The Girl on the Train review: Laura Whitmore dominates the stage in this enthralling Paula Hawkins adaptation
Theatre: Loveday Ingram’s subtle direction is complemented by strong performances in the stage version of the bestselling novel
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Calamity Jane at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre review: High-quality comfort entertainment
Leave any doubts about the plot at the door and instead indulge the singalong pleasures of classic songs
Fiddler on the Roof in Dublin: ‘That it is always relevant and feels extra potent right now is beyond tragic’
Fiddler on the Roof is coming to Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, in a new production by Jordan Fein
The Rocky Horror Show in Dublin review: Jason Donovan commands the stage with a rip roaring performance
Jennifer Zamparelli comes into her stride post intermission as the watchful narrator
Little Shop of Horrors review: Bord Gáis Energy Theatre’s first homegrown show is a sure-footed take on the cult musical
Jacqueline Brunton and David O’Reilly star in a production that leans into the campest qualities of Ashman and Menken’s modern fairy tale
Linus O’Brien on The Rocky Horror Film Show: ‘Rocky has tangibly saved lives. It created a real sense of community’
The son of Richard O’Brien has made a documentary about his father’s camp musical creation that became a monster cult hit
Dublin’s biggest theatre is staging its first production. Will its Little Shop of Horrors pull off a coup?
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre normally welcomes West End shows. It’s no small task to mount the venue’s first homegrown production, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s comedy-horror musical
Six in Dublin review: Henry VIII’s wives are recast as pop princesses. One above all deserves the crown
Theatre: On a hot first night, the cast of this well-oiled touring production has to work hard to win the audience over
Look inside: Dublin docklands penthouse with views from Howth Head to Dún Laoghaire harbour for €1.25m
Floor-to-ceiling windows create light-filled home on 18th floor of landmark Millennium Tower
‘The Tudor von Trapps, the Royalling Stones’: How Six, the smash hit musical about Henry VIII’s wives, was born
Six is less the staging of a traditional historical musical than an indoctrination into the cult of the superfan
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Magical performance explains why show still enchants so many
Dublin Dance Festival 2025: Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this ballet has earned its recognition as one of the most beloved Swan Lake interpretations of all time
Re:Incarnation review: A vibrant celebration of the eternal cycle of living
Dublin Dance Festival 2025: What speaks loudest in this show by 10 Q-Dance Company dancers is the immediate physicality onstage
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe review: Narnia adaptation is a thrilling testament to the wonder of live theatre
Michael Fentiman’s touring production is deeply thoughtful in its approach to staging CS Lewis’s classic children’s book
Miriam Lord’s week: A tsar has not been born and they need to get this tshitshow off the road
James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing
Irish Swan Lake star Stephen Murray: ‘After the show you’re emotionally drained. Leaving it on the stage is a big challenge’
Dublin Dance Festival 2025: Matthew Bourne’s version of the ballet ushered in a groundbreaking new era in dance. After 30 years it’s as exhilarating, and demanding, as ever
How CS Lewis’s Irish childhood influenced the Chronicles of Narnia
The author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination
Harry Crosbie’s ‘Baby Vicar’ venue for Dublin’s docklands rejected
‘People like me don’t give up’, Crosbie says with intention to lodge revised plans
Astronaut Chris Hadfield on Donald Trump: ‘It makes me angry because he’s treated our country like a chattel’
The Canadian former commander of the International Space Station shares thoughts on Ireland, pepper and the afterlife
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mention
Theatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White House
The Flying Dutchman review: INO’s marriage of music and drama draws you into Wagner’s retelling of a legend
Rachael Hewer directs a vibrant production featuring Giselle Allen as Senta and Jordan Shanahan as the Dutchman
The Book of Mormon: ‘We put all of these subversive things into a familiar box for people. And we swear a lot’
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s hit musical is about to begin a month-long Irish run. It features jokes about FMG, Aids and child abuse but has goodness at its core
Steve Coogan pulls out of performance of Dr Strangelove in Dublin
Theatregoers were told the actor has laryngitis
Dr Strangelove in Dublin review: Steve Coogan gives a bravura performance, but the play around him falls a little flat
Armando Iannucci and Seán Foley’s production of Stanley Kubrick’s political satire leans into broad physical comedy
Britney Spears meets Shakespeare: How & Juliet puts a pop twist on star-cross’d lovers
& Juliet creator David West Read’s TV credits include Schitt’s Creek but his passion for theatre propelled him to rewrite a Shakespeare classic featuring the music of one of pop’s top hit makers
War Horse: ‘I forget that Joey is being manipulated by people. They’re breathing, making sounds and moving like a horse would’
A new stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel brings the kinship of boy and beast alive in a triumph of theatrical storytelling
2025 on stage: 21 plays, operas and dance works to see over the next 12 months
From King Lear at the Gate to Dr Strangelove starring Steve Coogan, the coming year’s stage line-up includes jukebox musicals, period romcom and a play that probes the Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake
Mary Poppins review: A practically perfect masterclass in storytelling for the stage
Theatre: This thrilling Cameron Mackintosh-Disney show capitalises on PL Travers’s original story, which has so much more to offer than the films
First Dublin performance of Mary Poppins musical cancelled due to Storm Darragh
Shipping of large parts of show’s set from UK was delayed and subsequently made ‘impossible’ by closure of Holyhead port
Rigoletto at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: Excellent singing undermined by musical lapses and directorial miscalculations
Irish National Opera’s production of Verdi, featuring Michael Chioldi, Soraya Mafi and Bekhzod Davronov, is hampered on opening night
Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Cinderella: 25 Christmas pantos and shows to see around Ireland this festive season
Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights
Mary Poppins comes to Dublin: Behind the scenes of the all-singing, all-dancing Christmas show
There’s a burble of excitement at this intimate preview of scenes and songs from the Sherman brothers musical
A Bolshoi Ballet star brings Swan Lake to Ireland: ‘Ballet is an art and it should not be political’
The renowned former ballerina Nina Ananiashvili has spent 20 years transforming the State Ballet of Georgia, which is about to make its first visit to Dublin
Performance of Hamilton in Dublin cancelled due to illness
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre apologises for ‘unavoidable’ cancellation on Tuesday night
Niamh O’Sullivan: ‘I am obsessed with singing. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else’
Cork mezzo-soprano on her packed schedule, shifting pitch and the sadness of being away from home with constant travelling for performances and rehearsals
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