Lie Low: This outstanding Irish play deserves to set Edinburgh Festival Fringe alight
Theatre: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth has bent the logic of farce before, but not with the force that propels Lie Low
Charlotte McCurry
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Panto review: Alice: The Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
A big, blousy performance that hints at Theresa in Brexitland
Double Cross review: Thomas Kilroy’s chillingly resonant take on nationalism
Ian Toner plays both William Joyce and Brendan Bracken under Jimmy Fay’s direction
Beauty and the Beast in Belfast: Bloodless, bland and banal
Undoing Disney was brave but there is no magic in this rock opera alternative
Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances
Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style
Kid's Christmas: Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf at the Lyric
Belfast show’s spectacular opening offers a tantalising indication of things to come
Band of brothers: the Lockout with music and dancing
The Abbey Theatre’s adaptation of James Plunkett’s 1958 play ‘The Risen People’ takes in elements of music hall and vaudeville, and discards Jim Larkin
The Risen People
In a year of 1913 memorials, can a play this derivative, or a production this earnest, be taken seriously?
The Threepenny Opera
Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy
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