The Irish Times

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister

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

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 16:16

Aida: courageous production succeeds in story and spectacle

Review: Confidence permeates opening night of opera famed for its massiveness

Mon Nov 26 2018 - 11:15

Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday party

Classical music highlights for the coming week

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00

Irish opera picking up international awards as Arts Council decision imminent

Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council’s new major opera supplier

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 05:00

The strange funding gulf between Opera Theatre Company and Wexford

In the past 10 years, the grant to Wexford has crept up but OTC's has fallen fast. What’s the rationale?

Wed May 18 2016 - 01:00

Opera Theatre Company marks 30th year with La bohème tour

Puccini melodrama set in 19th century Paris being sung in Italian with English surtitles

Thu May 12 2016 - 14:58

A Moon for the Misbegotten review

Design outshines performances in Eugene O’Neill’s swansong

Tue Mar 22 2016 - 15:36

Grounded review: A morality play about drone warfare | Tiger Dublin Fringe

When a female fighter pilot is moved to the Chair Force, the morality of remote warfare comes crashing down

Thu Sept 10 2015 - 14:11

Review: The Mariner

Hugo Hamilton’s nuanced first World War drama looks at the family fallout after the return of an injured sailor

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 17:06

Review: The Rape of Lucretia

Irish Youth Opera has begun its mission with a slick, updated version of Britten’s opera

Mon Sept 08 2014 - 12:00

Dark art of tango lifts opera with a passion

A surreal tango opera from Buenos Aires is all about the survival of a gentle muse

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00

This other ‘other Eden’

Can Shakespeare’s drama of a dethroned English King be turned into an Irish history lesson?

Wed Apr 24 2013 - 18:20