Irish Independent

There are moments in Virginia Woolf’s short novel To the Lighthouse where the intensity and emotional accuracy of the prose seems almost to shimmer. It forces the image of the lighthouse across the bay on the island of Skye to float above a falsely placid sea: crossing it and breaking the surface will shatter the lives […]

The dynamo actor reflects on past roles, her upcoming turn in Marina Carr’s new play and party planning at the end of the pandemic.  ‘My mother died when I was 17,” says Derbhle Crotty. “Of course, that’s at the heart of everything. It always is… a private part.” Her words float into the ether. I

Derbhle Crotty tells our reporter about preparing for her new play, taking part in Waking the Feminists and why she thinks the movement’s biggest impact will be on women’s perception of their potential. When Derbhle Crotty has lines to learn, she takes to the roads. She puts on her long coat and walks around Crumlin,

Henry V by Druid Shakespeare Maybe it’s cheek: an Irish theatre company whose concentration has traditionally been on drama in the folk genre taking on one of the magnificent monoliths of English drama: Shakespeare’s Henriad, the four plays which trace the history of England from 1377 to 1422, a time of unprecedented turbulence and political

From washing dishes to applying for work with the RSC, Derbhle Crotty spanned the gap in a few hours. Now back in Dublin after six years in London, she talks to Patricia Deevy about her flood of work after periods of idleness and the life choices which are imminent A few years ago Derbhle Crotty