Dublin Theatre Festival unveils 2024 programme, with new shows from Druid, Teac Damsa, Anu, Thisispopbaby and more
Autumn event features more than 30 productions, with stories about family, identity, migration, climate, colonial legacies, and conflict and its resolution
The Map of Argentina review: Sexual desire and forbidden passion in a drama that clutches you to its chest
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: Marina Carr’s play features Maeve Fitzgerald as married mother Deb, who has fallen madly in love with another man
Duck Pond review: Bouncy, bendy bodies in a beautiful, acrobatic take on Swan Lake
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: The Australian contemporary-circus troupe Circa bring superlative skill to their take on Swan Lake
Cultural Exchange Rate review: Intriguing, moving and far more than the sum of its parts
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: Tania El Khoury’s live installation tells the story of the Lebanese artist and her family
Unspeakable Conversations review: Thoughtful and thought-provoking
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: Show explores important themes around quality of life and right to life
Somnium review: Dark story of sexual violence becomes a stunning dream show
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: Brú Theatre’s production is absorbing, beautiful and disturbing
Enda Walsh’s Changing Room and Dining Room review: A sea swimmer adrift and a furious B&B-owner
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: Two unrelated pieces of theatre-installation differ in tone and execution
Reunion review: Zinger of a play doesn’t flag for a second
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: With an ensemble of excellent actors, Mark O’Rowe’s new ensemble piece is a joy
Welcome to the ‘jungle’: Galway International Arts Festival gets off to a startling start
Life-sized hybrid-creature sculptures set to draw thousands of visitors over next two weeks
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: 15 events to catch this year
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: here are 15 unmissable things to see and do at this year’s festival
Newpark Academy of Music: Campaign group pushes to save facility with Booterstown move
Audited accounts for Co Dublin academy, closed due to financial unsustainability, show modest €18,413 deficit for 2023
Bretzel Bakery owner: ‘The Irish have been dumbed down to just want white pan’
William Despard brought his scientific background to the Dublin bakery, and he and his team, along with their customers, are reaping the rewards
‘I was in a coma for weeks. Now I don’t sweat the small stuff. I don’t suffer from despair’
Kilkenny Arts Festival director Olga Barry has overcome health scares but is looking for new accommodation at age of 50 after renting for 34 years
New Abbey chair appointment process ‘under way’, as governance report awaited
Department of Arts says Arts Council has primary governance responsibility for the Abbey Theatre
Former Abbey Theatre directors ‘address mistaken impressions’ about payments they received
Governance report still not released by national theatre, while chairwoman’s term is set to end in weeks