The Irish Times

Ruth Negga: ‘I found London quite limiting to be honest’

The actor on her journey from Limerick to LA and her performance in Rebecca Hall’s Passing

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 05:00

Saoirse Ronan: Kim Kardashian has inspired my portrayal of Lady Macbeth

‘Power couple’ Kardashian and Kanye West helpful in interpreting Shakespeare, says actor

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 16:36

Saoirse Ronan to make UK stage debut in feminist Macbeth

Actor reunited with James McArdle in London staging of the Shakespeare tragedy

Fri May 21 2021 - 11:10

Sexual assault: How do you change the script?

Drama and performance can play a role in teasing out the grey areas of consent, and changing hearts and behaviour

Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:00

Hamlet review: Ruth Negga stars in an oddly one-note interpretation

Dublin Theatre Festival: Yaël Farber hones play’s divisions into survey of allies and enemies

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 12:53

Directing Ruth Negga as Hamlet: ‘Theatre either puts you to sleep or wakes you up’

South Africa’s Yaël Farber, who cast Ruth Negga, is accustomed to fresh perspectives

Wed Sept 26 2018 - 05:00

Ruth Negga as Hamlet: Outsiders are in at the Gate theatre

Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’

Mon May 14 2018 - 18:00

Review: Nirbhaya

Yaël Farber’s play, prompted by a brutal gang rape in Delhi and its ensuing outcry, transforms victimhood into bravery through fearless testimony

Wed Jul 23 2014 - 16:05

Welcome to Edinburgh Fringe: ‘It’s a meat market’

So says playwright and actor Stefanie Preissner of trying to get your show noticed at the Fringe, which, like negotiating the hilly city itself, can be an uphill slog or a freewheeling delight

Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00

Where the bodies are buried: sexuality and power in South Africa

It’s a new day in South Africa in Yael Farber’s new version of Miss Julie. Has anything really changed?

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 18:45

Yael Farber: Turning up the heat in South Africa

South Africa’s intense society shows the best and worst of humanity, says Yael Farber. Can ‘Mies Julie’, her version of Strindberg’s class tragedy, escape apartheid?

Sat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00