The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week, including an intriguing collaboration of Damien Dempsey and Conor McPherson
Conor McPherson
How to design with light: Master this subtle art, and you’ll be in hot demand
Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit
The Weir: The Abbey stages an atmospheric revival of Conor McPherson’s 1990s play
Theatre: Caitríona McLaughlin’s production runs for 100 minutes but holds your attention throughout
Collective artistic experiences are one of society’s safety valves
Latest Government announcements have delayed the promised increase in audience size for theatres and cinemas
Denise Gough: ‘It’s only recently women get to play parts that usually go to boys’
Irish actor on her character choices, catching Covid-19 and why she avoids social media
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid’
The comedian on stand-up terror, growing up with a politician for a dad, and Father Ted
Irish Repertory Theatre: casting O’Casey’s shadow over Manhattan
To celebrate 30 years in New York, the company is staging the playwright’s ‘Dublin’ trilogy
Not a shamrock in sight: Building a new vision of Ireland in New York
The city’s Irish Arts Center is changing perceptions of Ireland and Irish America
‘New York Times’ gives rave review to Conor McPherson’s Bob Dylan play
Critic Ben Brantley calls ‘Girl from the North Country’ author ‘perhaps the finest English-language playwright of his generation’
Vampire valet: ‘Downton Abbey’ star gets his teeth into a new role
Brendan Coyle is best known as Downton’s valet Mr Bates, but he’s in darker territory at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Conor McPherson’s vampire tale ‘St Nicholas’
Guardian’s modern Ireland book recommendations are ‘b*ll*cks’
Irish writers have poured scorn on a Guardian listing of books that define Ireland
In the new theatre space, there’s no room for an emotional vacuum
We’re seeing a revolution in form in theatre, but content is what keeps audiences engaged
Two theatre shows to catch in Dublin this week
The Abbey brings the insurgent story of Jimmy Gralton back to the stage for another knees-up
Get ready for the Galway International Arts Festival
This year’s festival boasts a full moon, and a garden, theatre, gigs, talks and thoughts
Eoin Colfer’s Wexford farmhouse home for €1.65m
Bestselling author turned a modest country house into an exceptionally finished home
Iftas 2018: full list of award winners
Wins for ‘Michael Inside’, Saoirse Ronan, John Connors, Aisling Walsh, Cillian Murphy
Declan Kiberd: Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse
Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have held it to account
Leaving Cert 2017: It’s mad to have to decide your future now
The #nowrongpath campaign reminds school leavers that exams are only one path to a career
OITNB review: Riot girls trying to get the world to care
The clock is ticking for Piper, but she stopped being the show’s star long ago
Paula review: a TV show as promiscuous as its protagonist
Conor McPherson’s shape-shifting drama bears the consequences of Paula’s own double life
Netflix’s The Keepers will banish whatever institutional faith you may have left
The students of a murdered Baltimore nun investigate her killing decades later, and uncover a damning trail of abuse and cover-up
Gate Theatre needs to take risks – and so does its audience
Culture Shock: A report finds the Gate’s audience has it in a chokehold – but rather than pander to its audience’s supposed tastes, it needs to cultivate an appetite for adventure
Idris Elba on the pressures of ‘Guerrilla’ warfare
A TV show about London’s Black Panthers always seemed likely to push buttons,and is already raising temperatures over its depictions
RTÉ television controller shimmies through the squeeze
Adrian Lynch wants to make ‘bigger shows’ – and more of them – for RTÉ One and RTÉ2
Ruth McGill and Peter Daly to host Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
The panel of judges for 2017 has also been announced
How an Irish theatre made itself at home in Dubai
The Irish community and locals are getting acquainted through an oasis of drama
The Nest review: Small forgotten people hatch a terrible truth
Conor McPherson and PJ Harvey collaborate on a domestic drama with a heart of darkness
Martin McDonagh: A history of violence
After 20 years Druid Theatre Company is reviving ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’. Here its creator looks back
The Weir review: McPherson’s language gets lost in the flow
Careless direction means Decadent’s production never becomes the sum of its parts
Artistic director Michael Colgan exits stage Gate after 33 years
Colgan has had towering successes but he leaves as subsidies and attendance dwindle
Video: Cillian Murphy and the Gleesons lead tributes to producer Anne Clarke at Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre
Druid steals show at ‘Irish Times’ Theatre Awards
‘DruidShakespeare’ wins five awards, including Best Production and Best Director
Waking the Feminists takes to the US stage
The theatre protest movement held two events in NYC, with organiser Lisa Tierney-Keogh saying its time to ‘kick the f**king door down’
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