Ten years ago, the British theatre impresario Michael Kustow issued an impassioned plea for the theatre, in a book with the now quaint title, ‘Theatre@Risk’. Faced with the overwhelming forces of both the internet and global capital, Kustow wondered, would theatre survive? It seemed for a while during this decade that Irish theatre makers were… read more +

Is the work of Ireland’s greatest dramatist being ossified by reverence? Colin Murphy watches three productions on tour and asks Beckett’s first British publisher what the future holds, in the current issue of Prospect. See also ‘Back on the road in rural Ireland’ in the March issue of Le Monde Diplo: an interview with Henry… read more +