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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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The Misanthrope – Episode 5 – Reading Plays
The Misanthrope (or the ‘The Cantankerous Lover’) by Moliere, is a comedy first performed at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in 1666. Despite its age the play deals with modern concerns, like the nature of friendship and the choice to embrace cynicism over solipsism. Although absent the careful plotting, dynamic staging or linguistic experimentalism of modern… Read more
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Concrete Soup – featuring Katsura Yamauchi
Hey folks, ¡NO! the psychedelic rock outfit featured in Episode 4 of Mad Scientists of Music, are running another of their monthly improvised music events in Twisted Pepper. This time they’re playing with avant garde Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamuchi. If you fancy something chilled out and unconventional head down on the afternoon of October 18th.… Read more
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Community Arts in Dublin – Culture File
Perhaps the most famous line in Portrait of the Artist goes like this: ‘Ireland is the old sow that eats her own farrow’. Some things never change. The ‘peace dividend’ of Brian Lenihan’s attack on the Irish economy, was a fall in rents. Dublin got something it had never had before, cheap unused buildings. This… Read more
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Death of a Salesman – Episode 4 – Reading Plays
Death of a Salesman is perhaps Arthur Millers best known play. A seminal work of twentieth century American theatre, it touches on themes as diverse as the death of masculinity, family dysfunction, the role of women, and the changing nature of work in a rapidly advancing, materialist society. The play was written shortly after the… Read more
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Mad Scientists of Music Live – Pictures from the Gig
Photos from last nights incredible experimental music night in Twisted Pepper. Featuring Deathness Injection, Siam Collective, Karakara, Infotoxin, Glotchbot, Luxury Mollusc and MarQu VR. More photos below… Read more
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The Baltimore Waltz – Episode 3 – Reading Plays
This weeks play – The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel. The play was recently produced by Acting Out at the Harbour Playhouse in Dublin, and we’re joined by the cast Michael J. Kunze, Niamh Denyer and Brian Graham Higgins. The Baltimore Waltz was first produced off-Broadway at the Circle Repertory Company in 1992, and first… Read more
