With a premise both simple and of limitless complexity, Bishop’s Move might be either tragedy or comedy. Thanks to the previous incumbent’s disgrace (“the shell-shocked man was sent to a parish in Sheffield not only to work with the poor, but to live amongst them”), Christopher Hegarty has become bishop by default. Bishop’s Move charts his first, transformative days in office, via a brilliant opening scene in one of Dublin’s most extravagantly luxurious, re-developed hotels where those on the make prey on those in power. Far from being a vacuous cipher at the heart of this unpleasant maelstrom, Christopher seems certain of his moral compass: “He was now part of the most important narrative in human history” while believing “respect for