Irish theatre in 2019: A dramatic year that left the future uncertain
Theatre in Ireland this year was bookended by two crises, a state of play mirrored by the work
Seán McGinley
Thought-provoking theatre where the audience is just you
Review: Theatre for One’s six microplays are bracing, intimate-as-a-whisper performances
Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious food
Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme
Roddy Doyle’s Family stands up as a classic 25 years later
We hear about TV’s current Golden Age but Family was as great as anything today
This week’s theatre highlights: Sure Look It, Fuck It and The Children
Clare Dunne’s exuberant debut, and a challenging moral puzzle at the Gate
The Children review: Brightly disarming, deeply unsettling
Seán McGinley, Marie Mullen and Ger Ryan dazzle in Lucy Kirkwood’s play
Seán McGinley: ‘I just wonder why more actors don’t marry each other’
‘The Children’ brings Marie Mullen and her husband on stage together for first time in 27 years
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
DruidShakespeare: Richard III review – Striking, intoxicating, disturbing
Garry Hynes’s production is like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas
IFTA TV awards: ‘Derry Girls’, ‘Young Offenders’ among winners
Broadcaster Shay Healy also received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony
President pays tribute to ‘courageous being’ Tom Murphy
Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service
King of the Castle review: An overlooked work steps into the canon
Druid’s production picks away at the tensions of rural life with a savage eye
Tom Murphy receives highest arts honour from President
New Aosdána Saoi described as the ‘great playwright of the emigrant’
Sam Shepard: Actor, writer and American icon
Obituary: The Pulitzer winner captured the fractured American dream
Paintings of ferocious engagement
Two Irish artists impress in iconoclastic paintings and a 1916-related video installation
TG4 launches autumn schedule ahead of 20th birthday
New programmes include a comedy-drama described as ‘Spinal Tap with a bodhrán’
Observe the Sons of Ulster re-enacted in Thiepval
Seminal play performed in location where playwright Frank McGuinness set drama
‘It’s a bit like country music, an ignored part of hidden Ireland’
Ireland’s amateur drama season is an eccentric, ambitious concept, with 54 productions touring 37 festivals. And the stories are as good off the stage as on it
Tributes paid at funeral of mother of Dublin acting family, Daphne Brennan
‘Strumpet City’ actor described as a woman with great love for words and family
Druid artistic director Garry Hynes and producer Martha O’Neill become civil partners
Private ceremony took place in Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre
Traditional musician Sean Potts laid to rest after Dublin funeral
Family recall a champion of Irish culture, a proud GAA supporter and a man who ‘lived for music’
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