Abbey Theatre

Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: Shane Daniel Byrne’s swirling new stand-up show riffs on the milestones of his first year as a full-time comic

Eighteen things we have learned or should not forget about governance failures, foot-dragging and bungling at the national theatre

Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: Janet Moran cannily sets post-Eighth Amendment comedy in English abortion clinic

Seventy-five productions, 520 performances, 29 venues: we offer a taster of what’s on offer

Directors acknowledge ‘acceptance of the past, of gaps in governance, to correct course and make changes’

Independent review by Crowe Ireland also finds ‘significant failure’ in record keeping

Epic museum exhibition showcases mutual struggles of both countries as they gained independence

Department of Arts says Arts Council has primary governance responsibility for the Abbey Theatre

Governance report still not released by national theatre, while chairwoman’s term is set to end in weeks

The decision comes in the wake of a long-running but as yet unresolved series of controversies over finances, culture and governance

Actor Tierra Porter came to Ireland in 2019 from Georgia, in the US. Her expectations were wildly different from the reality of living in Dublin

The events that have unfolded over the past five years at the national theatre raise obvious parallels with the RTÉ debacle

Annabelle Comyn stages professional rendering of well-made play in which affluent Dublin couple are challenged by arrival of two visitors

The national theatre will stage no in-house productions between late July and late September

The Young Offenders star’s busy schedule continues with the Abbey Theatre production of Elizabeth Kuti’s The Sugar Wife

Theatre: More than any other factor, the catharsis he is seeking onstage is an attempt to process trauma that he feels stems from an insecure attachment at home

Theatre: Purists may grind away a tooth or two, but Hilary Fannin’s adaptation will leave few audience members bored

Last year the former Irish Times columnist’s work on her new play, for Rough Magic and the Abbey, was interrupted by a double cancer diagnosis

The topic is not on the school curriculum, but a new education programme on Ireland’s culture of concealment aims to change that

Glenroe cast members gather with family and friends to mark passing of Irish actor with music, poetry and stories