The McDonagh Files https://www.martinmcdonagh.net/ Dark comedy, Irish wit, and the world of Martin McDonagh en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:18:47 GMT The Town That Wasn't on the Map Until the Whole of Britain Was Quoting It https://www.martinmcdonagh.net/leenane-to-inisherin-british-theatres/ https://www.martinmcdonagh.net/leenane-to-inisherin-british-theatres/ Leenane has a population smaller than a London bus, yet its fictionalised troubles have filled theatres from Sloane Square to Salford. We trace how one rural Irish village became the beating black heart of British theatre-going. The McDonagh Files Deep Dives Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:00:22 GMT Layer by Layer: Why Every McDonagh Story Is an Onion in Disguise https://www.martinmcdonagh.net/mcdonagh-onion-structure-in-bruges-banshees/ https://www.martinmcdonagh.net/mcdonagh-onion-structure-in-bruges-banshees/ Peel back the jokes in In Bruges, Three Billboards, and The Banshees of Inisherin and you'll find the same thing underneath: grief, guilt, and a bloke having a very bad time. We trace McDonagh's signature onion structure across three decades of making Britain and Ireland laugh until it hurts. The McDonagh Files Deep Dives Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:19 GMT