Eileen Walsh: How I reconcile motherhood with playing MedeaTaking the role of a woman who kills her children is not easy with children of your ownSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
This week’s theatre highlights: TRAD and FlightsCatch the final dates of the well-travelled and well-received production of TRADSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
The best play to see in Ireland this weekShaun Dunne’s new play Restoration examines the tensions embedded in social workSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Who has been nominated?From the epic to the intimate, 2019 was a year of outstanding Irish theatreSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Marita Conlon-McKenna: ‘I didn’t think I would write another Famine novel’Thirty years after Under the Hawthorn Tree, the author has written a Famine story for adultsSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:00
Are we ready for Martin McDonagh’s satirical look at sectarian violence?In the 1990s Druid passed on The Lieutenant of Inishmore – the political temperature is different nowSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
The best plays to go to in Ireland this weekRonan Fitzgibbon’s Blackwater Babble and Irene Kelleher’s Gone Full HavishamSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Teenage dreams turned to Stardust: This week’s theatre highlightGemma Kane’s debut play 48 sees the human side of the 1981 Stardust nightclub fireSat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00
Children’s books: Brighten up January with these new titlesStories of a lost cat, a lost bird and friendships in moments of hardship and difficultySat Jan 04 2020 - 06:00
First Fortnight Festival: National programme includes more than 60 eventsShows include mass physical therapy to theatrical portraits of minds under siegeSat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00
This week’s best theatre shows suitable for the whole familyRoom on the Broom and Buddy the Elf aim to please over the holiday seasonSat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00
Theatre 2020: The best shows to catch in the coming yearChekhov, McDonagh and O’Casey to be staged, along with newcomers to Irish sceneSat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: Magic in the mundaneAbbey Theatre play’s spiritual undertones feel appropriate to Christmas timeSat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00
Different class and musical sass: This week’s theatre highlightsWell That’s What I Heard explores class divisions; Mamma Mia! explores Abba hitsSat Dec 14 2019 - 05:00
Cinderella review: Like being slapped in the face by a rainbowPlus our reviews of all the best Christmas pantos – and the ones to avoidWed Dec 11 2019 - 11:45
‘It’s above you’: How the Gaiety made Aladdin’s magic carpet flyMeet Daryn Crosbie and the colourful crew behind the Gaiety pantoTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:00
Children’s books round-up: A picturebook which is the perfect Christmas giftPlus new titles from Abi Elphinstone, Shirley Hughes and Natasha Mac a’BháirdSat Dec 07 2019 - 06:00
The week’s best plays: Christmas with Orson Welles and stuck in the pubA ‘radio play within a play’ production; and an annual tradition at the Lyric in BelfastSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
Christmas events 2019: Your guide to pantos, concerts, festivals and moreOur selection of festive events around Ireland right through to the new yearFri Dec 06 2019 - 06:00
‘For me my mouth is my hand, it’s second nature for me to hold a brush’Disabled artist Ian Parker has just illustrated a children’s book about a disabled characterTue Dec 03 2019 - 06:01
The best theatre this week: From Beckett to a female-centred festivalDes Keogh and Rosaleen Linehan stage a reunion; and SoloSirens comes to TallaghtSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
The best theatre shows to see this weekRory Gleeson’s Blood in the Dirt, and the Bockety World of Henry BucketSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
Drama at Inish gets the ‘funny fixer’ treatmentCal McCrystal has worked as a comedy adviser – from Paddington to One Man, Two Guvnors – and now comes to Dublin to direct Lennox Robinson’s 1933 play at the AbbeySat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
A Christmas Carol review: Only a Scrooge wouldn’t enjoy itSelina Cartmell’s ambitious Gate production is both intimate and involvingFri Nov 22 2019 - 13:05
Children’s books round-up: What Greta Thunberg can teach kidsPlus new books on children who changed the world, the art of protest and time zone travel talesSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
