June 2009 – The Abbey Theatre presents Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s celebrated comedy of manners THE RIVALS as this year’s summer production. One of theatre’s most enduring comedies, the national theatre’s production is directed by Patrick Mason and opens for an eight week run on Wednesday 28 July 2009.
ABBEY THEATRE TO BRING BACK SELL-OUT SHOW ‘AGES OF THE MOON’ BY SAM SHEPARD
STARS STEPHEN REA AND SEÁN MCGINLEY TO REPRISE ORIGINAL ROLES
13 – 18 November 2009
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At the interval of ‘Marble’, the Marina Carr play currently premiering at The Abbey, the woman next to me couldn’t take it anymore. She’d escaped to the foyer, read the last page of the play, and then made the decision that she wouldn’t waste anymore of her short life on this nonsense. In a way, that’s exactly how the female characters in Carr’s play feel.
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Powerfully in contention for the silliest comments made about art in the last year are Ian McEwan’s on opera. The thrust of his argument is that operas are not enough like Ian McEwan novels: “I don’t like fairies and dwarfs cavorting around the stage… and I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the lack of psychological realism in opera”. Thus McEwan does away with Mozart’s Magic Flute, perhaps in favour of a McEwan-style Realist Flute. But the questions for McEwan are: who said anybody was supposed to really believe it in the first place? And even more: is it nevertheless not actually truer than your “heritage London” reasonableness?
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The Irish Critic has noted that a few of you theatre lovers have been searching for information on The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009. This has been noted and as usual the critic has accomodated your every need by providing you with a list of this years nominees- quite a line up. The Irish Critic’s vote goes for Tom Vaughan Lawlor in the best actor category.
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The Abbey- it’s the posh one. If you were going to take your granny to a show, it would be at The Abbey (unless she’s one of those grannies, like mine, that shouts at the actors). More importantly however, The Abbey is our national theatre, representing us as a nation on stage, though that has always been debatable.
BEARING WITNESS is a series of talks and readings which aim to engage with the political realities of today. As we approach the 60th anniversary of Amnesty’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these talks and readings address how Irish people bear witness to international events through art, debate, and politics.
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November 2008 – The Abbey Theatre presents a hugely exciting opportunity to hear former Irish President, Mary Robinson lead a series of talks and discussions throughout November and December. BEARING WITNESS is a series of talks and play readings which commemorate and explore the 60th anniversary of the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights. Taking place in the Peacock and the Abbey, the series will run until 16 December 2008 and will include a top roll-call of experts and commentators in the field of humanitarian and world affairs.
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