Circle Mirror Transformation: Wonderful presentation of the before and after of theatre at the Gate
Theatre: Róisín McBrinn has created a magnificent Irish production of Annie Baker’s sublime play
Theatre: Róisín McBrinn has created a magnificent Irish production of Annie Baker’s sublime play
After the success of Fun Home, the head of the Dublin venue is staging the Irish premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation
Róisín McBrinn takes over as artistic director and Colm O’Callaghan as executive director
The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home
Roddy Doyle’s stage version of his Barrytown novel gets a few minor millennial tweaks
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
The Snapper has been brought to the stage. But, with the benefit of hindsight, what can the stage bring to The Snapper?
The Gate Theatre turned 90 this year. Nobody noticed. Selina Cartmell on a challenging first year in charge
Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’
Director Róisín McBrinn believes, like Shaw, that theatre changes lives
Written fitfully during the first World War and finally presented to an utterly changed world, Shaw’s experimental play remains tangled and complex. Can the Abbey make sense of it?
Prime Cut’s new staging of a Chilean double-header finds one post-conflict society exploring the memories of another. Are they simpatico?
A young ‘disappeared’ woman, the debate over how a building linked to past conflict should be redeployed, and an exploration of a political leader feature in Prime Cut’s ambitious new trio of plays in Belfast
Extra Peacock shows possible if theatre revenues improve
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