The Irish Times

Wayne Jordan: ‘I didn’t feel like an artist anymore, but an interior designer’

The theatre director’s new show, Leaving, is a powerful departure for the returned emigre

Sat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00

Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’

Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productions

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00

The Misfits review: An intimate character study in a stripped-back Wild West

Dublin Theatre Festival: Annie Ryan has sensitively adapted Arthur Miller’s drama

Mon Oct 01 2018 - 11:51

‘Not a Funny Word’ and ‘Assassins’: this week’s best theatre

Tara Flynn’s splendid one-woman show and Stephen Sondheim’s roll-call of political killers

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00

Butterflies and Bones review: blood and thunder

Roger Casement is (again) centre stage, but this time it’s the dance world that’s exploring the many facets of his life

Fri Oct 21 2016 - 16:07

Tiger Dublin Fringe: five ways to choose what to see

From Panti Bliss and Hot Brown Honey to The Vaudevillians, here’s what you might pick

Sat Sept 03 2016 - 05:00

DTF review ¦ I’m Your Man: Redemption through the power of love and music

Mark Palmer and Thisispopbaby create a rock and roll journey through Matthew’s passion

Sat Sept 26 2015 - 13:23

Irish Times Theatre Awards

The Winners

Mon Feb 24 2014 - 01:01

The best of Irish theatre: this year’s nominees

Announcing the ’Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards shortlist for 2013. Terrible financial circumstances did not limit the diversity of productions, from knockout operas to one-man shows

Sat Jan 11 2014 - 13:00

Taking off: Belfast Festival shows signs of a revival

A lack of continuity at the top has hurt the festival in recent years, but new man Richard Wakely has made a good start

Tue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00

Unhappy Histories

One woman’s Lockout tale of ritual and loss

Thu Sept 19 2013 - 13:03

A Joycean stream of consciousness

Olwen Fouéré’s performance gives voice to the river in James Joyce’s unfathomable ‘Finnegans Wake’. It’s sink-or-swim time

Tue Jul 23 2013 - 18:00