Charlotte McCurry

Theatre: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth has bent the logic of farce before, but not with the force that propels Lie Low

National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

A big, blousy performance that hints at Theresa in Brexitland

Ian Toner plays both William Joyce and Brendan Bracken under Jimmy Fay’s direction

Undoing Disney was brave but there is no magic in this rock opera alternative

Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style

Belfast show’s spectacular opening offers a tantalising indication of things to come

The Abbey Theatre’s adaptation of James Plunkett’s 1958 play ‘The Risen People’ takes in elements of music hall and vaudeville, and discards Jim Larkin

In a year of 1913 memorials, can a play this derivative, or a production this earnest, be taken seriously?

Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy