Arts & Culture

Dramatising the end of the world

Caitlin Kawalek reviews Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at the Gate Theatre, on show until March 26

Despite the comedic tilt of Danya Taymor’s Endgame, nobody laughed at Hamm’s heavy declaration: “You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.” The performance tightroped between humour and austerity, carefully depicting the concurrent self-pacification and dread of humanity post-catastrophe

Arts & Culture

Reading between the lines: Alice Rekab’s Project at the Douglas Hyde

Caitlin Kawalek explores the multi-platform Family Lines Project at the Douglas Hyde Gallery

The centrepiece of the online page for Alice Rekab’s multi-platform Family Lines Project at the Douglas Hyde Gallery is a composite artwork that combines images of individuals with trees, animals, traditional African sculpture, and digital drawings. Its most prominent feature