This comprehensive and wonderfully written book serves to remind us of how much outstanding Irish theatre has been produced in the past quarter-century
Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season
Theatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edge
Sharp drop in 2020 revenues followed theatre postponing or cancelling 23 productions
Plus Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, Mick Fleetwood and the National Symphony Orchestra
Government restrictions have limited capacity but some festivals are still on
RTÉ follows a group of striving actors from Dublin’s East Wall, avoiding the usual luvviedom
It has become clear over the years that whatever it is they like, they call it traditional
An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
Dylan Coburn Gray’s play for voices builds up a huge picture through small details
The past is always present in the award-winning new play by Dylan Coburn Gray. Told in verse, it’s like a record of the modern city in which the needle jumps around
Dylan Coburn Gray’s Citysong, and Ann Blake’s Morning After the Life Before
Musicians from RIAM will play these specially selected, deeply personal pieces
Peter Crawley’s analysis: It was a big year for villainy as Richard III took top honours
RTÉ ConTempo Quartet play in Sligo and Galway. Plus: ‘Banished’ in Kilmainham Gaol
Year in Culture Review: Feelings of rage, injustice, grief and – hopefully – healing pervaded theatre
‘Foyle Punt’ review: Allow The Local Group to introduce you to a boat, the Foyle Punt, everything it stands for and what it may become
Druid premieres two original works while a new company take their maiden voyage with Foyle’s Punt
Marina Carr’s bleak topical tragedy is like the fresh jolt of a recurring nightmare
The Abbey Theatre’s directors Graham McLaren and Neil Murray on their second programme, forging new collaborations and looking for new forms of theatre
Imaginative new spins on old concerns take the stages this week
St Vincent plays Olympia while Josephine K and the Algorithms comes to Abbey Theatre
In Stacey Gregg’s new play, the forces that push us around are creatures of our own creation
Here's our recommendations for what to see over the next few weeks
To hell with humans; we’re on the terminators’ side, in NYT’s reboot of Karel Capek’s 1921 play
This week at the theatre, you find robotic revolutions, a threatened Eden and other unlikely relationships.
If the nation does not come to the theatre, the theatre must go out to the nation
Amy Conroy’s new play is a mysterious family drama about a hard-won reconciliation and the making of a man
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
