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YA or Nay? Rethinking the Young Adult Genre

Emma Lueders sits down with Maureen Johnson to discuss the attitudes to YA in college students

The discussion of genre is enough to send any lecture-attending literature student into a spiral of existential dread. We all know what a genre is and can give a rough description of what each genre means. If the story solves

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Trinity Musical Theatre Takes on Sondheim’s Into the Woods

Trinity Musical Theatre stages a faithful yet new retelling of Into the Woods, Tanvi Sethi reviews

On March 19th 2025, at 7.15pm, the doors to the main stage at the Smock Alley Theatre opened for the first show of Trinity Musical Theatre’s production of Into the Woods, directed by Erica O’Reilly. The musical’s two hours and

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The Sound of the Dublin Underground

Emma Lueders chats with Lara Fitzsimons about her emergence onto Dublin’s music scene

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

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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

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Earth Sonnet

Gavin Jennings reviews Mel Mercier’s staging of the lyrical in Earth Sonnet

In a back room in the seismology department of DIAS, Merrion Square, actor Mikel Murfi lip-synced to a distorted reading of Paul Muldoon’s ‘Dismissal’ supported by  by musicians. That was how Earth Sonnet opened. The performance was comprised of musical

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Sorry You Felt That Way

Kate Byrne reviews Harry Butler’s Sorry You Felt That Way as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

Showcased between September 12-15 at the Project Arts Centre, Sorry You Felt That Way is a timely, thought-provoking piece about the things we wish we didn’t know about our partners. 

The play follows Emma, who has just moved into her

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THIS TOO SHALL PASS

Cat Grogan reviews THIS TOO SHALL PASS as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

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

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Princess Melancholy

Akshita Hunka reviews Princess Melancholy as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

With genuinely funny jokes and engaging pull away moments, Princess Melancholy was an important and entertaining stand up comedy show. Performed by Sophia Wren, this show explores her relationship with men, parenthood, body image and feminism. We are welcomed into

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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

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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