The Treaty review: Intrigue and subterfuge in this gender-blind story of freedom
Jane Brennan gives a mesmerising emulation of de Valera’s paced, crystal voice
Gig of the Week: Love Sensation at Royal Hospital Kilmainham
There’s an undeniable buzz about the country’s first festival for LGBTQ+ community and its friends
Evening Train review: Two young men on the edge of escape, one reckless, the other desperate
It’s the simplicity of the story that resonates in this musical based on Mick Flannery’s concept album
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Neil Jordan’s new film Greta is hot, new year resolutions are not
The colour green is in, pink salt is out
Dublin Fringe Festival: What should I see this year?
The 2018 event includes productions on shame, fatherhood and an Aer Lingus hijacking
James Earley: On My Culture Radar
The Dublin artist on his love of Amsterdam, documentaries and Graham Norton
Cyprus Avenue and The Plough and the Stars: the best theatre of the week
Stephen Rea stars in David Ireland’s scabrous comedy; the Abbey’s O’Casey returns
The Plough and the Stars review: The poverty of our era put centre stage
The Abbey’s latest production of Sean O’Casey’s Easter Rising drama brings his characters into the light of the present. During the centenary of the event, has it made a familiar play any more illuminating?
‘People might be cross that some English bloke has desecrated a classic’
Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre
DTF Review |The Night Alive: A comedy of desperation, in the gritty sanctuary of a Dublin flat
Abandoned by their creator and alone in a random world, the characters in Conor McPherson’s new play have more questions than answers
Heavyweights and new voices brand Dublin Theatre Festival
The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience
Hedda Gabler review: a fluid production that lacks heat
Abbey production of Ibsen’s drama feels stilted
Theatre review: Witness
The crisp and well-aimed writing in this portrait of family strife suggests that 55 minutes are not enough for an excavation of motives in a hinterland of this density
Review: Wuthering Heights
The moors of Emily Brontë’s novel are raging and unruly, peaceful and polite. Is the new Gate adapation torn between two worlds?
Wuthering Heights: ‘There comes a point when you have to put the book down’
As the Gate presents a fresh adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic of passion (or hysterical excess, depending on your outlook), a new Heathcliff and Catherine get to grips with our expectations and their interpretations
The Arc: a team of dramatists undertake a mad experiment
The Arc saw 10 playwrights relay-write a new play during the Dublin Theatre Festival. The result is a glimpse into the furious energy of the theatre
La Reine Claude, a collaborative play by some of our finest writers
The full script for The Arc, a project devised by The Irish Times and Dublin Theatre Festival
The Arc, part VIII: La Reine Claude builds towards its conclusion
The action takes a violent turn in the hands of Brokentalkers
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?
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