Breffni Cummiskey

Arts & Culture writer

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How Sean Rocks brought the arts to life on Ireland's airwaves

The intimacy of radio can be captured for me in a moment.

In Memoriam • 24 Aug

The President: Hugo Weaving and Olwen Fouéré's new play reviewed

Apparently Thomas Bernhard left one of his own plays early and when he was retrieving his coat from the cloakroom the attendant said to him, "You don't like it either, do you?"

Theatre • 20 Feb 24

Krapp's Last Tape - Stephen Rea triumphs in a Beckett masterpiece

Samuel Beckett's character Krapp uses a tape recorder as a memory device to allow us to contemplate his life from different vantages on a strikingly illuminated stage in the Project Arts Centre.

Theatre • 31 Jan 24

Sold for Parts - watch the Fontaines DC documentary

In the month in which Fontaines DC played two punchy-punk sets for the Rock Against Homelessness gig in the Olympia and at the Choice Music Prize in Vicar Street, a viscerally raw portrait of the band making their debut album went out online...

Music • 14 Mar 20

SUBSET's mural of Grime superstar Stormzy, in Dublin's Smithfield district.

SUBSET - a tempestuous creative force putting art on Dublin walls

Back when the Dáil was in meltdown and a snap-election briefly formed over the Christmas period like a dark civil-war-era cloud, the Rathgar offices of the artist-collective SUBSET were hit with a series of letters from Dublin City Council.

visual arts • 22 Jan 18

Piano virtuoso Úna Keane on the long road to creative freedom

After launching her sparse new album, As I Wake, Still I Dream, in the Unitarian Church a few months ago, Úna Keane is touring these elegant compositions around the country in a series of intimate, autumn gigs.

Music • 14 May 20

John Kelly on Mystery Train: "I'm home now. This is what I do."

It is 7pm on RTÉ's Lyric FM on Monday, September 4th, and something seems a little off on the classical music station...

Music • 13 Sep 17

Olivia O'Leary: "Sometimes we forget the power of poetry."

On Saturday, September 9th, Olivia O'Leary takes over the reins of The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio One.

Poetry • 11 Sep 17

The mighty Lords Of Strut headline the children's programme at this year's Dublin Fringe.

Dublin Fringe Festival 2017 is Live!

In launching the 2017 Dublin Fringe Festival programme last night in Wigwam on Abbey Street, Artistic Director Kris Nelson and General Manager Amy O'Hanlon announced their swansong Fringe programme

Culture • 27 Jul 17

Fresh perspectives at the National Concert Hall

The National Concert Hall (NCH) is an imposing and beautiful building, and over the last number of years they have broadened their programming to encourage audiences who wouldn't have previously considered the Earlsfort Terrace venue as a destination.

Music • 24 Jul 17