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. …
Life
Societies, events and general student life.
Living at home: free but at what cost?
Aoibhínn Clancy explores the trials and tribulations of living in one’s family home for college
Residing a mere 25-minute bus journey from town meant the notion of me moving out for college was non-existent. A friend once remarked how I arrived quicker to college than she did from Trinity Hall. Whether the reasons were geographical …
Monsters review
Giorgia Carli dives into Venus Patel and Shauna Harris’ collaboration in Monsters
“Mother doesn’t bring your way what you’re not ready to witness.”
Mother might be right, but I was still left in a state of (positive) shock after witnessing Monsters, a new show co-written by Venus Patel and Shauna Harris and …
“You don’t owe anyone anything”, and other lies
Sadhbh Long conducts a deep dive into the online discourse of what we owe to one another
On social media, self-care sells, and the discourse of the day is the notion that you do not owe anyone a single thing. Looking up examples to pull for this article, the phrase auto-completed itself in every search bar. I …
Monsters Review
Giorgia Carli dives into Venus Patel and Shauna Harris’ collaboration in Monsters
“Mother doesn’t bring your way what you’re not ready to witness.”
Mother might be right, but I was still left in a state of (positive) shock after witnessing Monsters, a new show co-written by Venus Patel and Shauna Harris and …
Happy Capital Review
Charlie Swan reviews Tommy Harris’ mocking and meditation on cryptocurrency in Happy Capital
Happy Capital, written by and starring Irish actor Tommy Harris, is an uproariously funny yet heartfelt play about one young man’s plan to get rich quick off crypto. The comedy follows the Cork native, Mark, who, disillusioned by the corporate …
In Conversation with Roddy Doyle
Maisie Greener sits down with Roddy Doyle to discuss his latest release.
By any measure, Roddy Doyle is more than a player in Ireland’s literary landscape. It would be no exaggeration to say he is to national literature what The Pogues are to Irish music, Yeats is to Irish painting. Doyle’s recurring …
B.S. INCORPORATED: We’re Serving Climate Review
Alice Moynihan reviews the winner of ‘Spirit of Wit’ award, B.S. INCORPORATED: We’re Serving Climate
Improvised to perfection, Broad Strokes play a group of company executives, hell bent on getting their investors (the audience) to endorse their new eco-friendly product (a hoover). The fivesome have comedic timing mastered as they chaotically move about the stage, …
The Kingdom’s crowning glory
Éle Ní Chonbhuí discusses representations of Kerrygold butter and its relationship to the Irish People
Ireland is not known as one of the great food cultures, yet most Irish households carry a sought-after gourmet ingredient: Kerrygold. It’s no secret that Irish butter is loved internationally for its rich, smooth taste and strong colour. Our grass-fed …
Types of flatmates in college
From the “messy kitchen hoarder” to the “social butterfly”, Akshita Hunka comically categorises the types of flatmates you’re bound to come across in college
In the rush of Freshers’ Week, student accommodations bubble with excited first-year students armed with their Ikea starter kits, third-year students surrounded by their countless boxes of college belongings that accumulate so quickly, and anxious parents who are about to …