The Tragedy of Richard III: Editing Shakespeare’s crude portrait of the disabled royal
Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Oisín Kearney and Michael Patrick’s inventive staging exposes some of the play’s bile
Michael Patrick
Michael Patrick on Richard III: ‘It’s the first time on the island of Ireland a disabled actor has played this role’
‘We ask what happens when you have a life-threatening disease and only a few years to live,’ says the actor, who was diagnosed with MND last year
Lie Low: This outstanding Irish play deserves to set Edinburgh Festival Fringe alight
Theatre: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth has bent the logic of farce before, but not with the force that propels Lie Low
Irish theatre in 2019: A dramatic year that left the future uncertain
Theatre in Ireland this year was bookended by two crises, a state of play mirrored by the work
The Alternative review: Sly thought experiment which unpicks threads of history
Dublin Theatre Festival: In Fishamble’s new production, all of Ireland remains in the UK and now faces a referendum on whether to stay
After a two-year process, Fishamble selects its 'big, ambitious' Play for Ireland
The Alternative wins Fishamble’s project, which seeks to buck trend for shorter productions
Reveal-ed: How investment helped the arts in the North
A three-day showcase of new work by northern artists highlights the work of a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
My Left Nut: ‘My testicle was so big, you could play it like a bongo’
Michael Patrick’s youth was blighted by a bizarre condition – perfect material for his one-man show
‘My Left Nut’, ‘Penguins’ and ‘Sally Denver Matthews’: the best theatre this week
Growing pains, a New York love story, and frazzled first-time parenthood
Gutter snipes, a testy time and Tilda Swinton in a cheesecloth
The latest new shows from this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival
Belfast actor turns teenage turmoil into play on masculinity
My Left Nut’s lesson? ‘Young males need to talk, to open up – don’t keep things bottled up’
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