Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Hamlet review: Ruth Negga stars in an oddly one-note interpretation
Dublin Theatre Festival: Yaël Farber hones play’s divisions into survey of allies and enemies
No Joe as Philip Boucher-Hayes puts positive stamp on ‘Liveline’
Stand-in host brings distinctive spin to adoption and referendum issues, but Gay Byrne remains the old master
Ruth Negga as Hamlet: Outsiders are in at the Gate theatre
Gate breaks from its painful recent past with ‘The Snapper’ and an innovative ‘Hamlet’
The statement of over 70 women supporting those who spoke out about Michael Colgan
Actors, writers, directors, producers, designers and stage managers sign statement supporting others who ended silence about abuse of power
The pick of this week’s theatre
This week’s theatre highlights all involve stories that need to be heard, and those who are either literally and figuratively deaf to them
Tribes review: How to find a family you belong to
Everybody is talking but nobody is listening in Nina Raine’s intelligent, furious play
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme
The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter
Uplifted by Godot and let down by The Fall
Culture review 2016: The familiar delivered fresh revelations, while ghosts haunted many of our stages
The Father review: Owen Roe gives a masterful performance in Zeller’s play
In this empathetic and slippery production, as his confusion grows, so does ours
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review: Total war in a theatrical battle like no other
Audiences are likely to be lacerated in the crossfire of this explosive revival
DTF Review | Oedipus: A blindingly obvious fate, in a crystal clear production
The riddle in Wayne Jordan’s limpid new version of the Greek tragedy is how anyone stays blind to the truth
The Field review: John B Keane’s subversive streak made safe
This proud anniversary production of a play last staged just four years ago feels more familiar than heritage drama; more rote than the Mass
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare isn’t getting any younger, and here his Midsummer action finds itself wandering the halls of a nursing home
Review: Wuthering Heights
The moors of Emily Brontë’s novel are raging and unruly, peaceful and polite. Is the new Gate adapation torn between two worlds?
Review: Spinning
Deirdre Kinahan captures the claustrophobia of small town society and family life in a play that transcends its bleak premise
Review: The Price
This isn’t Arthur Miller’s finest work, but this Gate production doesn’t leave the audience short changed
Review: The Vortex
Noël Coward’s breakthrough play depicts a downward spiral, but Annabelle Comyn’s brave production feels like progress
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