American Fiction star Jeffrey Wright: ‘We are not good at conversations about race’
The Oscar-tipped star of American Fiction was steeped in storytelling as a child. But he also puts his success down to an Irish theatre director
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Aidan Gillen: ‘I am trying my best to be as unhealthy as I can’
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The TV personality on his love of Villagers and the Christmas cracker item he can’t live without
Rise Above! Letters from Tyrone Guthrie review: an admirable collection
Fintan O’Toole on Christopher Fitz-Simon’s edition of the great theatre director’s delightfully lively letters
Festival looks on the bright side of inner city Dublin life
A kids’ festival organised by addiction body Hope takes place on a Wednesday for good reason
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme
The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter
‘This story of the young artist and the city which produced and nearly strangled him is as powerful as ever’
A new, digital version of James Joyce’s ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ celebrates the centenary of the book’s publication
Tributes paid to ‘great actor and fearless advocate’ Anita Reeves
Hundreds gather at Mansion House on Saturday morning for humanist ceremony
Theatre actress Anita Reeves dies aged 67
Friends pay tribute to the actress, best known for her extensive theatre work and film roles including The Butcher Boy and Adam and Paul
‘There’s a whole group of black actors who won’t do Othello’
American actor Peter Macon is playing Othello for the fourth time in the Abbey’s new production, and his love-hate relationship with the ‘problematic material’ is what keeps him coming back
Gang feud: Life goes on in Dublin 1, but so does the fear
Social problems will remain in inner city long after media spotlight fades, say residents
Othello: The green-ey’d monster never quite lets loose
The staging of this Abbey production is adventurous, but the production as a whole errs on the side of the traditional
Illicit trade in prescription drugs a growing problem for Dublin’s north inner city
Prescription drugs have changed the inner-city Dublin drugs scene in the past two years. Dealing in these semi-legal products is low risk and takes place in full public view, yet their effects on addicts are no less severe than other drugs with more fearsome reputations
Irish Women of the World: Bafta’s Anne Morrison, and six more who mould media
Strategy, solidarity and social are strong themes in the entertainment industry
Friel remembered on Broadway with laughter and tears
Stars pay tribute as famous theatre district prepares to dim its lights for Irish playwright
Arthur Miller voiced the hopes and fears of ordinary Americans
The celebrated playwright was born 100 years ago today in Harlem, New York
Eileen Battersby on Friel: ‘Astonishing, a privilege’
‘Our world is better for having had Brian Friel in it and now seems a lot smaller’
Meryl Streep on Brian Friel: ‘Tender dramatist, lovely man’
Playwright ‘part of the theatrical life of every theatre house’ in Ireland, Abbey director says
A View from the Bridge review: A moderate rendering of Miller
A dutiful, illustrative staging of Arthur Miller’s 1956 drama rather than a freshly invigorating one
Heavyweights and new voices brand Dublin Theatre Festival
The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience
An American take on Friel’s Irish Russia
‘Itinerant director’ Ethan McSweeny is bringing his outsider’s eye to Brian Friel’s translation of A Month in the Country at the Gate
Curtain call: Joe Dowling bows out of his star turn at the Guthrie Theater
After two decades in Minneapolis the outspoken former director of the Abbey Theatre is planning his next act
Gifted actor with string of successes in Ireland and on Broadway
Aideen O’Kelly: September 5th, 1936 - April 22nd, 2015
2,000 participants take part in week-long drama festival
Skills of young people tested in poetry recital, improvisation, drama, mime and storytelling
Milo, my hero
The theatre director recalls his assocation with the late actor Milo O’Shea, which began in his boyhood and lasted until O’Shea’s death, last week
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