Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Louise Lowe’s socially conscious production tells two stories at once, putting an unusual theatrical space to creative use
Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: The brilliance of these 12 five-minute plays lies in their containment
Play breaks little ground theatrically, but few will emerge unmoved or uninterested
The writer on her new stage adaptation of The Pull of the Stars, her novel set over three feverish days in the maternity ward of a Dublin hospital
Theatre: The writer and director transforms an unrecognisable Peacock venue into the Battle of Dublin in 1922
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Deirdre Kinahan’s fine two-hander groans with dramatic commentary on where the nation has been and where it has ended up
Theatre: Bryan Murray, who has Alzheimer’s, gives a deft, graceful performance as a veteran actor with the disease
Bryan Murray stars in Deirdre Kinahan’s new play at the Peacock. His role intersects with his own reality as he plays a man with Alzheimer’s
Review: Evangelia Rigaki and Marina Carr’s piece features compelling performances but sometimes struggles with the acoustic challenges of its venue
The Little Museum of Dublin, founded in 2011, is the people’s museum of the capital
Some 100 years ago TDs made the most important choice in the history of Irish State
Plays recorded at the port to showcase future plans to renovate old warehouses
The Party To End All Parties is an interactive piece created against the backdrop of Covid-19
Dublin Theatre Festival: This absorbing new work remembers a faultline in the early days of Irish gay rights
Dublin Theatre Festival productions examine Irish theatre and history from new angles
Review: Theatre for One’s six microplays are bracing, intimate-as-a-whisper performances
Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme
Theatre, music and literature galore is to be found across the city from the 13th June
Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre
Peter Crawley’s analysis: It was a big year for villainy as Richard III took top honours
Average weekly earnings of €494 for performers in the arts is two-thirds of the average in other sectors
Dublin Theatre Festival: Anu’s immersive production sends characters and audience spinning through a disappearing city
Two new productions at this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival re-examine old art works
In 2018, a diversity of Irish women’s voices will take their place on the national stage
Anú’s latest show, which takes place in a clinical space, is impressive but not intimate
Here's our recommendations for what to see over the next few weeks
By staging her play in a former Magdalene laundry the playwright compels the audience to inhabit the haunted spaces of Irish history
The theatre company’s latest show explores the legacy of the Manchester bombing
Twenty years ago today, a huge truck bomb tore through the heart of Manchester. Irish theatre company Anu’s new show, which opens today in the city, looks at locals’ memories, their recovery and the aftershocks that still resonate
Anu’s latest performance traces a legacy of violence against civilians, from Moore Street barricades to modern-day terrorism. Will you choose death or glory?
Two site-specific plays around Moore Street and the GPO are among the most daring of the Rising centenary productions
I’m not sure we learn anything from the arts – except that we need them more than ever
An overlooked story of actors who joined the rebellion
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
