Emmet Kirwan stars in the revival of Mark Doherty’s 2004 play; Tintown explores how idealism can be corrupted by thirst for blood and illiberalism

In Clare Monnelly’s debut play, a misspelling spins her protagonist into a life of petty crime, but it’s the play’s subtle borrowings and light references that really steal the show

Clare Monnelly pivots through a range of characters in this revival of her artful debut

From Dublin's St Patrick’s Festival to Kilkenny Tradfest and a Co Wicklow slime lab

There was nothing wrong with the New Music Dublin Festival – just its name

Look out for ‘Rapids’, about life with HIV by Shaun Dunne, and the Abbey’s 24-hour plays

After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories

‘Thirst (and Other Bits of Flann)’ draws from ‘The Dalkey Archive’ and other stories

This directorless sampling of Flann O’Brien ends up looking like an actors’ lock-in

Year in Culture Review: Feelings of rage, injustice, grief and – hopefully – healing pervaded theatre

Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas

For director Garry Hynes, the desire to portray this tortured king goes back years

Shelter review: History repeats itself in Cristin Kehoe’s admirably understated drama set in modern Dublin

The award-winning author and playwright on Tommy Tiernan, Austin Texas, and why we need podcasts

Druid’s unmissable Waiting for Godot embarks on national and international tour, while Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton is back in Blue Raincoat’s intrepid production

Here's our recommendations for what to see over the next few weeks

The 1983 prison break gets a responsible treatment but it's most effective as a prison break yarn

A lonely life is subsumed into this collaboration between Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

Dublin International Piano Festival, opera at the Galway Arts Festival and 37th Chamber Music Festival in Castletownshend

Syrian conflict and mother and baby homes among political themes in the two events