Colm Tóibín is an ‘extraordinary’ writer of women ... ‘in the 1950s’Lisa Dwan and Colm Tóibín discuss working together on 'Pale Sister' a new piece of theatre based on the story of AntigoneThu Oct 24 2019 - 05:00
‘If they’ve made it, they’ll eat it’: Smart ways to get kids cooking – and eating less fussilyPicture recipe book offers an imaginative way to explore world cuisines with kidsSat Oct 19 2019 - 06:00
‘Totally different to creating work for adults’: Theatre makers on working with childrenBaboró arts festival in Galway will bring 14 theatre companies to perform for childrenTue Oct 15 2019 - 05:00
The Haircut! review: King Labhraidh Loingseach gets a makeoverDublin Theatre Festival: This perfectly paced production for ages eight and up retells the Irish folk tale for a new audienceMon Oct 14 2019 - 12:14
Children’s books: In the Key of Code breaks new groundThe Children of Lir , The Fate of Fausto , Scúnc Agus Smúirín, The Ghouls of HowlfairSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Philip Pullman: ‘I don’t think anyone could have predicted the ruin’The author on His Dark Materials, its follow-up trilogy, and the ‘total failure’ that is BrexitSat Oct 12 2019 - 05:00
Us/Them review: A story for children that no child should ever have to hearDublin Theatre Festival: Bronks stages a powerful, politically charged account of the Beslan massacreWed Oct 09 2019 - 11:53
Pike St review: A storm threatens Manhattan – and a familyDublin Theatre Festival: Nilaja Sun plays three generations of characters with easeThu Oct 03 2019 - 11:50
Walking to Jerusalem review: A personal and political one-man travelogueDublin Theatre Festival: Justin Butcher serves as an energetic guide along the Roman roads out of EuropeWed Oct 02 2019 - 14:40
Mám review: Stirring, sensuous showcase of the physical formDublin Theatre Festival: Michael Keegan-Dolan’s new dance production is 90 minutes of ritualised ecstasyMon Sept 30 2019 - 10:50
Last Orders at the Dockside review: Celebration of a way of life no longer with usDublin Theatre Festival: Dermot Bolger’s social drama offers a window into history, but may struggle with contemporary audiencesFri Sept 27 2019 - 11:30
Some Names Were Changed review: Noble purpose obscured by theatrical indulgenceDublin Fringe Festival: The parodic format is entertaining but tests an audience’s patienceThu Sept 19 2019 - 15:13
Afloat review: Bickering and biscuits as Dublin drownsDublin Fringe Festival: The capital is underwater in this enlightening and confronting look at climate changeThu Sept 19 2019 - 13:09
Stories for young readers: The best folktales for childrenCatherine O’Flynn has a debut children’s novel called Lori and MaxSun Sept 15 2019 - 06:00
Making a Mark review: A life worthy of celebrationDublin Fringe Festival: The victories and tragedies of Mark Smith recounted through interview and performanceFri Sept 13 2019 - 11:52
Gym Swim Party review: An epic battle on a contemporary stageDublin Fringe Festival: Much to enjoy in this ambitious production, which merges ancient myth with modern lifeFri Sept 13 2019 - 11:14
GAA MAAD review: Gaelic games go GAAYDublin Fringe Festival: Vickey Curtis and Áine O’Hara practice their own version of inclusivityWed Sept 11 2019 - 10:51
Sauce review: A really funny (and very saucy) showDublin Fringe Festival: This love letter to sauce delights in innuendo and provokes hystericsWed Sept 11 2019 - 10:47
Moop review: Neon-popped and quirky celebration of the possibilities of playDublin Fringe Festival: Playful encounters with bowler hats, water wings and a stick bring hilarious resultsMon Sept 09 2019 - 11:23
Mother of God review: Alison Spittle on feminism, sexuality and the joys of rural IrelandDublin Fringe Festival: Spittle takes to the pulpit with confidence as she rakes over her pastMon Sept 09 2019 - 11:12
Marina Carr: ‘There’s a whole world of women’s work that isn’t being seen’The playwright comes full circle with the Irish premiere of Hecuba at Project Arts CentreSat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00
The incredible but true stories of Mark SmithMaking documentary theatre about his life has given the actor his first opportunity to tell his own storySat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
Children’s books round-up: Grandparents get adventurousPlus a visual treat that doubles as an accessible parable about anxietySat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Design and Destroy: Ireland’s entry at the Prague QuadrennialAn expressionistic form-bending film, giving an insight into the process and product of stage designThu Jul 25 2019 - 05:00
Wobblers and warriors: the latest in children’s booksHumorous story gives an entirely different perspective on the much-maligned spiderSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
