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Person: Tom Swift

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The Judge’s House Marsh’s Library, Dublin
The Performance Corporation’s take on Bram Stoker’s story is not so much an adaptation as it is an invocation.

Wed, 31 Oct, 2012

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The place is the thing for writer with a vision

A decade on from his first play, some of Tom Swift’s eclectic back catalogue has been collected for posterity, writes Alan O’Riordan

Fri, 12 Oct, 2012

The lonesome boatman

Louise Lowe is behind a new play that will see its audience rowed across a lake in county Mayo this weekend, says Pádraic Killeen

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A new play exploring young men’s passion for high-powered cars is to be brought to life in an innovative new drive-in theatre experience in Cork.

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