Selling out a headliner show only 24 hours after her debut single dropped, emerging artist Lara Fitzsimons is making a splash onto the Dublin music scene. A current BIMM Music Institute Dublin student, Fitzsimons took to the stage with her …
Emma Lueders is this years Arts and Culture Editor at Trinity News, where she brings her passion for emerging artists and the avant-garde to life through insightful commentary, compelling features, and engaging articles.
With a background in English Literature and Art & Architectural History, Emma’s expertise and academic foundations deeply inform her writing, allowing her to explore and critique contemporary art and culture with a unique perspective.
Her work has garnered significant attention, including a nomination for a prestigious Smedia Award, recognizing her contributions to the field. Emma’s writing often delves into the innovative and experimental, reflecting her personal interest in the avant-garde and her dedication to highlighting fresh voices and new trends in the arts.
Her work can also be found in a range of Trinity Publications such as TN2 and the Piranha.
Raw, Juicy and Not So Tender
Trinity News review Glass Mask Theater’s production of Men’s Business
Simon Stephen’s adaptation of Men’s Business, based on Franz Xaver Kroetz’s Männersache, is raw, juicy and not so tender. Packed with violence, nudity and sexuality, Men’s Business takes a nihilistic head dive into a brutal love affair set in the …
Love in painting
Emma Lueders explores the many facets of love hidden within the National Gallery of Ireland
Artists have been trying to capture the appearance of love for centuries.
In the lead up to Valentine’s Day, I traced through the halls of the National Gallery of Irelandand found my favourite pieces that I feel represent love.
First …
An enduring fascination with the Sad College Girl
Emma Lueders explores the many literary iterations of the Sad College Girl
“I just don’t want to be another Trinity student who writes another story about a sad girl in her early 20s being swallowed up by Dublin,” my friend said as we sat in Bestseller last semester, hammering out the kinks …
A Girl Gets Naked In This
Trinity News reviews People You Know Productions latest production, A Girl Gets Naked In This
Composed of several monologues centred around sex, A Girl Gets Naked In This is an incredibly moving and powerful production displaying the spectrum of sexual relationships experienced by young women. Created by People You Know productions, following a sold out …
Hot girl summer
Trinity News reviews Pink Palace Productions’ latest comedy show Hot Girl Summer
Written, produced and performed by the incredible Isla Fairfield, Hot Girl Summer follows our protagonist Tilly as she undergoes her self-proclaimed hot girl summer. Post-break-up, Tilly jets off on a girl’s trip to Barcelona and impulsively takes a job in …
I see my sister
Trinity News reviews Cutty Sark’s latest production I See My Sister
Set in the Scottish countryside, I See My Sister follows two sisters, Mhairi and Caoimhe, as they run from their hometown. What they are running from is not immediately clear, but as their lives become more entangled with the Scottish …
FAGHAG
Trinity News reviews Dylan Mulvaney’s latest production FAGHAG
A one woman show by Dylan Mulvaney, FAGHAG grabs the audience’s attention from the moment Dylan appears on stage. Performed in the Assembly George Square Studios, the cabaret comedy follows Dylan, played by herself, as she navigates through her own …
How to belong without joining a cult
Trinity News reviews Kate-Lois Elliot’s latest production How to Belong Without Joining a Cult
Written and performed by Kate-Lois Elliot, How to Belong Without Joining a Cult is based on Elliot’s mother’s experience growing up in a cult, until she ran away at the age of 16. As Elliot herself mentions, it was unfortunately …
Dinner
Trinity News reviews Exeter University Theatre Company’s latest production Dinner
Showcased from August 12 to 24 in @thespaceuk, Dinner, directed by Fern Boston is a gripping, mesmerising, and electric production that leaves audiences immersed in a dinner party gone dark. A retelling of Moira Buffini’s 2002 play entitled Dinner, …