The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takers
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
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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
The Borrowers review: Gate’s Irish-set adaptation is solid good fun for the whole family
Mary Norton’s story will entertain children while adults can convince themselves of its literary status
Gate Theatre stages classic children’s stories for Christmas: see human beans and under-the-floorboards Borrowers
Charles Way’s adaptation of Mary Norton’s stories create atmosphere of family love, adventure and discovery
Colm Tóibín on poet Paul Durcan turning 80: ‘Beside the wildness, there is tenderness’
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
Agreement: No play about the Good Friday negotiations has the right to be this much fun
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
Dancing at Lughnasa review: Gate’s triumphant, breathtakingly beautiful revival deserves groaning houses
Theatre: Caroline Byrne’s production, featuring Zara Devlin, Peter Gowen and Ruth McGill, makes both dream and reverie of Brian Friel’s indestructible play
Anne Friel on her late husband playwright Brian: ‘I was crazy about him. He was everything’
Rehearsals are underway for a new production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Gate this summer, and a new book about the playwright was published this week
Circle Mirror Transformation: Wonderful presentation of the before and after of theatre at the Gate
Theatre: Róisín McBrinn has created a magnificent Irish production of Annie Baker’s sublime play
Gate Theatre director Róisín McBrinn: ‘A big part of what I’m trying to do is ensure as many voices as possible are given space and power’
After the success of Fun Home, the head of the Dublin venue is staging the Irish premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation
The Pull of the Stars review: Sincere and sharply performed adaptation of Emma Donoghue novel
Play breaks little ground theatrically, but few will emerge unmoved or uninterested
Emma Donoghue: ‘With birth, it’s a real spin of the roulette wheel. Women’s lives have always been determined by this crapshoot’
The writer on her new stage adaptation of The Pull of the Stars, her novel set over three feverish days in the maternity ward of a Dublin hospital
Hozier’s best-laid expansion plans in danger of going awry at Wicklow dwelling
Sara Baume’s publisher chances its arm; prospects for Healy-Raes: The Next Generation; A mystery for a crime writer
The President review: Olwen Fouéré and Hugo Weaving give heroic performances in the Gate’s classy production
The Dublin theatre teams up with Sydney Theatre Company to celebrate the underperformed Austrian great Thomas Bernhard
Olwen Fouéré: ‘I didn’t feel Irish. There’s a great advantage to being an outsider’
The distinctive actor and performer, currently on television in The Tourist, resists convention in both her work and personal life
Krapp’s Last Tape: The acting greats who have taken on Samuel Beckett’s one-man play
Stephen Rea is about to join an illustrious line-up that includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon and Patrick Magee
Theatre of 2023: A year split between the muted past and vigorous present
Productions of classics appeared to be aimed at long-time theatregoers, yet this year the Arts Council warned of a decline in young people attending plays
What is and isn’t open for business in Dublin today
Dublin riots: Life in the city centre is partially returning to normal but there are fears that there could be more trouble
Peter Pan review: Fantastic family fun as Roddy Doyle revitalises the tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up
Theatre: The Gate’s fast-paced Christmas show, relocated to early 20th-century Dublin, will entertain parents as well as children
Gate Theatre unveils 2024 season, including world premiere of Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars
New community engagement programme to make the theatre ‘a more civic, open and democratic space’
Gate Theatre delays Peter Pan opening night
Roddy Doyle’s new version of Peter Pan postponed because of ‘intricate and technical nature’ of show, says Dublin theatre
‘It’s radically different’: Behind the scenes of Roddy Doyle’s Dublin Peter Pan
The author of The Snapper and The Van has set his new version of JM Barrie’s classic story in Ireland
Gate Theatre reports fourfold increase in revenues in post-pandemic recovery
Turnover at the theatre reached €2.33 million last year, up from €583,853 in 2021
Landmark Georgian office buildings overlooking O’Connell Street for €4.2m
Occupied formerly by Bank of Ireland, numbers 1-2 and 5 Cavendish Row refurbished with high standard of fit-out
The Loved Ones review: Complex, uncomfortable stories brought to life in a refreshing, deceptively simple way
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: The pace of this assured, entertaining production never falters
Michael Gambon: Actor was both a cult icon and national treasure, on both sides of the Irish Sea
The Irish actor was capable of threat and pathos, with the ability to boom and to shrink into his large frame
Michael Gambon: President Higgins leads tributes to ‘an exceptional talent. As an actor he seemed boundless’
Gate and Abbey theatres describe the Dublin-born actor as ‘legendary’ and ‘a giant of stage and screen’
Michael Gambon, Irish actor and Harry Potter star, dies aged 82
Dublin-born performer made his stage debut at the capital’s Gate Theatre in 1962
Dublin Theatre Festival: ‘How many times do you think your heart can break?’: The Loved Ones review
Erica Murray’s new play drops into the lives of four women connected by unexpected circumstances
Only an Octave Apart review: An eclectic cabaret mash-up of classical and pop songs
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: from Greek underworld to modern desolation, a message gets through: ‘You’re not beaten yet’
Fun Home: A heartwarming and heartbreaking triumph
Theatre: Adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir is bursting with five-star performances
‘I felt seen and understood’: Irish teenage actor with cerebral palsy Niamh Moriarty on starring in new BBC drama
The Dublin actor stars alongside Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen in Best Interests
The Price: Simon Delaney balances restraint with rage in the Gate’s assured staging of Arthur Miller’s play
Theatre: Abigail McGibbon, as Delaney’s wife, is also excellent under Conleth Hill’s direction – but the interval is a bad idea
The 25th Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Owen Roe and Janet Moran win best actors as full list revealed
‘For 25 years, these awards have been a concrete signal of The Irish Times’ commitment to the arts in general and the art of theatre in particular’
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