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Rex Ryan
Theatremaker
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
Men’s Business review: Avant-garde date night pregnant with commitment issues
Theatre: Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrell star in Glass Mask’s world premiere of Simon Stephens’s new play
Rex Ryan: My dad Gerry Ryan ‘wasn’t like other parents’
‘Theatre is a kind of church for me,’ says the actor and writer with entertainment in his blood
The Ridleys review: a double bill of urban horror stories
Philip Ridley’s Tonight with Donny Stixx and Dark Vanilla Jungle feature media monsters
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Review: The Motherfucker with the Hat
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s jittery comedy is alert to the struggles and supports of melting-pot New York. Its first Irish staging from Orion Productions tries to do justice to its voice
Review: Pilgrim
A real tragedy and an epic myth inform a violent young Irish man’s quest for home. It takes a while to get there
10 days of the Tiger Dublin Fringe
From comedy and therapy to dance and aerobics, from quick fixes to four-hour marathons, we have a Fringe show for you
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Head trauma research and high cost of injuries mean clubs rule out contact in practice
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