100 Years a Blooming
Bloomsday on June 16th is the day James Joyce’s Leopold Bloom set off on his epic jaunt through our capital’s streets, filled with characters who would be immortalized in perhaps the greatest novel in literature. Also this year we celebrate 100 years since Ulysses was first published so pro photographer John Carroll revisited places in […]
The Five Lamps Interview With Neilí Conroy
For Neilí Conroy, acting is in the blood. Her father was a successful actor, and her mother ran a children’s theatre company and puppet theatre in the 1980s. They were, in her words, ‘very alternative and bohemian types’. She grew up surrounded by books and caught the acting bug at primary school. Today, Neilí is […]
The Cloudspotter by Michael Harnett
Following a run of outstanding performances in April, Micheal Harnett’s play, “The Cloudspotter”, returns to the Sean O’Casey Theatre this May. “The Cloudspotter” is about Nan, a woman in her seventies showing signs of dementia, and Thomas, her wayward 16-year-old grandson. They live together in an inner-city flat in Dublin’s Five Lamps and – despite […]
Michael Harnett in Centre Stage with Jack Gilligan
Centre Stage is a radio show on Dublin City FM where Jack Gilligan explores every aspect of Theatre in Dublin and keeps you up to date with what’s on near you. In this show, he talks with Michael Harnett about his new play The Cloudspotter, which runs from the 28th of April to the 21st […]
‘The Cloudspotter’ Podcast
Director Michael J. Harnett joins Donie Tarrant to discuss his new play The Cloudspotter a work which features a young teenage boy and his grandmother who because of unfortunate circumstances live together. https://nearfm.ie/podcast/michael-j-harnetts-new-play-the-cloudspotter/ You can get tickets for this play taking place in Sean O’Casey Theatre HERE
“My Picture, My Story” Exhibition
This exhibition of portraits and stories is an intercultural event that brought together people from diverse communities in the north inner city to share their expressions and experiences. The artist, Nassouh Hossari, arrived in Ireland himself six years ago from Syria and has only taken up painting relatively recently. The subjects of his portraits are […]