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Articles by Cat Grogan
Emma at The Abbey – Trinity News
★★★☆☆ Marketed as a retelling for the Brat-Bridgerton generation, this Christmas season sees The Abbey Theatre stage a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. With over 200 years having elapsed since Austen’s novel was published, director Claire O’Reilly presents writer Kate Hamilton’s modern stage adaptation of the novel.
Small Things Like These and continuous remembrance – Trinity News
Small Things Like These is a story of darkness. It is a tale of trauma which hides in plain sight. Particularly in Ireland, much of what governs our society remains unspoken. The power of the unsaid, the space between the actual words being iterated, is something that Cillian Murphy brings to the fore with his acting in the film adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel. Small Things Like These tells one snippet of the story of the Magdalene Laundries, one of the darkest chapters in Ireland’s history.
From muse to maker – Trinity News
“If a female had once passed the gate it would be practically impossible to watch what buildings or chambers she had entered.” Such were the words of the Board of Trinity College in 1895. Less than a decade later, in 1904, the first women – three in total – entered Trinity as students. 120 years on and a building on campus has, for the first time, been named after a woman. A name might not seem like much, but the homage we pay daily in speaking that name matters.
Age gaps and relationships, social rules and Sally Rooney – Trinity News
Relationships are political. Although defined by love, relationships are, like politics, characterised by power plays and power struggles. As someone who is now very much on the older side of campus, I have been thinking a lot about the power and responsibility that age grants you in social relations. This is something that Sally Rooney, throughout her writing, has explored and exposed with both discerning insight and poetic craft.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS – Trinity News
Running from 19 to 21 September in The Pearse Centre as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, THIS TOO SHALL PASS is the debut production of FILTH!, a brand new theatre company composed entirely of Trinity students and alumni. Lead actor Lucy Holmes plays Erin, a young woman who has spent her teenage and young adult life attempting to access professional mental health services in a system ill equipped to deal with the ailments of its people.
Grania at The Abbey – Trinity News
120 years after it was first written, Lady Gregory’s play Grania runs for the first time in the Abbey Theatre. With Lady Gregory herself having founded The Abbey alongside WB Yeats, this debut performance carries a certain degree of weight. Director Caitríona McLaughlin does not shy away from the challenge, uncompromisingly depicting a tale of lust and love fought for, won and lost.
Girl, so confusing: On female friendship – Trinity News
There are few things more reassuring than when celebrities confess to facing the same existential struggles as the rest of us. In the unbelievably confessional track that is Girl, so confusing featuring lorde, zeitgeist artists Charli XCX and Lorde admit with disarming honesty and piercing self-awareness to the difficulties that can emerge in female friendships when comparisons and critiques are drawn between the two individuals that make up the bond.
From Marianne to Eve – unlikeable female characters and why we need them – Trinity News
The unlikeable female character of the page and screen. She is, almost always, unapologetic and cold. She is likely lacking in maternal instincts and may not want children. She can be selfish and does not necessarily champion all women. She is generally self-destructive and deeply unhappy, but likes to give the impression of total independence. She can be inconsiderate and dismissive, and can hurt people without caring.
The Anti Summer Glow Up Guide – Trinity News
You’re resting on the cusp between spring and summer. The lines are growing thin between the responsibilities of today and the freedom of tomorrow. The summer is yours for the taking – but there’s a catch. It’s insidious and loud, confident and certain. It’s a whisper at first, and then a clamour of conditions.
How to do T Ball Right – Trinity News
1. For the love of God, do wear proper shoes. I mean docs, trainers, stompers, even ski boots. Whatever you do, do not wear sandals in some naïve but well intentioned attempt to look dainty in your dress. If you choose to wear heels, I’m afraid you’re transcending from naivete into masochism.
“On my deathbed, I will go back to nights like that” – Trinity News
Le Boom performs for the crowd but their love for music is no performance. “If ye weren’t here, we’d be doing this ourselves anyway,” are the words spoken to the audience by frontman Christy between sets at their December gig in the 3 Olympia. Le Boom is not a new band but they have recently been on the up, playing bigger gigs to larger crowds.
Calling for an End to the Female Body as a Trend – Trinity News
Cat Grogan scrutinises the fickle trends that society imposes on the female body and the detrimental ramifications that these trends have on women’s lives Picture this: a newborn baby girl lies before you. It is your job to tell her the truth: that the world she has been born into will evaluate her worth according to the shape of her body and the extent to which she can successfully contort this body’s form.
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