‘I came to Ireland all guns blazing ... I didn’t know that was the least cool thing’
For The Whiteheaded Boy, at the Abbey, theatre director Ryan is drawing on the anarchic spirit of her Chicago past
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National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin
House of Guinness actor Danielle Galligan: ‘People say I choose interesting roles. Choose? I’m begging people to hire me!’
The Spilt Milk, Walsh Sisters and House of Guinness star on experimental theatre, moving to London and working with Marian Keyes
Tavares Strachan: ‘What else am I going to say other than I got my name through slavery?’
The artist’s Encyclopedia of Invisibility restores the histories of thousands of people. Now his sculptures are bringing some of those stories to Dublin
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley: ‘There was an undeniable energy and chemistry between us’
The stars of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped film, talk Shakespeare, acting and growing up in different Irelands
Katherine Devlin: ‘I had huge imposter syndrome filming the first season of Blue Lights’
Patrolling Belfast’s mean streets in BBC’s Blue Lights, Tyrone actor Katherine Devlin has gone from rookie recruit to breakout star
Amsterdam, at Dublin Fringe: Soulful comedy drama deftly captures anxiety of young love
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025 review: David Rawle and Alison Kinlan play twentysomething friends grappling with unexpected romance
Dublin’s biggest theatre is staging its first production. Will its Little Shop of Horrors pull off a coup?
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre normally welcomes West End shows. It’s no small task to mount the venue’s first homegrown production, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s comedy-horror musical
‘I always had an affinity with Wolfe Tone. Maybe because I was told I wasn’t Irish’
Kwaku Fortune’s new play, The Black Wolfe Tone, has just opened in New York. It’s a very personal story for the actor and writer
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
Trinity provost Linda Doyle: ‘I met Paul Mescal last week here in Trinity. Very cool’
Dr Linda Doyle is the first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin. She is a professor of engineering and the arts
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Hyperphysical: Impressively tight-knit ensemble takes on Abby Zbikowski’s punishing but fascinating dance
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: The Future Is on the Way is followed by John Scott’s simultaneously entertaining and meditative Actions (Now)
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: 19 shows to catch as the festival turns 30
Seventy-five productions, 520 performances, 29 venues: we offer a taster of what’s on offer
Agnes O’Casey: ‘It’s just been so easy to hate women, no matter the period. And that is terrifying’
The great-granddaughter of the playwright Seán O’Casey is doing the family name proud, starring in two new films, Lies We Tell and The Miracle Club
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