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Posts by Mark O’Brien

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Kincora Boys’ Home scandal hovers over Frank McGuinness’s searing new play To describe Frank McGuinness’s new monologue play as being inspired by the Kincora Boys’ Home scandal of the 1970s would be to locate it in a journalistic realm that feels alien. But the rhyming echo ...

My review of Do You Come From Gomorrah? at the Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin.
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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Saw “Plow & the Stars” at the Abbey last month & though performances were stellar, I really didn’t at all care for the Brutalist set & felt the pacing was really uneven. This was overall a far better production.
Irish theatre is my new passion!

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Five stars for Frank McGuinness’s startlingly revelatory play – The Irish Times - Ireland Do You Come from Gomorrah?Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin★★★★★

Five stars for Frank McGuinness’s startlingly revelatory play – The Irish Times

https://www.europesays.com/ie/441183/

Do You Come from Gomorrah?Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin★★★★★ Gay self-loathing, sexual abuse and sectarian bigotry are well-trodden…

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Just finished this on audiobook. Brilliant debut novel. Floored me.
@florenceknapp.bsky.social

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Codladh Sámh Moya Brennan
Your voice straight from the Donegal air, like mist coming down from the mountains, will remain with us forever. This from Late Late Show @rte.ie @latelateshow.rte.ie in 1990 captures the essence of the stillness you could bring. Go raibh maith agat as bronntanas do shaoil

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Codladh Sámh Moya Brennan
Your voice straight from the Donegal air, like mist coming down from the mountains, will remain with us forever. This from Late Late Show @rte.ie @latelateshow.rte.ie in 1990 captures the essence of the stillness you could bring. Go raibh maith agat as bronntanas do shaoil

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I’ld be looking for a refund from Carton house if I was Michael Carrick
#speirgorm #mufc

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The moment before you become a legend. Two in a row #themasters
Congrats Rory McIlroy

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Bray

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One Monkey

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A Dalmatian

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Schindler’s Single Item

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A plane, a train and an automobile

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The Belfast Ensemble’s musical ‘Group’ at the Lyric Belfast this afternoon was absolutely superb. Conor Mitchell and co. knocked it out of the park again on so many levels. Kudos all involved.

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The Belfast Ensemble’s musical ‘Group’ at the Lyric Belfast this afternoon was absolutely superb. Conor Mitchell and co. knocked it out of the park again on so many levels. Kudos all involved.

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Marking 100 years since it premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Seán O'Casey’s play The Plough and the Stars has returned to the stage of the national theatre of Ireland.

Set in tenement Dublin during the period of the 1916 Easter Rising, there were reports of riots in the audience in the first week of the play’s original run in 1926.

Audience members were angered by O’Casey’s depiction of the damaging impact that the politics and poverty of 1916 had on his working class characters, and the disruption famously led to W.B. Yeats appealing to the unruly audience saying, "You have disgraced yourselves again. Is this to be an ever recurring celebration of the arrival of Irish genius?".

100 years of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey https://share.google/EgT2jhPl70CaLRwBm

Marking 100 years since it premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Seán O'Casey’s play The Plough and the Stars has returned to the stage of the national theatre of Ireland. Set in tenement Dublin during the period of the 1916 Easter Rising, there were reports of riots in the audience in the first week of the play’s original run in 1926. Audience members were angered by O’Casey’s depiction of the damaging impact that the politics and poverty of 1916 had on his working class characters, and the disruption famously led to W.B. Yeats appealing to the unruly audience saying, "You have disgraced yourselves again. Is this to be an ever recurring celebration of the arrival of Irish genius?". 100 years of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey https://share.google/EgT2jhPl70CaLRwBm

Fab show in the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social last night,
'The Plough and the Stars' by Seán O'Casey.

Standing ovations for ensemble cast, 100 year old play rings true today.

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Central Bank of Ireland Governor Gabriel Makhlouf, with Shivaun O'Casey, celebrating 100 years since the first production of Seán O'Casey’s “The  Plough and the Stars” in the Abbey Theatre

Central Bank of Ireland Governor Gabriel Makhlouf, with Shivaun O'Casey, celebrating 100 years since the first production of Seán O'Casey’s “The Plough and the Stars” in the Abbey Theatre

Our new collector coin celebrates 100 years since the first production of Seán O'Casey’s “The Plough and the Stars” at the Abbey Theatre. The coin is now available to order www.collectorcoins.ie/15-silver-pr...

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Today is the @athleticsireland.bsky.social
Juvenile nationals

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Last night’s special centenary event for the Plough & the Stars @abbeytheatre.bsky.social will take me the rest of my life to absorb.
The power & community of theatre sang from the past to the blistering present. Maith thú gach duine a rinne seo tarlú
📸 Leon Farrell #worldtheatreday

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🎉ISO: Casting Assistant!

The Abbey Theatre requires an interim Casting Assistant for an 8-10 week period, with a view to starting 20th April or sooner.

careers.abbeytheatre.ie/casting-assistant-284604...

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Black and white photograph of a scene from the 1924 Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World. A man stands in the centre of the frame, with a woman either side, each grasping one of his arms. A table and chairs can be seen in the background.

Black and white photograph of a scene from the 1924 Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World. A man stands in the centre of the frame, with a woman either side, each grasping one of his arms. A table and chairs can be seen in the background.

It's #WorldTheatreDay🎭💫

This photograph captures a scene from the 1924 Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World. From the Inspiring Ireland - Abbey Theatre collection, deposited in DRI by the Abbey Theatre.
Explore the collection: repository.dri.ie/catalog/5999...

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100 years of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Marking 100 years since it premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Sean O'Casey's play 'The Plough and the Stars' has returned to the stage of the National Theatre of Ireland.

Centenary celebrations with 100 years of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey 🎭

www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0326/156527...

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My valentine? Bloody.

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My romance? Chemical

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Last night’s special centenary event for the Plough & the Stars @abbeytheatre.bsky.social will take me the rest of my life to absorb.
The power & community of theatre sang from the past to the blistering present. Maith thú gach duine a rinne seo tarlú
📸 Leon Farrell #worldtheatreday

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Such a sad loss. The face of the GAA on @rte.ie Host of so many magical summers. Consummate professional.
Michael Lyster holds a major place in our culture. May he rest in peace.

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Having a great run with books lately.
Really enjoyed this by @elockhartbooks.bsky.social

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Am just hearing about
the passing of Dolores Keane.
Such a loss. An incredible singer.
Her legacy will live on in our hearts forever. Condolences to her family and friends.

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JESSE ⭐️❤️🙌

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