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‘Vulnerability Through Play’: Mark Vigeant on His Show ‘Out There’

Bringing the Alaskan Wilderness to Edinburgh, Mark Vigeant sits down with the University Times to discuss surviving as an artist, technology, and using comedy as a mode of communal reflection
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By Amelia Sikora 6:36pm
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‘You Either Laugh or Learn’: Irish Comedian Kat Higgins on Her Debut Show, “In Memory of Me”

The University Times sat down with self-acclaimed “classic Irish comedian”, Kat Higgins, in the final week of her Edinburgh Festival Fringe run to discuss the loss of her brother, Irish cultural references, and the potential of the comic mode
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By Amelia Sikora 6:27pm

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An Interview with Malachi Drew

Asking the chair of Players several poignant questions
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By Saskia McDonogh Mooney 6:30pm

The Brozone Layer: Improv She Wrote at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Sarah McGuire sits down with three members of “Improv She Wrote” to talk about facing fears, embracing weirdness, and why more people should love improv.
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By Sarah McGuire 6:22pm
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In Conversation: The National’s Bryan Devendorf Partners with Kevin Carlisle on ‘Pool Season’

The duo join Mark Moran to discuss their Cincinnati roots, California aesthetic, and that night in Dublin
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By Mark Moran 6:08pm

Comment & Analysis

What Ireland’s EU Presidency Means for Students

Ireland is chairing the EU. Your Erasmus grant is on the agenda. By Róisín Northcote
Analysis

Walking the Diplomatic Tightrope: The Irish Government’s Prudent Approach to POTUS

President Trump’s Visit to the Republic Next Month Will Likely Be Met with a Containment Strategy by the State By Sam Carroll
Opinion Contribution

Left Out: We Must Embrace the Centre

Brendan O'Halloran identifies a tolerance problem among "us leftists", arguing for unity between the left and centre By Brendan O’Halloran
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The Ceuta Humanitarian Crisis Reminds Europe to Own Up to Its Colonialist Past

By Jules Nati
Opinion Contribution

A Language Everywhere

A Case for Irish-Medium Higher Education By Pól Ó hÍomhair
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