I suggest you hunt out some new writing and fresh work to keep the wintry days bright.
It’s that time of year again, programmes are landing through letter boxes, theatre companies are hunting down the holy grail of affordable accommodation in Edinburgh, sales of glitter have spiked…it’s festival season.
Whatever catches your attention, be it a local amateur production, the long-awaited run of Hamilton at the Bord Gáis, or an obscure surrealist musical you found running in a basement venue somewhere, give the genre a go and maybe you’ll find a new favourite.
Theatre and the arts in general are fuelled by creativity, innovation and generosity, so celebrate World Creativity and Innovation day by taking yourself to the theatre and discovering something new.
Read on for some ideas of how to celebrate our national holiday with a whole host of Irish artists, whether you’re on home turf or in some other corner of the globe.
