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Marketed as a retelling for the Brat-Bridgerton generation, this Christmas season sees The Abbey Theatre stage a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. With over 200 years having elapsed since Austen’s novel was published, director Claire O’Reilly presents …
Small Things Like These is a story of darkness. It is a tale of trauma which hides in plain sight. Particularly in Ireland, much of what governs our society remains unspoken. The power of the unsaid, the space between the …
“If a female had once passed the gate it would be practically impossible to watch what buildings or chambers she had entered.” Such were the words of the Board of Trinity College in 1895. Less than a decade later, in …
Relationships are political. Although defined by love, relationships are, like politics, characterised by power plays and power struggles. As someone who is now very much on the older side of campus, I have been thinking a lot about the power …
What are women thinking about, but not talking about, when it comes to sexual desires? What is it that women really dream about? In her new book Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous, actress Gillian Anderson has set out to tell …
Running from 19 to 21 September in The Pearse Centre as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, THIS TOO SHALL PASS is the debut production of FILTH!, a brand new theatre company composed entirely of Trinity students and alumni. Lead actor …
120 years after it was first written, Lady Gregory’s play Grania runs for the first time in the Abbey Theatre. With Lady Gregory herself having founded The Abbey alongside WB Yeats, this debut performance carries a certain degree of weight. …
There are few things more reassuring than when celebrities confess to facing the same existential struggles as the rest of us. In the unbelievably confessional track that is Girl, so confusing featuring lorde, zeitgeist artists Charli XCX and Lorde admit …
The unlikeable female character of the page and screen. She is, almost always, unapologetic and cold. She is likely lacking in maternal instincts and may not want children. She can be selfish and does not necessarily champion all women. She …
You’re resting on the cusp between spring and summer. The lines are growing thin between the responsibilities of today and the freedom of tomorrow. The summer is yours for the taking – but there’s a catch. It’s insidious and loud, …