Chris McCormack

Theatre: This production has none of that oppressive intimacy; even as mother and child both discover they are sad products of their upbringings

Theatre: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s translation of the tragedy by Aeschylus finds parallels with Irish history but sometimes succumbs to information overload

Theatre: In Sarah Baxter’s production at the Ark in Dublin, the story unfolds in an ingenious slapstick version of Dublin

Rashad al-Shawa Cultural Centre, conceived by artist Laila Shawa and architect Saad Mohaffel, was destroyed in an Israeli bombardment

Theatre: Brokentalkers are aware they occupy a rarefied zone. This encounter between Gary Keegan and Danny O’Mahony enjoyably sends up their approach

The Gaiety Theatre’s new production makes plain the limitations of a play that barely allows its title character an original thought

Stephen Rea brings Krapp back home, Hamilton comes to Dublin and Irish National Opera stages Salome

The writer was often mentioned as part of a ‘god tier’ of Irish playwrights, alongside Tom Murphy and, especially, his close friend Brian Friel

Productions of classics appeared to be aimed at long-time theatregoers, yet this year the Arts Council warned of a decline in young people attending plays

The American writer’s six-year run as theatre critic, including for Vanity Fair, is rarely remembered, but its wit and fearlessness lit up Broadway a century ago

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Pan Pan’s nightmare is not that unsettling to awake from

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: In Nancy Harris’s bold new play, creativity becomes a way to deal with loneliness

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: This year’s opening show, from Brazil, is a thrilling dance about a young generation facing off against a darkening world

Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: The greater goal of this show seems to be a satire of machismo

The playwright’s newest offering Somewhere Out There You may play to the rhythms of a romantic comedy, but it’s just as interested in family dynamics